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Join TSPR for a weekly conversation about media issues. News Director Rich Egger and expert panelists discuss what’s in the news about the news business.

National Radio Day

August 20 was National Radio Day. The National Day Calendar simply says it’s a day to recognize “the great invention of radio.”

National Radio Day has been celebrated in the United States and other places around the globe since the early 1990s.

Shop Talk is a weekly panel discussion about journalism issues. The program features Dr. Will Buss, who teaches in the Department of Broadcasting and Journalism at Western Illinois University; Dr. Pamela Peters, who teaches in the Department of Broadcasting and Journalism at Western Illinois University; and TSPR News Director Rich Egger.

Rich is TSPR's News Director.