August 30, 2002
WKU Public Radio To Air Program
On Sept. 11 Media Coverage
Bowling Green, Ky. - "The Media Coverage of 9-11," a program produced by a Western Kentucky University broadcasting professor, will air Sept. 6 on WKYU-FM.
The 10-minute program produced by Terry Likes, an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Broadcasting, will air at 5:50 a.m., 7:50 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. on Western's Public Radio.
In the report, the audience will hear from Sam Donaldson, ABC News; Steve Kroft, CBS 60 Minutes; Neal Shapiro, NBC News president; Bob Dotson, NBC News; John Cochran, ABC News; Deborah Potter, a former CNN and CBS correspondent; Al Tompkins, Poynter Institute for Media Studies; Ross Becker, anchor for KTNV-TV in Las Vegas; Julie Kraft, a former Des Moines television news director/anchor; and Bob Freeman, news director of WFIE-TV in Evansville, Ind.
The program will air on the Kentucky News Network and is under consideration for the Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Denver, Indianapolis and Jacksonville markets.
Dr. Likes' 1998 documentary on Global Weather Events won an award from the Kentucky Associated Press. His 1999 "State of the News" documentary won an award from the Broadcast Education Association and the 2000 video follow-up won first-place from the National Press Club.
For more information, contact Terry Likes at (270) 745-2007. More WKU news is available on the World Wide Web at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via E-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.
