Creator: Steve Meuche

Subjects: Anniversaries, Sesquicentennial

Description:

Steve Meuche came to MSU in the fall of 1962 to study broadcasting. While a student he became manager of the Shaw Hall radio station and then began working as a control board operator for WKAR. Following that he became an announcer at the station. In 1965 he accepted the position of producer/director of WKAR.

Mueche taught radio production courses at MSU and broadcasting courses at LCC. He served as program manager from 1969-78 and became manager of WKAR in 1978. In 1989 he was appointed director of broadcasting services for both WKAR radio and TV. Mueche retired from the University in 2004.

Topics/People Covered in the Interview include: Jim Adams; Ken Beechler; Irv Bettinghouse; Terry Braverman; Dick Brundle; Ed Burroughs; Maury Crane; Kent Creswell; Dick Estell; Leah Funk; Steve Garvey; John Hannah; Armand Hunter; Jay Johnson; Irwin Jorgenson; Garrison Keillor; WKAR AM/FM; WKAR TV; simulcast; NPR; public radio; UHF/VHF; digital transmission; Quonset huts; cable TV; Cecil Mackey; Gary McQuaig; Junior Achievement; campus in 1962; Comm Arts Building; dances in Shaw Hall; effect of Vietnam War; Farmers Week; Vietnam War student protests; Hans Nathan; National Association of Educational Broadcasters; Bob Page; Hal Prentiss; Eric Schultz; Bob Shackleton; Tim Skubick; Susan Spencer; U of M radio station; Bob Vincent; Arthur Weld; Farm Service Hour; Homemakers Hour; origin of WKAR call letters; satellite communications; technological changes; fires in 1978 & 1981; Michigan at Risk; Young Musical Artists; Ellen Zwilich

Date: July 14, 2005

Collection Number: UA 3

Language: English

Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by Michigan State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Contributing Institution: University Archives & Historical Collections, Office of the Provost

Relation: Sesquicentennial Oral History Project

Contributor: MSU Archives and Historical Collections