The Cornell University student-run radio station is about to get a
big upgrade thanks to famed liberal TV broadcaster Keith Olbermann.
Cornell announced Thursday that WVBR-FM will move to a new building
closer to campus and into a space twice the size of its current
headquarters, a move made possible by a donation from Olbermann, class
of '79 and a former sports director at the radio station in Ithaca, N.Y.
The new location will be named the Olbermann-Corneliess Studios, in
honor of Olbermann's late father, Theodore, and Glenn Corneliess, a
friend and former colleague of Olbermann's at WVBR. Corneliess died in
1996 at the age of 39, according to a press release.
Drew Endick, a junior at Cornell and general manager of WVBR, stated
in the release that they'll have new modern, professional studios and
production editing suites, as well as room for recording live
performances.
"Everything I have began at WVBR, and I'm honored to help future
generations of broadcasters who'll be able to gratefully say the same
thing," Olbermann said in a statement by the Cornell Radio Guild.
(Source: The Huffington Post, USA)
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