Tim Eby, NPR Biography
Radio Manager, The WOSU Stations
Tim Eby was has been a member of the NPR Board of Directors since 2002 and has twice served as Chairman.
Eby has nearly three decades' experience in public radio leadership. Since June 2004, he has been Radio Manager for WOSU Public Media at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. In that role, he oversees the two broadcast services WOSU provides to central Ohio: NPR 820 WOSU-AM, with NPR News and Information, and Classical 89.7 WOSU-FM, a full-time classical music service. Classical 89.7 WOSU-FM is also the flagship of a five-station network comprising WOSV, Mansfield (91.7 FM); WOSP, Portsmouth (91.5 FM); WOSE, Coshocton (91.1 FM & 89.5 FM), and WOSB, Marion (91.1 FM).
Eby is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and administration of WOSU's Radio services, including the development and implementation of new programming, budget, operations and staff. Since he assumed his current position, he has helped extend WOSU's Radio services within the cultural and civic life in Columbus through local programming and outreach initiatives in news and arts programming. The station has also seen positive audience growth over the past 18 months.
Previously, Eby was Station Manager at WVPE Public Radio in South Bend, Indiana for more than 21 years. There, he was hired as the station's first full-time employee, and was instrumental in evolving WVPE from a student-run operation to one of the leading small market public radio stations in the country. Under Eby's leadership, WVPE won such prestigious awards as the Edward R. Murrow Award for news excellence and the Public Radio Development Award for outstanding growth in membership support. In 1994, Eby was honored with the Mayor's Arts Award from the Michiana Arts and Sciences Council for his leadership and commitment to the arts and culture in the South Bend area.
Eby has been active in both public broadcasting and community organizations. He has served as President of Public Radio In Mid-America (PRIMA), the country's largest public radio regional organization, and on task forces and panels sponsored by NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He has also work on behalf of numerous local arts, cultural, and non-profit groups, including four years as volunteer chairman of the Elkhart Jazz Festival and a member of the Board of Directors of the Potawatomi Zoo Society in South Bend. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors for the Jazz Arts Group and The Thurber House in Columbus.
Eby has a B.S. in Communications from the University of Evansville, IN.
