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; University of Michigan 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
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