Bill Wheelhouse named WUIS general manager

Bill Wheelhouse, long-time statehouse bureau chief for WUIS 91.9 – WIPA 89.3 Public Radio, has been named general manager of the station effective August 16, pending approval of the U of I Board of Trustees.

Wheelhouse has been WUIS statehouse bureau chief since 1995, leading award-winning state capitol coverage for the 12-station Illinois Public Radio network. He succeeds Brad Swanson, who retired in December 2004 after 28 years of service to WUIS, and station News Director Rich Bradley, who has been serving as interim general manager since Swanson’s retirement. Read more>>