Ele Ellis

United States

Content Manager at WUWM-FM (Milwaukee, WI)

Vice President of Content at WUWM. WKSU alum. I like pop culture, dogs and public radio.

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As federal funding cuts loom, the future of BPR is on the line

1 month ago | bpr.org | Ele Ellis

It has been a deeply disturbing few weeks for public media. Last week, it was reported that The White House is planning to send a proposal to Congress formally requesting the elimination of federal funding for public media. If approved, this would directly threaten Blue Ridge Public Radio's ability to bring you the local journalism and national NPR programming that our entire community relies on. In addition the new head of the FCC ordered an investigation into NPR and PBS.
New quiz show, "Go Fact Yourself", to pilot on WUWM

Feb 11, 2025 | wuwm.com | Ele Ellis

We are partnering with our friends in public media, LAist, to bring you a new radio program called Go Fact Yourself. Itwill air on Saturdays at 11 a.m. starting February 15 through June 28. WUWM was selected as the first station to pilot this program with LAist, as they consider it for national distribution.Go Fact Yourself is a pop culture trivia show hosted by J. Keith van Straaten (Ask Me Another, Senior Writer) and Helen Hong (Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me, recurring panelist).
Help WUWM catalog our archives for the Library of Congress

Aug 6, 2024 | wuwm.com | Ele Ellis

WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR has been accepted into the American Archive of Public Broadcasting at the Library of Congress. This means decades of audio will be preserved, digitized and saved for future use. We need YOUR help. Come be a part of history and help us catalog and pack the archives. We need as many volunteers as we can get August 23 and 24th. Fill out the form below to come help. Thank you!
Summer Sampler: WUWM wants to hear from you

May 31, 2023 | wuwm.com | Ele Ellis