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Ian MacGowan starts by talking about the year 1968, reactions and protests to the Vietnam War, and the general atmosphere of chaos and anger. He then discusses the atmosphere in Washington, DC, and his involvement with the Youth Franchise Coalition. The interview also covers Ian's political background. A chronology of events specifically related to the 26th Amendment begins with the date June 17, 1970 at 26:42, and reactions to the inclusion in the Voting Rights Act of an amendment to lower the voting age to 18. Ian is then asked to discuss the date June 22, 1970 at 29:02 and reactions to President Nixon's signing of the VRA. At 31:50, Ian is asked to comment on the December 21 Supreme Court ruling in the case Oregon v. Mitchell. At 34:42, there is discussion of the constitutional amendment, and at 37:20, Ian's take on President Nixon signing the amendment. Short Q&A's start at 39:45.
Video bio of J Chapman, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2020;
J Chapman grew up in the broadcasting industry — his father, Jerry, led Indianapolis’s WFBM-FM/TV (now WRTV-TV) for three decades, and J got an early start in the media business when assigned by his father to mow the grass at the station’s northside transmitter site. After graduating from Hanover College in 1983, Chapman worked as on-air talent at stations in Indianapolis; South Bend, Indiana; and Madison, Indiana. He also worked at stations in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Covington, Kentucky. Chapman was part of a team that launched Indianapolis’s Fox TV affiliate, WPDS-TV (now WXIN-TV), in 1984 as a photographer and sports anchor. In the later 1980s, Chapman decided to go into broadcast sales and joined Emmis Communications, where he started as a sales representative for WENS-FM and became sales manager before becoming general sales manager for WTLC-AM/FM. From 2001 to 2005, he was director of sales for Emmis’s Indianapolis Radio Group, where he worked for 17 years. In June 2013, he became owner and president of Woof Boom Radio with six stations throughout eastern Indiana, serving the Muncie, Anderson, Hartford City, Daleville, Yorktown, Alexandria, Pendleton, New Castle and Marion communities. He soon added more Indiana stations in Lafayette and a five-station cluster in Lima and Delphos, Ohio. Chapman also served as the board chairman of the Indiana Broadcasters Association.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers
Jerry Springer recounts his involvement with the youth-led effort to lower the voting age in Ohio, his testimony before Congress, and youth political attitudes then and now.
Video bio of Linda Jackson, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2020;
For more than 30 years, Linda Jackson has delivered the news to viewers in northeast Indiana – the vast majority of them from the desk where she has anchored morning or evening newscasts spanning two generations. Jackson graduated from Indiana University with a degree in journalism and got her start in local news as an intern at then-WKJG-TV, the NBC affiliate based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Her first full-time work in broadcasting was as a producer and reporter. She has also served the community in a station management role, and it is as a news anchor that Jackson has become best known in the region. In 2016, Jackson was tapped to lead the re-launched NBC news channel in Fort Wayne. She has served as lead anchor at “Fort Wayne’s NBC” since its launch, helping to establish the news team as a source for engaging and professional coverage in the community.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers
Pat outlines her motivations for getting involved with the youth vote, her activism at the time, the youth vote's path from Congress to Supreme Court to constitutional amendment, and the Nixon signing ceremony.
Video bio of Paul Mendenhall, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2020;
Paul Mendenhall began his life-long radio broadcasting career in 1970 at Carmel High School where he worked at the school’s radio station WHJE-FM. After high school graduation, Mendenhall worked part time at WHYT-FM in Noblesville, Indiana, and in 1974 at WXLW-AM in Indianapolis while attending Butler University. From there, Mendenhall transferred to Ball State to take his first full time job for Bill Shirk’s family at WERK-FM in Muncie, Indiana. At WERK-FM, he became program director and served as one of the “Men at WERK” until 1981. He also managed the radio station at Ben Davis High School and was a teacher for 17 years. Mendenhall joined Fairbanks Broadcasting in Indianapolis working for Cris Conner at WNAP-AM, then WIBC-FM and, finally, his current professional home, WTTS-FM. He joined WTTS-FM, located in Bloomington, Indiana, in 2001 where he hosts the WTTS-FM “Morning Show.”
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers
The first part of Paul Myer's (formerly Minarchenko) accounts of his personal history and his relation to the formation of the Youth Franchise Coalition and the Youth Citizenship Fund.
The second part of Paul Myer's (formerly Minarchenko) accounts of his personal history and his relation to the formation of the Youth Franchise Coalition and the Youth Citizenship Fund.
Video bio of Terri Stacey inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2020;
Terri Lynn Stacy was born in the small town of Knightstown in Henry County, Indiana. In 1985, Stacy was hired as the receptionist for WIBC-FM in Indianapolis. After winning “Employee of the Year” in 1989, Stacy was rewarded with a guest stint on the morning show on WIBC-FM, hosted by Jeff Pigeon. Stacy was such an instant hit that station managers decided to continue having her co-host the morning show, even though she was still working her full-time job as the station’s receptionist. In less than a year, the station made her a full-time on-air personality and morning show co-host. She would continue in that role, despite the ever-changing radio landscape, for more than 20 years. In 2010, Stacy finally stepped down from the morning drive and began a new direction as the traffic reporter for WIBC-FM. Since 2005, Stacy has hosted “The First Day Sunday Magazine Show” and she continues as host of the “Caregiver Crossing” show on WIBC-FM. In both 2007 and 2008, Stacy was acknowledged by Indianapolis Woman magazine as the “Local Female Radio Personality of the Year.”
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers