People

Originally from the Chicago suburbs, Bill Porter is Bradley University’s Director of Broadcast Engineering and Chief Engineer of Peoria Public Radio and WTVP-TV. Bill also serves as Peoria Public Radio's Interim Executive Director . Bill’s...

Cindy Dermody grew up in Milwaukee. Upon graduation from the University of WI-Madison, she moved to Peoria. Since Cindy enjoys working with people, she has been in sales for more than thirty years and has been WCBU’s Underwriting Manager since...

Kristin McHugh is an experienced radio journalist and nonprofit manager.  Most recently, she served as executive director of the Peoria Area World Affairs Council.

For a decade, McHugh was a program officer and senior radio producer for...

Native Peorian Lee Wenger joined WCBU as Membership Manager in the summer of 1996.  Late in 1998 he became an on air host, and was made Director of the WCBU Radio Information Service, a free sub-carrier broadcast service bringing local...

Lisa Polnitz joined Peoria Public Radio in January of 2004 and is responsible for all Administrative responsibilities for the station.  Her professional experience includes 30 years of Administrative/Technical Management. Lisa earned her Master...

Nathan Irwin has been WCBU’ s Program Director since 2001. Prior to that, he was a talk-show producer and announcer for New Hampshire Public Radio. His first radio job was KFJM-FM in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He grew up in upstate New York,...

Tanya Koonce is the News Director at Peoria Public Radio.  She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism from Eastern Illinois University, and a M.A. in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield.  Tanya started her...