Rich Bradley started his life-long career in radio while still in college in the early 1960s, and in 1974 helped create a public radio station at Sangamon State University (renamed the University of Illinois - Springfield in 1995). He served as the news director for the NPR affiliated station for thirty years, and is considered the father of the Illinois Public Radio Network. During his tenure, he covered the administrations of four governors, from Gov. Jim Thompson through Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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Rich Bradley, as he appeared in the 1973-1974 edition of the . Rich worked in the Illinois State Capitol press room for the Illinois News Network. Where:
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Rich Bradley, as he appeared in the 1975-1976 edition of the Illinois Blue Book. He now worked in the Capitol pressroom for WSSR-Radio. Where:
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1975-1976Ownership:
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Rich Bradley, as he appeared in the 1981-1982 edition of the Illinois Blue Book. He worked in the Illinois State Capitol press room for WSSR-Radio. Where:
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Rich Bradley, circa 1985, training a student reporter on the operation of the news studio’s broadcast equipment. Where:
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Rich Bradley, in 2009, with Nick Zyznieuski, a Springfield High School Senior, getting ready to record his essay in the annual “This I Believe” series on WUIS. Where:
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Rich Bradley takes a break during the broadcast of a WUIS newscast in 2007. Where:
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Rich Bradley, 2008, takes a telephone call from WUIS’s Statehouse Bureau. Where:
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Rich Bradley, 2009, anchoring a WUIS newscast, during the broadcast of NPR’s Morning Edition. The photo was taken during Bradley’s last week on the air, prior to his retirement on October 1, 2009. Where:
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2009Ownership:
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