Cincinnati Public Radio’s New Home Will Be Officially Known as the Scripps Family Center for Public Media
April 16, 2025
Thanks to the generous support of renowned philanthropist, Marilyn Scripps.
The Campaign for Cincinnati Public Radio’s New Home
Together, we’ve built a radio community that’s been going strong for more than 64 years. Now, we are building a permanent home for 90.9 WGUC, 91.7 WVXU and 88.5 WMUB.
Cincinnati Public Radio has rented space in the building behind Music Hall since 1980, but the reimagination of our block and redevelopment plans for this corridor will not include Cincinnati Public Radio. Several years ago, we began proactively planning for this scenario and committed to building a new facility in Evanston off the I-71 Dana exit.
Cincinnati Public Radio’s priority is protecting WGUC, WVXU and WMUB and the news and classical music we bring to nearly 200,000 listeners every week. If we are going to buck the national trend of regional news sources and classical music stations disappearing, sticking with the status quo won’t cut it. We must think beyond what we provide through the airwaves.
Cincinnati has a rich history of supporting local non-profits and the arts. Billions of dollars have been raised locally for dozens of capital campaigns within just the past 10 years, but Cincinnati Public Radio has never launched a formal capital campaign.
This is a once-in-a-generation capital campaign for Cincinnati Public Radio – and we are more than halfway to our goal with less than $10 million to raise.
Raising funds for a new building can be daunting, but building a permanent home for WGUC’s classical music and WVXU’s local news are worth the investment.
Thanks to the generous support of renowned philanthropist, Marilyn Scripps.
We recently had the opportunity to give some local musicians a sneak peek. Hear what they have to say about CPR’s new studios. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ccNR4TvZlI Learn
The Karen Bell Collaboration Hub honors a special gift from the Karen Hardy Bell Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation in honor of Carol Aquino,
In this video, hear directly from some of our Community Advisory Board members on their initial reactions after taking a construction tour of our new home.
Seven years ago, we had a dream of building a home for public radio in Cincinnati and in less than six months we will be moving to Evanston into a beautiful, sustainable and welcoming building.
We are thrilled with the progress at CPR’s new building! The tarps are slowly coming down as the glass panes go up. Hear the latest update from some of our colleagues and team members from emersion DESIGN and Skanska.
In this video, hear directly from our partners at Skanska USA, Emersion Design, Schaefer, CMTA, and Nordic Structures about what makes our building so unique.
Several weeks ago, Chuck Berry and Nora Vondrell of the Charles D. Berry Foundation toured the new Cincinnati Public Radio building. The next day the Charles D. Berry Foundation donated $1 million to the Building Connections Campaign!
Rather than wrapping the building in transparent plastic sheathing, the draping material our contractor has installed is reusable and more durable, resistant to rain and sun, and a better insulator for protecting the workers inside the building from heat, cold and rain.
Murray Sinclaire
Campaign Co-Chair
Otto M. Budig, Jr.
Campaign Co-Chair
Tim Maloney
Campaign Co-Chair
Nick Clooney
Honorary Co-Chair
Richard Eiswerth
CEO & General Manager
resiwerth@cinradio.org
513-419-7101
Sherri Mancini
Vice President of Development
smancini@cinradio.org
513-419-7112
Conrad Thiede
Director of Major & Planned Gifts
cthiede@cinradio.org
513-419-7116