The Campaign for Cincinnati Public Radio’s New Home
Cincinnati Public Radio is moving to Evanston in 2025!
The progress at Keystone Parke continues and the magic of time lapse video reminds us of how far we’ve come just since August.
At the end of December, 2023—CPR board members, staff and project partners gathered for a topping out ceremony at our new home in Keystone Parke. Planning for this building began in 2018 as discussions about the redevelopment of our rented space on Central Parkway ramped up, and it became evident we needed to find a permanent home for WGUC, WVXU and WMUB. During the ceremony, guests signed the last piece of the roof and watched the crew lift and secure it to the building.
With a palpable sense of enthusiasm and promise, Cincinnati Public Radio and guests broke ground for the new Scripps Family Center for Public Media, the new home of 90.9 WGUC, 91.7 WVXU and 88.5 WMUB. Cincinnati Public Radio Board members and staff were joined by representatives from the City of Cincinnati, the Evanston Community Council, architects from emersion DESIGN, contractor Skanska USA Building, Neyer Properties, and other contractors and friends for the celebration. The construction of this state-of-the-art and eco-friendly facility is now underway, and the future of Cincinnati Public Radio looks brighter than ever.
For decades, we have joined you on your daily commute, in your living room and at your kitchen table. The challenges of today have reaffirmed the need to protect public radio and to work to ensure the long-term future of our organization.
Moving to a new home is an incredible opportunity to create a place for learning, music and events in Evanston. We look forward to becoming a proud, contributing member of this dynamic and diverse neighborhood.
This once-in-a-generation initiative is the first time in CPR’s 60+ year history we have conducted a traditional capital campaign.
CPR's mission is to be the trusted, independent source of journalism, music, and culture empowering a vibrant, engaged, and informed community. This new home opens up countless possibilities for community engagement.
CPR's new building will become part of the first LEED-certified commercial campus in the Tri-State, featuring sustainably grown mass timber. The structure will be highly functional, with state-of-the-art facilities designed to support our 21st-century news media, music production and broadcasts.
In this new space, we will be able to offer outreach programs for children and young adults through our Classics for Kids® and Democracy & Me programs; free use of podcast studios for anyone who wants to create their own series; recording facilities for local musicians, and dedicated studios for arts programming and our growing local news program, Cincinnati Edition. We look forward to hosting debates, concerts and educational programs in the years to come.
The Keystone Parke site in Evanston offers plenty of free parking and easy access to I-71, and the adjacent Evanston Playground is perfect for outdoor events. Our new home will also be accessible via METRO routes 31 and 37 while located near the Rookwood Commons and Pavilion shopping centers, the Wasson Way Bike Trail and Xavier University.
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Murray Sinclaire
Campaign Co-Chair
Otto M. Budig, Jr.
Campaign Co-Chair
Tim Maloney
Campaign Co-Chair
Richard Eiswerth
CEO & General Manager
resiwerth@cinradio.org
513-419-7101
Conrad Thiede
Director of Major & Planned Gifts
cthiede@cinradio.org
513-419-7116