Cincinnati Public Radio moved into rented space on Central Parkway in 1980 but now we are preparing for our move to Evanston in Spring 2025. We are building a permanent home for public radio in Cincinnati, and we cannot wait for you to see it. But most of all, we cannot wait to show you how much more we can do there!
In the video below, hear directly from some of our Community Advisory Board members on their initial reactions after taking a construction tour of our new home.
What advantages will the new building have over your current facility?
If you have ever visited WGUC or WVXU, you know our current space is not easy to find. The building is a bunker, of sorts, with little signage and no obvious entrance. The paid parking lot is not ours and parking is frequently restricted, so we cannot promise access to guests. CPR only has one conference room, which is not large enough to fit all our staff or more than a few dozen visitors at one time. We had to convert closets into office space to accommodate staff after purchasing WVXU in 2005.
Everything that has been challenging about our Central Parkway address is remedied in our new location. A non-exhaustive list of these features and capabilities we are most excited about include:
- Easily accessible building
- Dedicated, free parking next to the building and in the surrounding area
- Public podcast booth so anyone can record and produce a podcast with professional equipment
- A professional recording studio three times larger than the current recording studio, enabling much larger groups for recordings and live performances with an audience in the studio
- A gathering space that can accommodate up to 120 people seated for events, performances, lectures, debates, etc.
- Outdoor gathering space and terrace, directly adjacent to Evanston Recreation area
- Double the number of sound booths for recording and editing
- Video-enabled studios for recorded and live streaming of events
The most important change will be our ability to bring this radio community we have built over 60+ years into our new space for debates, concerts, educational programs, station events, and more.
The Building Connections Campaign is Cincinnati Public Radio’s first real capital campaign ever. It is a once-in-a-generation campaign to protect these stations by securing a permanent home for WVXU, WGUC and WMUB – and we welcome your support.