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Timeless: Don Fischer’s Half-Century Broadcasting IU Sports tells the story of the legendary broadcaster whose career spans generations of IU fans and athletes. Through archival footage, historic radio calls, interviews, and personal reflections, the documentary explores Fischer’s unlikely rise from a small-town Illinois upbringing to becoming one of the most recognizable voices in college sports.
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Melania’s Foster the Future program, which provides scholarships for youth who lived in foster care, received $2 million in gifts from Fox Sports and IndyCar for students attending the two Indiana schools.
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Join fellow WTIU viewers and station staff for a special advance screening at Assembly Hall of Timeless: Don Fischer’s Half-Century Broadcasting IU Sports.
Timeless tells the story of the legendary broadcaster whose career spans generations of IU fans and athletes. Through archival footage, historic radio calls, interviews, and personal reflections, the documentary explores Fischer’s unlikely rise from a small-town Illinois upbringing to becoming one of the most recognizable voices in college sports.
Following the screening of Timeless, stick around for a screening of A Team That Wouldn't Be Beat, a rarely-seen documentary chronicling the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team and their undefeated national championship season, recently resurfaced from the IU Archives.
"This Funny World," "Sing For Your Supper," "To Keep My Love Alive" and other rarities from the Rodgers and Hart catalog.
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Submit responses for tonight's game. Get helpful hints and answer bonus trivia. Book gluttons welcome
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Rita Taylor/Courtesy of the artist.Since 2018, Early Music America has hosted its Emerging Artists Showcase, a series presenting the rising stars of early music and historical performance. This hour on Harmonia, we’ll hear from 2025 laureate Charlotte Tang, whose program transports us to a fashionable drawing room in nineteenth-century England.
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In 1957 tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins was at the peak of his first great period, playing with a confident, swinging, and radical abandon both as a leader and with Max Roach and Miles Davis.
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From her book Glass Jaw, poet Raisa Tolchinsky reads "Bless the Boxing Ring," "Carmen," "Melissa," and "Jess."
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A restless teenager spent the summer of 1936 as a temporary hobo, riding the Monon line through Indiana en route to the Texas Centennial Exposition.
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Danny WilliamWe’re saying goodbye to Nice Work this week. For our last show, hosts Tyler Lake and Alex Chambers talk about some of their favorite moments, look back at stories and interviews and reflect on what they hoped the show would accomplish.
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For more than 50 years, Don Fischer's voice has been part of the soundtrack of Indiana University athletics. Timeless: Don Fischer's Half-Century Broadcasting IU Sports premieres August 28 on WTIU and will be celebrated through free community screenings across Indiana, including a special sneak-peek event at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
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