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Front Page AM 2/24/12

College sports can be big money makers for universities. Perennial power houses receive millions of dollars in profits each year from their programs. Hear how a mid-major with a Cinderella season like Murray State might come out at the end of their run. On Front Page A.M. from WKMS News.

(1) RANDY DUNN – The University of Louisville, according to the U.S. Department of Education, earned a 16 million dollar profit for it’s basketball team in 2009-2010 season. That’s a significant difference for smaller mid-major schools like Murray State. But, MSU is in the middle of an historic Cinderella Story season. We hear more about potential revenue from this season from MSU President Dr. Randy Dunn. 

I’m Chad Lampe and you’ve been listening to Front Page A.M.  Join Todd Hatton this evening at 6:30 for Front Page P.M.  Tonight, Kentucky Public Radio Capitol Reporter Kenny Colston gives us a week in review of the happenings in Frankfort, and we meet someone who’s work to feed the hungry is just as therapeutic as philanthropic. If you’d like to hear this morning’s or any of our stories again, you can find them anytime at WKMS dot org.  You can also join us Sunday morning at 9 for the hour-long Front Page Sunday.  Thanks for being with us.

Matt Markgraf joined the WKMS team as a student in January 2007. He's served in a variety of roles over the years: as News Director March 2016-September 2019 and previously as the New Media & Promotions Coordinator beginning in 2011. Prior to that, he was a graduate and undergraduate assistant. He is currently the host of the international music show Imported on Sunday nights at 10 p.m.
Chad Lampe, a Poplar Bluff, Missouri native, was raised on radio. He credits his father, a broadcast engineer, for his technical knowledge, and his mother for the gift of gab. At ten years old he broke all bonds of the FCC and built his own one watt pirate radio station. His childhood afternoons were spent playing music and interviewing classmates for all his friends to hear. At fourteen he began working for the local radio stations, until he graduated high school. He earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology at Murray State, and a Masters Degree in Mass Communication. In November, 2011, Chad was named Station Manager in 2016.
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