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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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IU coach Curt Cignetti spoke for the first time since a court ruled players such as Kellan Wyatt and Stephen Daley are ineligible for games.
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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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Courtesy of the artists.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 a fifteenth century French program by ensemble Ars Poetica, one of three laureates to perform on the 2025 showcase.
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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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Eric Rensberger grew up in Elkhart County, Indiana and has lived in the Bloomington area since 1979. On this edition of the Poets Weave, Eric reads “A Return,” “Clutter,” “3/10/14,” and “A Cursing.”
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During his career in the U.S. Congress, Thomas became known as an advocate for working men and women—his empathy no doubt informed by his own Indiana boyhood.
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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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