Popular on Patch: Lyons Township Radio Station Named ‘Best in the Nation’

After a disappointing performance last year, WLTL roared back at this year’s John Drury Awards to capture the honor for the fifth time and the first since 2009.

Lyons Township Radio Station Named ‘Best in the Nation’

After a disappointing performance last year, WLTL roared back at this year’s John Drury Awards to capture the honor for the fifth time and the first since 2009.

Lyons Township High School’s radio station, WLTL 88.1FM, took the “Best Radio Station in the Nation” at the 10th annual John Drury Awards on Saturday, held at North Central College in Naperville. Lions students garnered a wealth of first-, second- and third-place prizes across the board, enough to triumph over other participating schools from as far away as Connecticut and California. (Listen to some of the award-winning pieces here.) “They just really worked really hard putting together the best pieces that they could, asking for advice, redoing them, revising them every step along the way  to just have the best work that they could have out there,” said WLTL station advisor Chris Thomas. “I think the awards speak for themselves on how …

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LT's Lion Newspaper and WLTL Radio Earn National Recognition

A staff member on Lyons Township High School's Lion Newspaper and the school's WLTL radio station each won national recognition recently.

Two of Lyons Township High School's media clubs received national recognition recently. A student staff member of the school's Lion Newspaper received a national award and the school's radio station, WLTL, was honored again at the Communication Awards. Mary Cate Most Takes 3rd Place for the Lion Newspaper LT junior Mary Kate Most earned third place in the Environment Category of the 2012 National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest. Her in-depth story, Drug Drive Prevents Abuse, Pollution, also recently won first place in the first round of the contest between students in Illinois. Most will be honored at the High School Communications Contest Awards Luncheon in September at the federation's national conference in …

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Rock Till You Drop: WLTL Kicks Off Rock-A-Thon Fundraiser

Lyons Township High School's award winning community radio station, WLTL, kicks off it's big yearly fundraiser this Friday for 88.1 continuous hours of programing.

Students at Lyons Township High School are getting ready for a marathon weekend on the air.  Located just a hair to the right on your FM dial, WLTL 88.1-FM , will be broadcasting 88.1 hours of continuous programming this weekend as part of their big yearly fundraiser, Rock-A-Thon . They’re trying to beat last year's haul of just over $22,000 and raise $30,000 for the 30th anniversary of the fundraiser.  The money raised will be invested in equipment upgrades for the station, particularly for new digital control boards, said WLTL's Rock-A-Thon Director Alex Smart. Smart, like many of the station's student managers who run the day-to-day operations at WLTL, has been involved in the program for many years.  "The atmosphere and the memories…

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Whiz Kids: WLTL and The Lion Announce New Student Staffers

Lyons Township High School's award winning student radio station and newspaper announce 2011-2012 staff and positions.

Getting on staff at Lyons Township High School's awarding winning WLTL radio station and The Lion newspaper isn't easy. Students must excel in the prerequisite classes before applying, and then go through a rigorous interview process with departing senior staff.  On Monday, LT released the names and positions for the crew who will be continuing the long and great tradition of both. Congratulations to those staffers who were selected. See below of a list of names and positions at both WLTL and The Lion.   Program Director: Jacob Alderman, Senior, LaGrange Assistant Program Director:     Brendan Dzwierzynski, Junior, LaGrange Park  Co-Music Director: Lisa Jonas, Junior, Western Springs          Co-Music Director: Collin Thomas, Junior, …

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Have You Seen This LT Alumnus On TV, Interviewing the President?

Phil LeBeau is the Chicago-based CNBC auto and airline industry reporter who got his start at Lyons Township High School's radio station, WLTL.

Back in the early 1980s, I worked at WLTL 88.1 FM, the Lyons Township High School radio station run by students. Phil LeBeau was on the news staff and was always very serious about the news. That’s saying something for someone who is a sophomore in high school. So, it doesn’t come as a surprise to me that I turned on the TV and saw him reporting on CNBC. LeBeau is the CNBC auto and airline industry reporter based out of the Chicago bureau. I had a chance to talk to LeBeau recently and learned about his journey from the La Grange radio station to working in Chicago for one of the major national networks, where his achievenments include interviewing President Barack Obama one-on-one. WLTL gave LeBeau the bug but it also helped him determine …

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