Tony Krabill
@tkrabill.bsky.social
Program Director, 88.1 WVPE Public Radio, Elkhart, Indiana. https://www.wvpe.org. Hawkeye surrounded by Boilermakers, Hoosiers, Irish, Spartans, and Wolverines (and a few Buckeyes). Mennonite. Gen-X commiserating with Gen-Z.
“Prove they are Mennonite. They don’t look Mennonite.” 🙄
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
“Prove they are Mennonite. They don’t look Mennonite.” 🙄
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Please take a media literacy moment and stop posting that the young boy in the Super Bowl halftime show was Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who was detained by ICE.
It was a child actor, who posted about it on social media.
www.instagram.com/reel/DUhUaQp...
It was a child actor, who posted about it on social media.
www.instagram.com/reel/DUhUaQp...
the_lincfox on Instagram: "I’ll remember this day forever! @badbunnypr - it was my truest honor 🐰🏆🏈#youngbadbunny #littlebadbunny #superbowlhalftimeshow #s…"
I’ll remember this day forever! @badbunnypr - it was my truest honor 🐰🏆🏈#youngbadbunny #littlebadbunny #superbowlhalftimeshow #superbowllx #benitobowl
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February 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Please take a media literacy moment and stop posting that the young boy in the Super Bowl halftime show was Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who was detained by ICE.
It was a child actor, who posted about it on social media.
www.instagram.com/reel/DUhUaQp...
It was a child actor, who posted about it on social media.
www.instagram.com/reel/DUhUaQp...
I’m told this was the TPUSA halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I’m told this was the TPUSA halftime show
I remember this vividly. I was 13. I’m curious: Has there been any acknowledgment from the ABC Sports crew on tonight’s Monday Night Football broadcast of the historic role Howard Cosell played in informing the world of John Lennon’s death on this date 45 years ago?
45 years ago today, one of the many days when the music really, truly died. Howard Cosell announces the death of former Beatle John Lennon on "Monday Night Football."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n73G...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n73G...
John Lennon shot 12-8-80 Howard Cosell tells the world twice John Lennon was dead.
YouTube video by TLPFAS
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December 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I remember this vividly. I was 13. I’m curious: Has there been any acknowledgment from the ABC Sports crew on tonight’s Monday Night Football broadcast of the historic role Howard Cosell played in informing the world of John Lennon’s death on this date 45 years ago?
Oh gosh, I feel this!
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Oh gosh, I feel this!
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Thank you for supporting WVPE your community funded radio station.
We are grateful for generous listeners like you.
Thank you from everyone here at 88.1 WVPE.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thank you for supporting WVPE your community funded radio station.
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Day 3 of our Fall Membership Drive is underway! Kent Fulmer, Shelli Harmon-Baker, Mike Murrell and all our volunteers have fundraising fever and the cure is your support. Just call 888-399-9873 or visit www.wvpe.org and click donate button at the top of our page. Thank you for your support.
October 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Day 3 of our Fall Membership Drive is underway! Kent Fulmer, Shelli Harmon-Baker, Mike Murrell and all our volunteers have fundraising fever and the cure is your support. Just call 888-399-9873 or visit www.wvpe.org and click donate button at the top of our page. Thank you for your support.
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All these people who think that being around gay people will “turn” them. And I keep asking my daughter to be a lesbian. AND SHE WON’T.
September 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
All these people who think that being around gay people will “turn” them. And I keep asking my daughter to be a lesbian. AND SHE WON’T.
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This week on Michiana Chronicles, Sid Shroyer says he feels “unmoored, confused and cut off from the reason to believe…. The truth in the world as I knew it has vanished.”
Michiana Chronicles: Shaken and stirred
Sid Shroyer doesn't know what to say.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This week on Michiana Chronicles, Sid Shroyer says he feels “unmoored, confused and cut off from the reason to believe…. The truth in the world as I knew it has vanished.”
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Too many people’s inside thoughts are outside thoughts nowadays…
Shared to mass audiences of people that never should know about those peoples’ inside OR outside thoughts…
All flattened into the worst algorithmic mobs that reward the most unhinged and emotional posting.
Shared to mass audiences of people that never should know about those peoples’ inside OR outside thoughts…
All flattened into the worst algorithmic mobs that reward the most unhinged and emotional posting.
a white cat is playing with an lg computer
ALT: a white cat is playing with an lg computer
media.tenor.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Too many people’s inside thoughts are outside thoughts nowadays…
Shared to mass audiences of people that never should know about those peoples’ inside OR outside thoughts…
All flattened into the worst algorithmic mobs that reward the most unhinged and emotional posting.
Shared to mass audiences of people that never should know about those peoples’ inside OR outside thoughts…
All flattened into the worst algorithmic mobs that reward the most unhinged and emotional posting.
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So anyway, I’m dealing with the Vibe vibe
September 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
So anyway, I’m dealing with the Vibe vibe
I got my start in radio when WEMC was located in the Astral Hall studios. I’m beyond thrilled to see Eastern Mennonite University use this space getting for audio again!
Sanctuary of sound - EMU News
New Astral Recording Studio offers EMU students hands-on experience in cutting-edge music production, sound engineering, and audio technology It might be the quietest spot on campus. EMU’s new Astral...
emu.edu
August 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I got my start in radio when WEMC was located in the Astral Hall studios. I’m beyond thrilled to see Eastern Mennonite University use this space getting for audio again!
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News Director, Shelli Harmon-Baker, and Program Director, Tony Krabill, have a conversation about what is next for WVPE. They talk about programs that are moving or leaving and also about additional local news.
A conversation about the future of WVPE: Part Two
News Director, Shelli Harmon-Baker, and Program Director, Tony Krabill, have a conversation about what is next for WVPE.
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August 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
News Director, Shelli Harmon-Baker, and Program Director, Tony Krabill, have a conversation about what is next for WVPE. They talk about programs that are moving or leaving and also about additional local news.
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This week on Michiana Chronicles, we revisit a 2017 essay from Ken Smith remembering an OSHA investigator telling his father government regulations are “written in someone’s blood” after his brother’s death while working on a utility line.
Government Regulations Are Personal
Ken Smith talks about his brother's death on the job as a utility worker and about regulations meant for protection.
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August 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This week on Michiana Chronicles, we revisit a 2017 essay from Ken Smith remembering an OSHA investigator telling his father government regulations are “written in someone’s blood” after his brother’s death while working on a utility line.
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This week on Michiana Chronicles, April Lidinsky explains the shared language of gardeners.
Michiana Chronicles: "And this flower..."
April Lidinsky explains the shared language of gardeners.
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August 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This week on Michiana Chronicles, April Lidinsky explains the shared language of gardeners.
Probably the only time EVER that the font for my name will be larger than Sara Bareilles. No, that is NOT going to my head. I have TWO lines
July 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Probably the only time EVER that the font for my name will be larger than Sara Bareilles. No, that is NOT going to my head. I have TWO lines
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Seems appropriate that Ozzy left us while we’re going off the rails on a crazy train.
July 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Seems appropriate that Ozzy left us while we’re going off the rails on a crazy train.
Before Stephen Colbert, CBS cancelled The Smothers Brothers
Cancelled! | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Post Cancellation Press Conference
YouTube video by The Smothers Brothers
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Before Stephen Colbert, CBS cancelled The Smothers Brothers
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Holy buckets! @kuow.org raised $1.5 million in 12 hours after launching an emergency fundraising campaign. That is incredible. Seattle stepped up.
KUOW listeners give nearly $1.5 million in one day after Congress cuts funding
The station raised nearly $1.5 million by 1 p.m. on Friday afternoon in response to Congress slashing Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding.
www.seattletimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Holy buckets! @kuow.org raised $1.5 million in 12 hours after launching an emergency fundraising campaign. That is incredible. Seattle stepped up.
I talked to @wsbt22.bsky.social today about the impact of federal funding cuts to public media
Journalism at WNIT, WVPE faces uncertain future after funding cuts
Cuts for local journalism have arrived.Indiana officially cut funding for public media following Congress's decision earlier this month.These cuts come at a som
wsbt.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I talked to @wsbt22.bsky.social today about the impact of federal funding cuts to public media
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JAMIE LEE CURTIS REACTS TO
'LATE SHOW' CANCELLATION:
'THEY'RE TRYING TO SILENCE PEOPLE'
'LATE SHOW' CANCELLATION:
'THEY'RE TRYING TO SILENCE PEOPLE'
July 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
JAMIE LEE CURTIS REACTS TO
'LATE SHOW' CANCELLATION:
'THEY'RE TRYING TO SILENCE PEOPLE'
'LATE SHOW' CANCELLATION:
'THEY'RE TRYING TO SILENCE PEOPLE'