Melissa Libert
Assistant Executive Director / Development DirectorContact Melissa at mmboehn@ilstu.edu.
Melissa leads WGLT’s marketing, public relations, and development efforts.
Melissa previously served as Public Affairs Project Manager at COUNTRY Financial where she led community relations programming and corporate social responsibility efforts. Prior to that, Melissa provided public relations expertise to clients at Ruder Finn Chicago and Ruder Finn Los Angeles. Throughout her career, Melissa has earned several industry awards including International Association of Business Communicators/Chicago Bronze Quill and Publicity Club of Chicago Silver Trumpet.
Melissa serves the community through participation on the Bloomington-Normal Convention and Visitor’s Bureau board of directors and as a member of the ISU School of Communication Alumni Advisory Board. She is a Leadership McLean County graduate and served on the Bloomington Cultural Commission for five years.
Melissa holds a bachelor’s degree in public relations and a master’s degree in public service from Illinois State University. Melissa is an enthusiastic Redbird and sports fan alongside her son who attends the ISU Lab Schools.
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Today, NPR, alongside Aspen Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, and KSUT Public Radio, filed suit to challenge President Trump’s unlawful Executive Order targeting NPR and PBS. They do so to defend our First Amendment rights and the rights of public media stations across the country. -
WGLT has earned two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards — one of the most prestigious honors in journalism. WGLT won for Overall Excellence and Investigative Reporting and now heads to the national competition. -
On Thursday night, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media.” The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to prohibit both direct and indirect federal funding to NPR and PBS. -
WGLT is the recipient of a $20,000 grant stemming from a partnership between the Institute for Nonprofit News and the Google News Initiative. The money will fund expanded news coverage of K-12 education in McLean County.
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WGLT and its partners have scheduled two events this fall to help voters get informed ahead of the Nov. 5 election, including a Candidate Open House and 46th State Senate Forum. -
Learn about upcoming changes to the WGLT schedule, including the addition of the BBC Newshour (2 p.m. weekdays) and Conversations from the World Cafe (5 p.m. Saturdays). -
The Illinois State University campus and Bloomington-Normal community are invited to an open house celebrating our new location on May 1 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. -
WGLT has a new home, co-located with The Vidette on West Locust Street in Normal. The move caps a multiyear fundraising campaign to build new studios paired with generous support from ISU to update The Vidette building. -
WGLT's Highway 309 LIVE concert series returns Wednesday, March 20, at the Normal Theater. Doors open at 6 p.m. For the third show in the series presented by CEFCU, WGLT welcomes Nashville’s Crys Matthews. -
The 2023 class features five members who have made invaluable contributions to WGLT over the years as staff members, on-air personalities, students, donors, and community underwriters. They will be recognized and celebrated at Radio Faces on Nov. 8.
