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John DeCamp
Interviewed by: Burt Harrison
Public Radio Oral History Project
September 15, 1978
John DeCamp spent thirty-six years at radio station WBAA at Purdue University, including nearly sixteen years as station manager. In 1975, he resigned to become Public Relations Director for the Purdue Department of Athletics. During most of his broadcasting career, DeCamp was the radio voice of the Purdue Boilermakers.
In this interview, John DeCamp describes educational broadcasting from the 1940s to the 1960s. He also discusses sports broadcasting and why he left public radio.
Topics
- adult education
- educational radio
- instructional radio
- National Educational Radio
- National Educational Radio Network
- National Public Radio
- public radio
- WBAA
