WCBU Community Advisory Board
The board also represents the station in the community, is involved in fundraising activities, and advises station staff on ways WCBU can best serve the Greater Peoria community. Meetings are open to the public. Schedules, agendas, and meeting minutes can be found below.
Interested in joining WCBU's Advisory Board? Board membership is capped at 17, with two positions reserved for Bradley University students. Members serve two year terms, with the exception of the BU student members, whose terms are one year. Prospective members are generally nominated in each May, approved in July, and seated in September. Click here to submit an interest form.
Click here to contact the board.
Click here for the board's bylaws.
WCBU Advisory Board Facebook Page
Board Members 2024-2025
- Becky Doubleday (Chair)
- Jim Runyon (Vice Chair)
- Betsy Beltran (Recording Secretary)
- Amy Ashley
- Ray Baker
- Diane Hahn
- Terry Galvin Matthews
- Sara Netzley
- Jennifer Robin (Nominating Chair)
- Bill Shock
- Carolyn Sloan
- Jessica Thomas
- Ravi Uddavolu
- Yolanda Wallace
- WCBU staff (ex-officio): Jennifer Armstrong, Anna Chumbley, Jody Holtz, Melissa Libert, and R.C. McBride
Committees
- Executive: Becky Doubleday (Chair), Jim Runyon (Vice Chair), Betsy Beltran (Secretary), Jennifer Robin (Nominating Chair), R.C. McBride (Ex-officio)
- Marketing & Community Outreach: Becky Doubleday (Chair), Jim Runyon (Vice Chair), Amy Ashley-Raher, Ray Baker, Diane Hahn, Terry Galvin Matthews, Carolyn Sloan, Ravi Uddavolu
- Nominating: Jennifer Robin (Chair), Jim Runyon (Vice Chair), Sara Netzley, Jessica Thomas, R.C. McBride (ex-officio)
- Review: Jim Runyon (Chair), Bill Shock (Vice Chair), Yolanda Wallace
Meetings
- Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 5 p.m. Caterpillar Global Communications Center room 103
- Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 5 p.m. Caterpillar Global Communications Center room 103
- Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, 5 p.m. Caterpillar Global Communications Center room 103
- Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 5 p.m. Caterpillar Global Communications Center room 103
Past meetings
- March 12, 2025 | Agenda | Minutes
- January 8, 2025 | Agenda | Minutes
- November 13, 2024 | Agenda | Minutes
- September 11, 2024| Agenda| Minutes
- July 10, 2024 - cancelled
- May 15, 2024 | (Agenda) | Minutes
- March 13, 2024 | Agenda | Minutes
- January 10, 2024 | Agenda | Minutes
- November 15, 2023 | Agenda | Minutes
- September 13, 2023 | Agenda |Minutes
- July 12, 2023 - cancelled
- May 10, 2023 | Agenda | Minutes
- March 8, 2023 | Agenda | Minutes
- January 11, 2023 | Agenda | Minutes
- November 9, 2022 | Agenda | Minutes
- September 14, 2022| Agenda | Minutes
- July 13, 2022| Agenda | Minutes
- May 4, 2022| Agenda | Minutes
- April 21, 2022 (special closed meeting for facilitated strategic planning session)
- Wednesday, March 9 | Agenda | Minutes
- January 12, 2022| Agenda |Minutes
- November 10, 2021| Agenda | Minutes
- September 8, 2021| Agenda | Minutes
- July 14, 2021 | Agenda | Minutes
- May 12, 2021| Agenda | Minutes
- March 10, 2021 | Agenda | Minutes
- January 13, 2021 | Agenda | Minutes
- November 4, 2020 | Agenda | Minutes (see agenda of 1/13/21 meeting)
- September 16, 2020 | Agenda | Minutes
- July 8, 2020 | Agenda | Minutes
- May 13, 2020 | Agenda | Minutes
- March 11, 2020 | Agenda | Minutes
- January 8, 2020 | Agenda | Minutes
- November 13, 2019 | Agenda | Minutes
- September 11, 2019 | Agenda | Minutes
Annual Letters to Bradley University Leadership
Eligibility for WCBU’s annual Community Service Grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting requires WCBU's Community Advisory Board to be actively engaged with station management and to occasionally advise and report to the station’s license holder (Bradley University) on WCBU's service. In that spirit, the Board formally communicates an annual update to Bradley administration, and those letters (found below) are made available to the public below.