The following audio files contain recent interviews recorded by WLBC’s Steve Lindell. All audio files are playable on your computer, Smartphone or tablet device. Governor Eric Holcomb interview Jay Julian, President/CEO and Chief Economic Development Officer for the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce interview Mayor Dennis Tyler interview
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By: Jamie Faulkner— Muncie, IN – MutualBank donated sixteen benches, recycled from plastic lids to non-profits throughout Indiana. Throughout 2015 and 2016, MutualBank employees and customers collected plastic lids from a variety of sources such as bottles of water, laundry detergent, peanut butter jars, etc. The goal was for each employee to collect a total of two pounds of plastic which would result in 850 lbs. of plastic that would be recycled and turned into park benches. MutualBank achieved 100% participation…
By: Sheena Peters— Muncie, IN– Whitinger & Company is proud to announce the promotion of Angie Everroad to the new position of Processing Manager for the regional accounting and advisory firm. Angie is a graduate of Muncie Central High School and Indiana Business College where she received an associate’s degree in Business Administration and an associate’s degree in Management. She joined Whitinger & Company in 1998 and has served as a significant member of the firm’s Processing Department for the…
MUNCIE, IN – After nearly three years of courtship, DD DANNAR, LLC, (DANNAR) is proud to announce Anuraag Kandala has joined the DANNAR Mobile Power Station® (MPS) team as a Manufacturing Technologies Engineer. Anuraag recently relocated to Muncie from Athens, Georgia, where he was a Manufacturing Systems Engineer with Caterpillar, Inc. Anuraag will be responsible for the design and structure of the Mobile Power Station production line, instituting best practices from the heavy equipment industry, as well as implementing continuous improvement…
By: Teresa Wright— Tanya Malak has been promoted to Financial Center Manager at the Winchester MutualBank Financial Center. Previously as Service Manager, she made significant impact while delivering exceptional customer service to new and existing customers in Winchester and surrounding communities. Including her twelve years of employment at Mutual, Tanya’s management experience and customer service excellence continue to be an asset to Mutual clients. She says, “Our customers have always come first and that will continue. Our team strives to help…
The annual North American Dealer of the Year award recognized General Truck Sales of Muncie, Indiana and its employees for outstanding performance in a number of key areas, including new truck sales, market share, parts sales, customer satisfaction, dealer operating standards, franchise investment and support for other dealers. “General Truck Sales performed very well in a difficult market in 2016, going above and beyond their organizational goals and consistently delivering outstanding service and support to Volvo Trucks customers,” said Jeff…
By: Elizabeth Allenbaugh— Muncie, IN— 2016 was a year of substantial success for Muncie Aviation Company, an aircraft sales and service company that will celebrate its 85th anniversary this year. Overall, the company grossed more than $77 million in 2016 in aircraft sales, maintenance, fuel services, avionics, and parts sales. The Muncie Aviation facilities were expanded when construction was completed in 2016 on a new $1 million, multi-level hanger that houses aircraft detailing services and the Muncie Aviation employee fitness…
By: Traci Lutton— MUNCIE, IND —Joined by local elected officials and business leaders today, AT&T and the Muncie-Delaware County Economic Development Alliance announced that four Delaware County business parks– three in Muncie and one in Yorktown – have been certified as being AT&T Fiber Ready. This marks the first time in Indiana that four Fiber Ready locations have been announced at once, and the facilities are the first designations for the county. Listen to the press conference below, recorded by:…
By: Steve “Brownie” Brown, On Air Personality on WERK-FM— Sometime during the first week of June last year, Mr. J Chapman, CEO of Woof Boom Radio, asked me if I would share some of my experiences in radio on the Woof Boom Radio blog. I told him I would be honored…and I meant it. I have often said that the first day I walked into WLBC as an employee, I fell in complete love with broadcasting; and now, some 50 years later,…
By: Matt Kantz— MUNCIE, IND – DD DANNAR, LLC, (DANNAR) is pleased to announce the addition of Shannon Henry, an experienced manufacturing leader who recently joined the DANNAR team and has been named Program Manager of the Mobile Power Station® (MPS). She joined DANNAR in September 2016. Shannon’s primary responsibility is the day-to-day management of operations and manufacturing deliverables for the MPS production life cycle, helping to drive planning and management of project milestones, dependencies and risk management. Shannon has been in the manufacturing sector…