KPLU
On January 25, 2008, Pacific Public Media officially broke ground for the Martin J. Neeb Center on the campus of Pacific Lutheran University, named in honor of KPLU’s long-time general manager, Martin Neeb, who retired in 2006. In early 2009, the station’s administrative staff moved in; at the end of June, KPLU morning Midday Jazz host Dick Stein flipped “the big red switch” for the first time in the station’s brand-new, state-of-the-art on-air studios. This October, it’s your turn to set foot inside the new Neeb Center, which is home not only to 88.5 KPLU “NPR News and All That Jazz” and Pacific Public Media’s all-jazz webstream, Jazz24, but also includes PLU’s Office of Development. “Live from KPLU” will feature special programming hosted by KPLU’s Dick Stein and Nick Morrison, free live performances by trumpeter Lance Buller and vocalist Stephanie Porter, and PLU Jazz Professor David Deacon-Joyner, building tours, refreshments, and the dedication ceremony.