[035] WAYNE WHITE’S BID FOR RESPECT TOPIC OF “MTSU ON THE RECORD”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 29, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

WAYNE WHITE’S BID FOR RESPECT TOPIC OF “MTSU ON THE RECORD”
MTSU Alumnus Puts Award-winning Career on Display in New Coffee Table Book
(MURFREESBORO) – Three-time Emmy Award-winner and MTSU alumnus Wayne White will talk about a new book compiling the creative efforts of his three-decade career at 7 a.m. on “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue at 7 a.m. this Sunday, August 2, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
The book, titled Maybe Now I’ll Get the Respect I So Richly Deserve (Ammo Books), displays his work as an illustrator, cartoonist, animator, puppeteer and production designer. White won his Emmys for art direction for “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse.” He also is the recipient of an MTV Award for Smashing Pumpkins’ video “Tonight, Tonight” and a Billboard Award for Peter Gabriel’s video “Big Time.”
To hear last week’s program about the dual admission program between MTSU and Nashville State Community College, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2009.html and click on “July 26, 2009.” For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.