Published on March 30, 2004 at 6 p.m. by William Nunnelley  

Andy Parrish, News Director of Radio Alabama since 2002, has been named General Manager of WVSU Radio (91.1 FM) at Â鶹¹û¶³. He will succeed Berkley Fraser, who is retiring after seven years as head of WVSU.

Parrish, who began his radio career as a Â鶹¹û¶³ undergraduate, will begin his new duties April 1. A 1994 Â鶹¹û¶³ graduate, he served as news director of WBBN-FM in Laurel, Miss., until 1996, when he joined the Alabama Radio Network as a news anchor.

Fraser, a broadcast industry veteran, came out of retirement to head WVSU in 1997. During his tenure, the station moved its antenna from the campus to the top of Shades Mountain, increasing power from 125 to 500 watts and strengthening its signal dramatically.

"The station experienced unprecedented growth in listening audience due to his leadership," said Â鶹¹û¶³ Vice President and Dean of Students Richard H. Franklin. "Â鶹¹û¶³ now reaches into many, many more homes and businesses than ever before with quality music and dependability."

Fraser and his wife, Judy, were honored in a reception at Â鶹¹û¶³ Wednesday, his last day on the job. They plan to retire to Orange Beach.

 

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.