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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The names of two Arkansas radio pioneers will be on a new scholarship set up at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's School of Mass Communication.
The school said Tuesday it received a $1.4 million bequest from the Johnnie A. Winn Revocable Trust. The gift sets up the Dan and Johnnie Winn Memorial Scholarship. Preference will be given to students in journalism or radio.
Johnnie Winn died last year at age 100. The school said she was the first licensed amateur radio operator in Arkansas. Her husband Dan died in 1998 at age 86. He helped put 30 radio stations on the air and was a past chairman of the Arkansas Emergency Broadcast System.
School Director Olaf Hoerschelmann said the endowment will help attract high-quality students to the program.
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