Full disclosure: Charly Butcher was not only a friend of the Maven, but over the years he was also a valued source for stories about the local media in general, and his own station, in particular.
So, it was rather disappointing that when WOWO officially announced the recipient of the 2022 Charly Butcher Student of Integrity Scholarship...WOWO misspelled Charly's name. Charley, instead of Charly.
The gaffe not only appeared in the headline of the story, but throughout the body copy of the story on the WOWO website.
The Maven acknowledges that the writer of the story probably joined WOWO after Charly's untimely death, and never had the pleasure of knowing and working with him. But still. This is the guy who helped restore WOWO's image and return the station to a position of prominence in the market. The least you could do is spell the man's name correctly.
The original story from the WOWO website is below:
2022 Charley Butcher
Scholarship recipient announced
By
Ian Randall
-
May 19, 2022
Photo supplied/Sarah
Butcher
FORT
WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO) – Mary Jones was named the 2022 Charley Butcher Scholarship
Student of Integrity and will receive a $2,000 scholarship.
Jones
will graduate from Adams Central High School and will be a freshman at the
University of Saint Francis and plans to study communications. She is also a
state delegate for the Indiana FFA, role model for Drugs Free Adams County and
chapter officer for the Business Professionals of America.
The Charley Butcher Scholarship is
awarded as part of the BBB of Northern Indiana’s Students of Integrity. It is
named after the legendary WOWO broadcaster who died in 2018. It is awarded to a
student in either communications or education, as Charley was a supporter of
both fields.
Sarah
Butcher, Charley’s widow, was at the presentation and is pictured with Jones
above.
