Steve Burger

WNIN Vice President of Radio and New Media manager Steve Burger is a South Dakota native. Steve and his family have been Evansville residents for the past 20 years.

Steve graduated from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD with a B.A. in Journalism. Since then, he has worked in several on air and management roles in radio and television news, earning numerous state and regional news awards for his radio reporting and web development. Before coming to WNIN, Steve managed the successful 14wfie.com online local news site for eight years.

Steve has also served on the Evansville Freedom Festival's airshow board, and on the board of the Southwest Indiana Disaster Resistant Community Corporation. He currently serves on the Vanderburgh County Local Emergency Planning Committee and is a member of the 2011 class of Connect with Southern Indiana.

Steve's wife Jeri is an assistant professor of nursing at USI. They have two children. Steve has worked for many years with youth groups at his church and with the Boy Scouts. That work included leading groups on outdoor adventures in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota, and twice to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico.