His radio career then took him to stations in Austin, Philadelphia, Dallas and Pittsburgh. Fans are curious as to what happened to him at WLAV and if he is leaving the Morning Show. Online Radio Box uses cookies in order to provide the best service for our users. The only way for me to survive was to have it removed. ", Phone:517.484.7444Toll-Free:800.968.7622 (1-800-YOUR-MAB)Fax:517.484.5810, General E-Mail: mab @ michmab.comStaff E-Mail: last name @ michmab.com, WLAV-FM Taps Gregg Henson as Morning Co-Host, 2023 Michigan Association of Broadcasters, Poynter Institute: Journalist and Producer Essentials, Great Lakes Broadcast and Sports Media Academy, Robert Race Memorial Broadcasting Scholarship, Cher Allen Memorial Broadcasting Scholarship, Friends of Bill Burton MAB Foundation Board Scholarship, Midwest Communications Southern Michigan Broadcasting Scholarship, Scripps Howard Fund WXYZ-TV 7 Detroit Scholarship, The Charles D. Mefford Broadcasting Scholarship. There are too many of us fighting these fights Darla Jaye and Jay Allen Swieringa, both former radio partners of mine are currently dealing with cancer issues and supertalented local musician John Sanger recently won his fight. The success lasted for a while, but in the mid 1980s, WLAV began to fall apart. LAV who? This is no disrespect to Mr.Gates as he is a West Michigan radio legend, but his show had grown unbearably stale. WLAV-AM went on the air in 1940. He was able to do the radio show with Drew McCarthy and Jim Costa from western Pennsylvania. Conversation with long-time radio personality Steve Aldrich. Michelle McKormick - Wikipedia He was a true giant of radio and will be profoundly missed. Morning host Laurie DeYoung left for Baltimore, because she thought it was time to move on. He was one of the first radio personalities to play rock and roll in west Michigan. by unreel Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:23 pm, Discussion pertaining to Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Battle Creek, Big Rapids, and Michiana. He and I would smoke together often, but nothing outside of a few joints. Add your comment below. by MrsWarmth Sun May 01, 2022 11:02 pm, Post Former KC newsie and radio talk show host Darla Jaye has had a week one that involved a medical blessing, a now-legendary "oops" moment and subsequent viral fame. The 49-year-old grew up in Troy and is an avid Detroit sports fan. West Michigan Radio Legend Ed ''Uncle Buck'' Buchanan Dies Edward Stephen Matusak (Ed Buchanan, Uncle Buck) - Memorial Alternatives WLAV-FM (96.9 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock music format in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Alot of chaos on the radio, Lori holding the show down as some days Tone the Fun Guy would be a little late artiving to work the Morning show. Wasn't Tony Gates on WLAV-FM before, with Laurie DeYoung, circa 1980? In the early 2000s, Henson moved to Detroits Talk WKRK-FM and created a ground-breaking hybrid FM Hot Talk show, Motor City Middays, with Michelle McKormick.

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