Springfield IL Radio: Perry Stone Name O-M At Mid-West Cluster

Perry Stone

Mid-West Family Broadcasting in Springifled, IL has announced to addition of Perry Stone at Operations Manager and personality.

Stone will oversee the four-station cluster.  In addition to his OM duties for both stations, Stone will host the afternoon show on Rock WQLZ 97.7.

Stone was most recently with Saga Communications in Charlottesville, Virginia as operations manager for news/talk WINA-AM/FM and rock WWWV.

Stone “has worked on-air in markets as large as New York City and San Francisco and as small as Carbondale, Illinois.  So, he not only knows Illinois, but he understands the opportunities and challenges in markets of all sizes.”

Mid-West Family Springfield general manager Harvey Wells says, “We conducted a nationwide search for this position and Perry’s experience both in management and on-air made the difference.  I’m looking forward to him joining our off and on-air team.”

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Stone remarks, “It’s great to get back to the Midwest.  I spent time in Carbondale and in Milwaukee and have always enjoyed the people and places there.  I’m looking forward to getting to know all that Central Illinois has to offer.  In addition, Mid-West Family Radio is one of the most respected companies in radio. I could not be happier.”