R.I.P.: West Virginia Radio Broadcaster Jim Stallings

Jim Stallings

A longtime WAJR 1440 AM radio personality has died. Jim Stallings, 54, passed away Thursday after a battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer, according to WV Metro News.

Stallings had worked with West Virginia Radio Corporation since 1985. For decades, he co-hosted “Morgantown A.M.” with Kay Murray on WAJR 1440 AM in Morgantown. “Jim and Kay,” as they became known, brought local issues to their many loyal listeners.

“He could take a boring subject on our talk show, a boring subject into a fun, entertaining subject,” Murray recalled. “It’s the one thing Jim thought radio should be. Entertainment. He used to tell me, man if you can’t leave the air without putting a smile on someone’s face, what are we doing here every day.”

“Jim Stallings was a great broadcaster and an even better person,” said West Virginia Radio Corporation President & CEO Dale Miller. “Jim takes a prominent place in WAJR’s 75 year heritage and our entire radio family already misses him.”

WAJR’s Kyle Wiggs, who handled the sports morning shift with Stallings for 20 years, said the radio personality was devoted and passionate every day.