Mike Stone is known, around the station, for lingering. After his four-hour morning show at WXYT 97.1 The Ticket would end at 10 a.m., he'd usually stick around, often searching for someone to go to lunch with, according to The Detroit News.
Stone has staying power, like few experience in the cut-throat business that is sports-talk radio. He arrived in the area in 1986, and in 1994, he helped launch WDFN "The Fan." In the late 1990s, he teamed with Bob Wojnowski for the "Stoney and Wojo Show," that made Stone a household name for decades to come.
On Friday morning, Stone, 65, signed off for the last time from his morning show, "Stoney and Jansen," in an emotional speech in which he thanked at least 100 people by name.
"I never thought I'd be here three years," Stone said, "let alone 38. It's been awesome.
"I am somewhat sad that I will not be on the air every day," continued Stone, during a 13-plus minute farewell, "but I know that sadness ends when there's no fricking alarm at 4:30 in the morning."
Stone's long run at WDFN, the first sports-talk station in Metro Detroit that set the standard for the business, ended in 2009, when Clear Channel (Stone called it "Cheap Channel") issued mass layoffs across the country, and in Detroit, signaled the battle with rival 97.1 The Ticket was over.
Stone joined The Ticket in December 2009, first working with Bill McAllister (with Sara Fouracre), and then Jamie Samuelsen (with Heather Park).
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