(and friends)

Jim Carlyle- Our Morning Show host and Manager of WION Radio. Technically the "Owner and Manager" but we hate complicated titles!  Click Jim's Picture  to visit Jim's personal website. Jim hosts the  "coffeecrew morning show with the "wake up call", guests, and the music you know on I-1430 weekdays from 6 to 9 AM!  Jim loves to get e-mail, and encourages you to e-mail during the morning show, or anytime!    You can visit his website by clicking on the picture. E-mail to:

           
"Another " Jim- This is Jim Aaron, our Music Director, and the Co-Owner  of our station(s). You'll hear Jim on  weekends now and then as he continually adds more music to the ever-growing music library of WION.  He hosts the occasional Saturday morning  program from 9 to 11AM, called "The Radio Extravaganza!"  Jim is responsible for all the great music you enjoy on WION. It's what he does best!    Jim really enjoys your comments on WION's programming!

Jim Aaron is also the morning host on our sister station, WGLM  in Greenville and Lakeview and makes his morning home on 106.3 FM for Montcalm and Mecosta Counties!  His morning show e-mail is morning@m1063.com.  If you're ever "up north" make him feel welcome with a phone call or e-mail!  And, congratulate him on being our morning host and Manager of WGLM!

Garry in the afternoon at WION Studios, and....        What we call Studi-"O" (for Osborn) his home studio
Garry Osborn is our Afternoon host from 1 to 5 PM on Ionia's I-1430!  You never know what Garry has up his sleeve...Garry brings you "Criminal Stories", keeps his "Eye on History", digs up dumb laws still on the books, and, of course, brings you more of the music you know and the information you need weekdays!  Garry also does voiceover work from his home studio and can produce voice work for your needs. Visit his website at www.spotdoc.com !   Garry has an extensive history in broadcasting. Click here to read more.   WION is fortunate to have such a great talent on our "bench."  He often works from what we sometimes call "Studi-"O" (for Osborn.) Garry loves to hear from you about his show, the music, and WION. E-mail to:

"Steve the Voice Guy" is a real person...(this answers some questions about if he really exists on our staff) He lives in Michigan, and runs a company providing voices for many companies nationwide, and for many theaters as well. Sometimes you might even catch Jim Carlyle's voice being used at a local theater ahead of the movie.  Steve's family lives in Essexville, MI and he has been a good friend to Jim Carlyle since they worked together in Lansing at WITL back in the early 90's! Visit his company website at www.voice-work.com   You hear Steve at the top of each hour on WION, and between songs as the voice of our promos for local events.

  

Phil Cloud, voice of WION for many years joins Jim Carlyle most every Friday morning, for our "Friday with Phil!" (at the round-table!)  At WION, we spell Friday "P-H-R-I-D-A-Y!"    Phil is also heard periodically on the air as a host, and in many client commercials! Phil is an account representative part-time, too!   We welcome Phil back to regular on-air fun at Ionia's I-1430!  in 2008, Phil will become "Mayor of Hell" for a day, thanks to WION callers' donations to the cause!
Phil enjoys a good e-mail now and then....and especially if it's "material" for Friday. E-mail to:

"Leftlane" joined us in 2007 as another occasional voice at the "round table" on Friday mornings with Jim Carlyle and Phil Cloud.  We're never quite sure what Leftlane has "up his sleeve", but we like the addition of his personality to our broadcasting team.  Leftlane lends the "guy next door" kind of opinions and fun to our Fridays. Tune in Friday mornings, you may luck out and pick a day he visits! ---and, in "real life" (not radio) if you need steel siding or roofing, get in touch with him through his website. 

Big Mike...preparing to attend the Gallagher "in concert" program on December 19, 2009.
"Big Mike" joined the WION crew after retiring from Corrections in Ionia!  In fact, he once said to us,  in the "early days" of WION, that "You'd better have a job for me when I retire!"....and  we DID! (WOULD YOU SAY NO TO THIS GUY???) Listen to Mike on the Friday morning "round table" show with the rest of the gang, and...hear his "Say it then Play it" feature..." (most Fridays.) Mike is also the Producer of Garry Osborn's afternoon show, our Production Manager, handling commercial production for WION and WGLM, and, is our "Studio Thug." His business cards even say it!


       

Randy Edwards.....host of  Edwards Archives" " Join us Saturay mornings at 11AM and travel back in time.....with Randy! Randy's looking forward to your comments at:  "edwardsarchaives@i1430.com"  Randy's show is exclusively produced for WION, but we hope with as much fun as it is to listen to his show that it can soon expand to other radio stations across the U.S.!  It's one of the finest radio shows about music of the past you'll ever hear....and ENJOY!
 

Dan Ferguson brings years of client care experience to WION, and literally chose
WION as his sales vocation after hearing it!  He was hooked, and wanted to join
the team!  Dan joined us in late 2008, and is at your service!  Contact Dan Ferguson
at WION by calling 527-WION!

Here's "Steamer" our   Baltimore affiliate Relations Director..also known as "Trailboss" and some other nicknames.  He made his radio debut on the coffeecrew morning show with Jim Carlyle in 2006 after returning from an 18 mile hike, and supposedly has his own fan club!  (though we have not seen proof of this yet.) This picture is from the 2006 yearly hike  with Jim Carlyle......Captions, anyone?

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