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Tommy
Rose
Program
Director, WZOE-AM morning personality
Tommy
has an extensive broadcast background. He started as a part time
air personality right here at WZOE in 1981. He's worked at various
stations including KZEE in Texas. Tommy is a talented musician and
singer and plays in several area bands including Groupe Therapy
and Class Act. He's traveled with his band The Ringles to Liverpool
to participate in the International Pop Overthrow Festival. Tommy
is the "morning guy" on WZOE-AM. Thousands wake up to
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Paul
Bomleny
Operations
Manager, Announcer & Webmaster Paul
has been with us for a long time, and knows how to do just about
anything around here! He supervises the afternoon programming on
all three stations in addition to doing some on-the-air work and
commercial production. Paul is also our webmaster, so if you have
any questions or comments about this site, please call the station
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Maria
Borri
News
Maria
Borri is a great fit for our news operations, partially because
she is a life long area resident. Maria and her family live in Granville,
IL. She is a graduate of Putnam County High School and Illinois
State University. She was a Mass Communications major and minored
in English. She also worked for TV 10 in Normal where she was a
news anchor while she was a student. She was also a host of the
ISU talk show "First at Five". Maria enjoyes writing feature
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Scott
Mighell
News
Scott
comes to us from radio in Kansas, so he's a Midwestern boy. He's
meticulous when it comes to news gathering, so you can always count
on him to keep you informed in a very timely manner. Scott thinks
that if you get your news from radio, it's truly "news."
If you get it anywhere else, it's "olds." Well, that may
or may not be the case, but you can always count on Scott for well
written, fast paced news. |
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Nedda
Simon
Women's
Issues Nedda
is our resident psychologist. She is a licensed Addictions Counselor.
Some years ago, the boss was listening to Nedda as she made one
of her frequent appearances on our stations and thought that Nedda
should have her own program with a woman's spin on things. Nedda
has done just that. You can hear her interesting talk program every
Thursday at 10:20 AM on WZOE-AM 1490. |
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Richard
Martinez
Announcer
and Control Room Operator |
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Chris
Yeazel
Announcer
and Control Room Operator |
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Andy
Sobut
Announcer
and Control Room Operator |
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Lora
Warren
Production
/ Announcer |
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Mark
Koger
Production
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Randy
Swinford
Play
by Play Announcer - Princeton High School Football Randy
has been a long-time teacher at Princeton high School. He has been
responsible for helping many area kids get a great start in life.
In his off time, he's also the voice of the Princeton Tigers football
team on WZOE-AM. He had been a football coach for many years, so
he knows the game. If you'd like to hear some really great football
play-by-play, tune into WZOE-AM any Friday night during football
season and catch Randy. |
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J.D.
Orwig
Play
by Play Announcer - Bureau Valley Football and Basketball
J.D.'s
real job is as the principal of Princeton's Logan Junior High School,
but he's also the voice of Bureau Valley Storm sports on Z-98 in
the fall and winter months. J.D. has developed a professional style
that is envied by the competition. One thing is for sure: he is
an exciting guy to listen to on the radio. It never hurts to have
a play by play person who is also a fan! |
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Paul
Bomleny
Play
by Play Announcer - Princeton High School Basketball |
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Charlie
Waca
Color
Commentary - Princeton High School Basketball |
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Norm
Vandermoon
Color
Commentary - Basketball |
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outside sales representatives give true TLC to our hundreds of advertisers! |
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Chris
Compton, CRMC
Senior
Sales Rep
Chris
Compton grew up in Arlington Heights, IL and attended Western Illinois
University where she earned a degree in Home Economics along with
a minor in Psychology. She retired from Trans World Airlines where
she worked in International Sales and came to WZOE in 1994. She
has also earned the coveted CRMC (Certified Radio Marketing Consultant)
designation from the Radio Advertising Bureau. Chris is our Senior
Sales Rep and provides a real degree of leadership in the organization.
She has one son, Matthew and daughter in-law Sara and granddaughter
Addison. |
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Lenore
Craine
Sales Rep
Lenore
is a life-long Bureau County resident. She is a graduate of Manlius
High School. She worked for many years at the Bureau County Extension
Service and then as a manager at a small women’s clothing
store chain. She and her husband Roger have two sons, Christopher
and Brian. They also operate a farm in the Sheffield area. When
she’s not working, Lenore likes to travel and help out on
the farm. |
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Steve
Samet
General
Manager
Steve
is a long-time area resident. He started at WZOE in 1975 when he
was a pup. At that time, there was just the AM. Since then, Steve
has owned a number of radio stations around the country as well
as a digital satellite uplink system in Bloomington, IL. He has
been president of the Illinois Broadcasters Association and has
recently completed two terms as a board member of the National Association
of Broadcasters. Of course, he has been very active in local organizations
and charities. |
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Mary
Harmon
Office
Manager
Mary
Harmon is our Administrative Assistant, and there’s very little
she doesn’t know about radio. She’s been with us for
16 years, and has overseen the installation of a multitude of new
technologies in our office. Mary is a life-long resident of Bureau
County. She and her husband Bob have three children, Bob, Lori and
Sherri as well as two grandchildren.
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Donna
Milliron
Office
Assistant
Donna
is our office assistant and traffic person. You’ll often talk
to her first when you call us. She and her husband have lived in
Bureau County for 16 years. They moved here from Chicago after,
as Donna says, they fell in love with the area. She had three daughters
all of whom live nearby. Donna says that her favorite things are
spending time with her grandchildren, gardening and reading. She
also has lots of pets including a talking African Gray Parrott. |
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Brad
Kloepping, C.P.A.
Accountant
Brad
Kloepping keeps the books. He was raised in Elizabeth, IL but moved
to Bureau County in 1977. He is a graduate of Northern Illinois
University where he earned a B.S. in Accounting and minored in Finance.
He earned his CPA in 1978. Brad likes motorcycling and fishing.
He has two grandchildren. Brad has an independent accountant practice
and he has been the Princeton, IL City Treasurer since 1996.
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Gregg
Stephens
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