My Life

Longtime St. Cloud State Sports Information Director Tom Nelson joined me for WJON's My Life series. Tom is a Mendota, Illinois native and the youngest of 3 boys in his family. Mendota is south of Rockford.

St. Cloud State University President Dr. Robbyn Wacker joined me on WJON for our "My Life" series. Wacker grew up in the small town of Security, Colorado as the 3rd of 3 children. Her older sister is 12 years older and her older brother 4 years older. She says both of her parents valued education and her mother worked for the local school district for many years.

WJON's My Life series is featuring longtime football and basketball official John Lieser. John is also the former Apollo golf coach, Apollo and North Junior High English and History teacher and golf writer for the St. Cloud Times. John grew up in Freeport in Central Minnesota and graduated from Melrose High School.

St. Joseph Mayor Rick Schultz joined me on WJON for our "My Life" series. Rick grew up with two siblings in a small town west of Sauk Centre called Osakis. He was very involved in sports and band growing up.

This time on WJON's My Life series I talked with longtime WJON and WWJO personality Nancy Fox. Nancy grew up on a dairy farm in the Albany/Freeport area and is one of 8 children. She was a self-described tom boy who was involved in speech and public speaking starting in middle school.

This week on WJON's My Life series I talked with longtime WJON morning show host and Program Director J.G. Preston. J.G. was born in a small town in Ohio but spent most of his grade school years living in Kentucky before his family moved to Long Island, New York where he graduated from Paul Schreiber Senior High School.

This week's guest on WJON's My Life series is longtime WJON personality Kelli Gorr. Gorr is a White Bear Lake, Minnesota native who discovered radio late in high school and went on to Brown Institute for training. After graduation Kelli was hired to work overnights at WJON Broadcasting.

Longtime WJON Program Director and morning show host Mike Diem joined me for our My Life series. We talk about Mike's early start suburban Chicago, his early love of radio, how it made it to St. Cloud, why he left and why he came back. Mike spent 18 years as WJON's Program Director and Morning Show host from 1963-1981 before leaving for a job in Monticello.

WJON is celebrating 70 years this year. Longtime WJON news director Bill Henderson joined me. Bill was born in Winnipeg, Canada were he also spend his early years. He got his start in show business as part of a trio of singers at 8 years old. He also was a part of a band in high school in St. Paul.

St. Cloud Rox Managing Partner and co-owner Scott Schreiner joined me on WJON for our "My Life" series. Scott is a native of St. Nicholas near Cold Spring in Central Minnesota. He grew up with his brother and 2 sisters on a dairy farm. Scott talks about the work ethic he learned from his parents growing up knowing that doing work for the family farm was a priority.