Brian Moline

After working part-time for News-Talk 1400 and Lite Rock 97.5 for almost five years, I was finally fortunate enough to become the full-time overnight voice of Lite Rock 97.5 in October 2005. In addition to my work on the overnights, I'm also able to turn my sports addiction into something productive by co-hosting the postgame shows for University of Illinois Football and Men's Basketball on both Lite Rock 97.5 and News-Talk 1400. I've also been able to try my hand at play-by-play for high school basketball and University of Illinois Wrestling on News-Talk 1400. It makes for a very busy, but extremely rewarding winter sports season!

I took a bit of a roundabout path into full-time radio. While in college at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, I worked part-time for two years at KIRX/KRXL/KTUF radio stations. Most of my work was as a part-time reporter and anchor in the newsroom for all three stations, but I was also able to gather valuable experience as a board operator for KIRX-AM and on-air personality for KRXL-FM.

After graduation in 1998, my wife's teaching career took us to the St. Louis area. After a futile attempt to break into the St. Louis radio market, I took a temporary job at Borders Bookstore which lasted seven years! After two years in St. Louis, my wife and I sought an escape to our small-town roots. Borders in Champaign had a managerial opening, and I was fortunate enough to get the job.

Once I had been in the Champaign area for about six months, I decided to scratch my itch to get back into radio. I had listened to WDWS and WHMS, in large part for the University of Illinois sports programming. On a whim, I called to see if there were any part-time openings. As luck would have it, WDWS was looking for a part-time board operator to work on Saturdays&which worked perfectly with my schedule! It was also a great way to get back into radio, as I ran the board for the Saturday Sportsline program, hosted by Jim Turpin and Loren Tate. It reminded me of why I wanted to be in radio in the first place.

Jim and Loren always hosted an entertaining show, plus Eric Loy and Ed Bond did a great job of showing me the ropes of running the WDWS board. Gradually, I was able to contribute to other station programming, including Illinois pre-game and post-game shows on both WDWS and WHMS. Once I got a little bit of on-air time, I was hooked&again.

So, here I am, living my dream by working in radio full-time. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. Thanks for listening!