WBXX - Mix 104.9 Staff
Mix 104.9, WBXX welcomes Bob & Sheri to Battle Creek! You can hear them every weekday morning from 5:30am to 9:00am.
Today’s radio audience wants compelling content that is genuine, not forced. As equal partners, Bob Lacey and Sheri Lynch have a dialog with each other and the listeners every morning. It’s like going to a party with your close friends and discussing a range of topics including relationships, children, pop culture and show business. Bob & Sheri is improvisational humor at its finest. They live their lives on the air, weaving their lives and current events into a morning show that quickly becomes a daily habit. With celebrity guests, lots of telephone interaction and a few of the best Mix 104-9 songs each hour, you have the makings of Battle Creek’s next great morning show!
Jeff Jennings is Mix 104-9’s Program Director and afternoon radio host. He was born in Battle Creek and is a graduate of Marshall High School. Jeff started his radio journey back in the 70’s on this same frequency (104.9FM) and has now come full-circle with his return. In between, Jeff spent the majority of his career (over 20 years) in Detroit, working with some top stations there. He also made stops along the way in Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids.
Email Jeff at: jeff.jennings@cumulus.com
www.facebook.com/jeff.jennings.WBXX.
Tim Durkee comes to us from neighboring Jackson County and has worked in radio in Jackson, Ann Arbor and Lansing. He's won several awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters for his work in news. Tim enjoys hunting and fishing, and going to the NASCAR races at Michigan International Speedway.
Dennis Hodges was born and raised in Wyoming Michigan, a suburb of Grand Rapids. He was a weather observer in the Air Force from 1970-74 and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1978 with a B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences. Dennis was with WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids from 1979-1993, and has been with the Battle Creek Radio stations since '93. Dennis and his wife Jan have been married for 37 years, and have two daughters: Jenny and Jill. So far, Dennis has two grandsons: Braden and Keegan. When Dennis isn't doing the heavy lifting with weather prognostication, he keeps busy with weightlifting, and as a track and field official. He's also a real music buff, especially with the golden oldies of the 50's and 60's.
Karen Teale has worked at the Battle Creek Radio stations for most of her young life, most recently in sales and marketing. Karen didn't have enough to do, so Program Director Jeff Jennings gave her a radio show on Friday and Saturday.
Nathan has been with Battle Creek Radio since August of 2000, where he began as an intern while learning the trade at Kellogg Community College. Nate planned to go to other places to study meteorology (and take Dennis Hodges job), but he stayed put and made radio his full time gig. Growing up in the Cereal City for a majority of his life, he graduated from Gull Lake High School before earning three Associates Degrees from KCC.
Nathan has been known as "The Sports Guy" around the station, because his knowledge of anything in the wide world of sports would be talked about sometime during the day.
Outside of the station, Nathan enjoys playing any sport possible, and dabble in the studio with music. After all is said and done, he spends the rest of his time with his wife, Amanda, son, Austin and their cat, Alley.
You can hear Nathan on WBCK Saturday mornings with Ad Radio, along with weekday. During High School Sports’ seasons, you can hear the High School Scoreboard Friday nights and Saturday mornings with Roy LaFountain. You can also hear him during your weekday afternoons with the Local Sports Update and Traffic Reports and from 11am to 3pm on Sundays on Mix 104.9FM
Tim Collins, a Plainwell native, came to the Battle Creek radio stations in 1989 as a DJ and talk show host, and is currently the Operations Manager of Cumulus Radio/Battle Creek, and Program Director of WBCK-FM. He is often heard filling in on various shows and with news. Tim also does voices on various commercials.
Tim plays the trumpet, flugelhorn, and is occasionally caught "scat-singing" with his dance combo "The Collins Crew", "The Kalamazoo Big Band", "The Gull Lake Jazz Orchestra" and "The Lew Boyd Band." Tim is sometimes seen on stage as an actor in Civic Theater productions, and serves on the Franke Center for the Arts board of directors.
Tim and his wife Debbie live southwest of Battle Creek with their dogs "Scruffy" and "Race" and three cats: Jake, Rupert and Oscar.