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Article: Stanley became a pioneer in radio
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- February 3, 2003
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Stanley became a pioneer in radio
By JEFF COLE jcole@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel
Monday, February 3, 2003
Don Stanley was a farm boy from Stoughton who became a broadcast
pioneer.
In January 1940, Stanley became the first radio announcer west of
the Alleghenies to broadcast exclusively on FM radio. He was hired as
an announcer on the old WTMJ-FM radio station after working in radio
in Madison.
Stanley, of Westlake Village, Calif., died Jan. 20 of
complications from colon cancer. He was 85. Funeral services were
Jan. 26 in California.
Stanley became a broadcaster while he was a student at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. He started at Wisconsin in 1935 as a
pre-law student but ...