September 12, 2012
Join Susan Saunders, Ray Wagner, Patti Penn with news, and Eric Stock with sports each weekday morning on WBNQ. Get your funny on, win prizes and hear a great mix of all the hits! The WBNQ morning show delivers what you need to start your day in Central Illinois.
Call 309-828-1015 to join in the fun on air, or email Susan@wbnq.com or Ray@wbnq.com. Live and local, the way it should be.
Susan Saunders |
Ray Wagner |
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I have been working in radio for over 20 years now, (yes, I started in high school--no lie) and I have worked all over this fine country including long stays in Madison, Rockford, Sacramento,Chicago and for the past 15 years here in Bloomington Illinois at WBNQ. Born and raised on a small farm in Rochelle Illinois, I trained and competed in all the yummy music programs, theater, and speech team from birth through my college years at Northern Illinois University. Radio became the launch pad for so many performance opportunities that I just couldn't let it go. Before I realized it, I was a broadcaster first, and everything else second. Happily married to Derek, who did indeed catch my eye on Match.com 9 years ago. We live just outside of Bloomington in a home that we built with our own two hands. Inside we share share it with 2 cats (Jinx & Cleetus) and a 145lb Saint Bernard named Harley who we rescued 4 years ago. As to the most commonly asked question: "Why stay in Bloomington so long?" Ahh the joys of living in a smaller city and working with great radio people.You can't beat that. Plus, WBNQ was one of the first stations in the country to allow a woman(me) to lead their morning show, and for that I am very grateful. Being live and local is always my top radio goal, but being Arbitron ranked number one on the number one rated station has been tasty icing on the cake. |
Ray Wagner (who feels more professional when he writes in the third person) comes to WBNQ from the cultural hotbed of Union City, New Jersey. He was a full-time stand-up comedian and writer when he saw that Susan was looking for someone to spend mornings with her.
It was quite literally a long road to get to Central Illinois because his car died half way into the trip, but he says that the experience has been worth every excruciating second it took to get here. In his short time as an Illini, he has already collected all sorts of things he never thought he'd live to see, including a great girlfriend named Schmitty, a new scar on his face from a Men's League Hockey incident and a Brittany/Beagle/Basset mix named Dee Dee. He's not sure what else you would like to know about him, but he is always open to answering questions via ray@wbnq.com if there is something else you'd like to see covered. |