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Mandy grew up in Hammond, Indiana and moved around Lake County before settling in LaPorte in her dream log home in 2015.


She lives with her husband and two dogs (who you’ll probably hear about every so often on air).


When not at radio station, she enjoys spending time with friends & family, seeing, acting, directing, or costuming local theatre, and listening to pop culture podcasts.



Her hobbies & interests include embroidery (sometimes even without curse words!) and travel.


One of the many interesting things about Mandy is that she trained with and had a voice over reel produced by JoBe Cerny of Cerny American Creative, who is best known as the Pillsbury Dough Boy. Mandy has appeared in several Mardi Gras Parades in New Orleans as a variety of different sci-fi/’nerdy’ characters.

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Rowdy Yates is a second-generation broadcaster, born in Texas and raised in some of the greatest radio stations ever. Son of legendary news journalist and frequent Paul Harvey substitute, Joe Holstead, Rowdy’s radio travels have taken him to garden spots such as Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Houston, Tulsa, and Dallas; with stops in “B-towns” including Bryan, Bridgeport, and Brady. He began his career at the age of 15, running the church tapes at Denton’s KDNT, near his hometown of Ft. Worth. [His Mom had to drive him to work every Sunday morning.]

Yates’ resume reads like a who’s-who of impressive radio stations where he has served primarily as air personality, but over the years has applied his talents to web design, social networking, promotions, marketing, programming and operations.

Today, we're honored to have Rowdy as a part of the airstaff at 96.7 The Eagle. He can be heard at various times throughout the week on 96.7 The Eagle. He will start your day as host of the Midnight to 5a shift (Monday - Saturday), he keeps you company while you work weekdays from 10a to 2p, and will entertain you while you're out and about on Saturday afternoon from 2p to 7p.

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TREVOR MICHAELS | 2PM - 6PM MONDAY - FRIDAY | 9AM - 2PM SATURDAYS

Trevor Michaels is a professional writer, producer, and failed street magician who somehow wound up in the impossible situation of hosting the Rock 106.5 Afternoon Revue- not to say he hasn't been in scraps like this before.

A graduate of Griffith High School and Ball State University (Go Cardinals!), Trevor got his start in radio as a morning news anchor for WCRD for a period back in 2018, and while he's gone on to help write, produce, and in one instance host three seasons of BSU Tonight- a comedy/variety program- in addition to working and volunteering with organizations like The Walt Disney Company, the Heartland Film Festival, and Austin-based start-up StoryFit, the allure of the microphone was never far away... and not just because people told him he had the face for it.

Trevor's a fan of the world of cinema, a staunch defender of animation as an artistic medium, an avid gamer, an amateur artist/graphic designer, and a person who reads good. He enjoys board games (if/when the opportunity arises), theme parks (see prior parenthesis) digging into relatively ancient media, long walks on the beach by moonlight, run-on sentences aggrandizing one's ego, independent comedy, and of course, good rock music.

Regardless of all this nonsense, he's here to entertain you.

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Dennis Siddall - Morning Mayhem Host 5a-9a Mon-Sat

Dennis Siddall has been in radio for over 30 years coming through the ranks of sales to programming and beyond. Today, he is the General Manager of 96-7 The Eagle as well as the host of the Morning Mayhem show. Dennis is married to his lovely wife Debbie and they have 2 wonderful children in Kristen and Dave. When Dennis isn't working at the station you can find him playing with his grandchildren, going to Cubs, Bears or Notre Dame games. Of course, Dennis loves racing as he follows NASCAR and the IRL series. His hobbies include travel and photography

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Jo Eberhart - Morning Mayhem and Tradio Co-Host 5a-10a Mon-Fri

Jo started working at WCOE 96.7 The Eagle in January 2017 as Traffic Director. Spring 2017. Jo became the host of Tradio and Spring 2019 joined Dennis Siddall on the Morning Mayhem. In addition to being on-air, I am also the Office Manager and constantly trying to secure tickets for listener giveaways. Jo says, "I absolutely love working at the radio station and how the job changes every day! " Jo loves her Yorkshire Terrier, Maggie Mae, (AKA the Yorkshire Terrorist) allows me to share her home as long as I pamper her. Jo enjoys watching movies (both old & new), crime shows, reading and traveling. Life is good!!

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Jeff Wuggazer - Tradio Co-Host and Afternoons 2p-6p

Jeff "Wugi" Wuggazer has been working in broadcasting for over 25 years. Jeff started as a board operator running sports broadcasts and also serving as a weekend on-air host on 96-7 The Eagle. Jeff was also responsible for training new production staff members. Since 2016, Jeff has been promoted to Director of Production for Spoon River Media and a weekday afternoon on-air show host. Now with the addition of Rock 106.5 LaPorte's New Rock Station, Jeff has been a weekend afternoon host proudly rocking his hometown. Recently, Jeff has been promoted to Director of Operations for both 96-7 The Eagle and Rock 106.5. In his free time, Jeff enjoys music, movies, racing, camping and sports, especially the Chicago Cubs, Blackhawks, and Bears.

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Stan Maddux

News Director at 96-7 The Eagle and ROCK 106.5

Started his career in news radio at WLTH in Gary in 1988 after graduating from Purdue University Calumet in Hammond.

He’s been covering local news on the radio in La Porte and in various newspapers since 1991.

Originally, his desire was to be a sports play by play announcer but found his calling in news early in his career.

Stan grew up in Lake Station and has lived in New Buffalo since 1996.

He has two sons, Travis and Tyler, who are 22 years old.

He absolutely loved coaching baseball for teams his sons played on in New Buffalo and La Porte while they were growing up and now enjoys traveling to southern California and Arizona for sightseeing and golf during his time away from work every summer.

Stan is also a Chicago Cubs and sort of a baseball historian who has also been to several major league baseball stadiums like Fenway Park, PNC Park and Dodger Stadium along with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown.

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Liam Hobbs has served as part-time news correspondent and weekend anchor for WCOE and WLOI since 2016.

As a reporter, Hobbs follows the maxim, “what happens locally matters most.”

Originally from central Indiana, Hobbs holds a degree in English and Greek from Wabash College and a Master’s degree from Lewis University.

When not chasing local news stories, Hobbs is the Assistant Principal and Professor of Languages at a boarding school in LaPorte County.

He spends the rest of his time helping his wife of 20 years raise their eight children and wondering why the Bears can’t seem to win another Super Bowl.

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Wayne is known as "Meteorologist to the Stars."

Wayne founded Precision Weather Service in 1975, one of the oldest private weather services in the country, forecasting for business and industry of all types worldwide. For example, the NYC Transit Authority depends on Wayne for daily forecasting to help keep the Big Apple moving and prepared for storms, along with various other clients like ski areas, highway departments, and utilities across the country. Wayne can be heard on radio stations from Newfoundland to Florida to Alaska, and of course, right here on WLOI, where Wayne has provided his accurate, detailed forecasts for more than 20 years.

Wayne is known as "Meteorologist to the Stars". Wayne and his company provide most of the weather forecasting and consulting to the Hollywood movie industry for most of the industry red carpet events like the Academy Awards, Grammy's and Golden Globes, most Hollywood and NYC movie premieres, and Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremonies. Wayne is also the "go-to" weather guy for high-profile weddings and parties. The long list of stars who rely on Wayne for accurate weather for their weddings and Holiday gatherings includes Reese Witherspoon, Madonna, the Kardashian's, Adam Levine, and Erin Andrews to name a few. He has even done forecasting for Presidents and Presidential candidates over the years.

Wayne has also been Chief Meteorologist for NBC/CBS TV stations in Syracuse, NY for the past 35 years and spent six years on TV in Portland, Maine, before Syracuse.

Wayne was born and brought up in Brunswick, Maine, is married, has two daughters, two grandkids, and has three dogs.

Wayne also founded the Priscilla Mahar Animal Welfare Foundation in 1988 in memory of his mother, who loved animals, as Wayne does.
This nonprofit foundation started one of the most significant animal rescue events in the country, the annual Canine Carnival, held each Fall in Syracuse, NY.

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Bob & Tom 5a-9a Mon-Sat

Focusing on comedy and talk, The BOB & TOM Show is a mash-up of news, sports, conversation, and interviews that airs live weekdays from 5-9 am CT. In addition to the live, spontaneous comedy of hosts and guests, The BOB & TOM Show features movie & TV show parodies, funny songs, bits and phone calls from a large cast of characters.

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Start your workday with the 90 Minute Rock Block. Presented by La Porte Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep Ram.

Over 90 minutes of LaPorte Rock, without the talk, every weekday at 9 AM on LaPorte's Rock Station The New Rock 106.5

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WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY is a weekly countdown show that takes you back in time...Reliving a Memorable Week in Country Music History!

Country Music listeners across America love weekends... and WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY with Craig Orndorff makes weekends even better! In a fast-paced two hour voyage through time, each episode spotlights one memorable week in Country Music between 1975 and 1999. Craig counts down that week’s Top 20 Country hits, direct from the Billboard Country charts. And his timeline trivia and pop culture nuggets really bring back the memories! Catch Weekend In the Country every Saturday morning, from 6a to 8a, on 96.7 The Eagle.

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56 Years as your station for the Best Country Variety

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Thanks for listing to the station you asked for...LaPorte's Rock Station - The New Rock 106.5

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Rock 106.5 presents The Roll The Dice Lunch weekday's at noon. We roll the dice, pick a theme and rock out every day at noon on La Porte's Rock Station, The New Rock 106.5

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