Duey Wright
He started his radio career in 1958 as a teenage disk jockey at his family owned station in Wausau, WRIG-AM. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he returned to manage WRIG and its FM companion which he put on the air in 1964. From those beginnings came a radio broadcasting career of over 40 years during which he built a Midwest broadcasting empire, owning and operating 23 radio stations in Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan, including as many as 13 in the Wausau/Stevens Point and Green Bay/Appleton markets in Wisconsin. He served on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association form 1981-85, chaired its Hall of Fame Committee in 1997-98 and also served on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation.
He died in December 2022. He was 83.
My father, an engineer, always talked so highly of Duke. His legacy and impact on the road casting community and their families went unnoticed.
Sending thoughts and prayers to his family and friends an life long co-workers.