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Say hello to Mike Shultz . . .

Mike Shultz has worked for WAWK from 1984 to 1988 and from 1991 to the present, and had held many positions including morning and afternoon disc jockey, sports play-by-play announcer, news director and salesman. A lifelong Kendallville resident, Mike graduated from East Noble High School in 1983 and from the American School of Broadcasting in Columbus, Ohio in 1984. Mike is also a member of the Kendallville Elks lodge and of the Sons of the American Legion. He annoys people with his morning radio show every weekday Monday through Friday on am1140 The Hawk.

Contrary to rumors, Mike does not have a criminal record, although he does drink a lot of beer.

Say hello to Terry Thacker . . .

Terry Thacker is the Bluegrass DJ for WAWK The Hawk. His show has been running for 12 years and going strong.

Terry was born and raised in the mountains of Southeastern Kentucky where he learned to play Bluegrass on his fiddle. In 1984 he joined the Army and served in El Paso, Fort Bliss for 2 years and Germany Nurnburg for 3 years returning to his home town of Hindman, KY in 1989. Lack of jobs moved Terry to Kendallville where he had family.

In August 1995 he felt Northeast Indiana needed to hear Bluegrass so he talked with CEO Don Moore and was given a chance to promote his love of Bluegrass music. He was given a half hour show for starters and as the music spread his popularity grew stronger and now he has a 2-1/2 hour show on Sundays from 12 noon till 2:30 pm.

Terry has a loving family, he and his wife Stacey have been married 23 years and he has one son Kaleb who is 18. His hobbies are listening to all kinds of music, going to Bluegrass festivals and flying remote controlled Helicopters.

Tune in Sundays for the best in Bluegrass and Old Time Music on WAWK am1140 "The Hawk"

Say hello to Scott Pawl . . .

Scott Pawl is Program Director and Afternoon DJ for WAWK "The Hawk".

Born to a tribe of Polish-American nomads in the state of Michigan, Scott spent his formative years in Texas, Ohio, New Jersey and Connecticut, ending up in the Hoosier state. Graduating with honors from Nonnewaug High School, he studied Fine Arts at Columbus College of Art & Design for a couple of years before transferring to Indiana University, where he led his class in parking violations.

Scott has a deep love of music, especially Jazz & Blues. He and his wife, Peggy, live on the shores of beautiful Sylvan Lake in Rome City, where his hobbies include sailing his Hobie-Cat catamaran, drinking to excess and barking at traffic.

Say Hello to Rob Lawson . . .

I was born and raised in Kendallville and have spent almost my entire life here. I have many fond memories of growing up here. Kendallville is a great community, to live, work and raise a family. I graduated from East Noble High School In 1982.

I am the proud parent of two fantastic kids, my son Alex, a freshman at EN and my daughter Ariel, a 7th grader at KMS.

I rejoined "The HAWK" this last August. This is my second stint at WAWK AM 1140, I actually started way back in May of 1992, working for Don. I was on every evening from, 6pm to sign off, during the summer and on the weekends from noon to 6pm. I also dabbled in sales for a short time. I stayed on till the fall of 1993.

My very first live remote, was on Sylvan lake on the 4th of July 1992. Don put me on a pontoon boat, with all kinds of freebies to give away. We had this huge generator and sound system on it. I could talk to everybody on the whole lake at one time, I think. It was loud!! Plus we were, broadcasting music from the station over it as well. It was a gorgeous, hot, not a cloud in the sky, Indiana summer day, of about 90 degrees. I was out for 7 hours!! Can you say LOBSTER!!!! Wow, was I FRIED!!!.........But I will never forget it. I had a Blast, the first of many good times, that I had at WAWK. Don, Mike, Stevie, Scott and Dan, were all here then, so it is just like being with family, once again. Don still calls me by the same nickname, I'm not sure, maybe he just calls everybody that!

Say hello to Rich Hartley...

Rich was born and raised in Kendallville and lived here in the surrounding community. He always wanted to be a disc jockey all his life since 5 years old. Finally fulfilling a dream come true when he joined AM 1140 WAWK in the Fall of 1999. Thanks to Don Moore for hiring Rich and giving him a golden chance of a lifetime in radio broadcasting. Rich has the famous Top 35 Countdown heard each Saturday. He also has the weekly contest called "Grab The Gold" which is played just for fun. There are two weekend radio shows. On Friday Nights Drive Home All Request Show. Then on Saturday afternoon Countdown Show. For the best time of your life join in on the fun right here on AM 1140 WAWK, The Hawk.

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