Spence-r For Hire:
Alpha KYSM/Mankato, MN afternoon personality and Rock KMKO Content Dir./morning host Jeff Spence has been named Content Dir./morning host for KYSM. He will be joined in mornings by local event DJ Doug Gerdes for Spence & Dougie. The pair succeed Jessica “Jess” Blais (CAT 1/21) and George Blais (CAT 4/1), who each recently departed. Spence has been with the cluster for almost 15 years and heard on KYSM for more than a decade. Gerdes has been a local event personality since the late ’90s. Reach Spence here and Gerdes here. No word on plans for afternoons.
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