WILS News Team

THE 24-HOUR WILS NEWS TEAM COVERS THE NEWS THAT AFFECTS YOUR POCKETBOOK AND QUALITY OF LIFE...ATTENDING IMPORTANT MEETINGS AND EVENTS START-TO-FINISH...NO ONE KEEPS YOU IN THE KNOW LIKE 1320 WILS.

RICH HERL

Rich, a native of the Buckeye State, has been in radio for more than 15 years and joined WILS as News Director in June 2009. He came to the Capital City after spending more than 8 years as News Anchor/Reporter for Cumulus Media in Huntsville, Alabama, where he also did high school football play-by-play and other sports broadcasting duties. Rich's time before then was in Ohio, where he spent time at WWOW Radio in Conneaut before and after his 1999 graduation from Walsh University in North Canton. No stranger to snow, Rich grew up in Ashtabula (a.k.a. the "snow belt") just outside Cleveland. Rich resides in Holt with his wife, Darci.

MARK BASHORE

After a nearly 40-year hiatus, Mark Bashore returns to WILS as the afternoon and evening news anchor. While at MSU in 1973 he began his Lansing radio career as a DJ/Host on WILS AM & FM. After a seven-year run in Boston radio and television, the Mid-Michigan native returned home and spent 18 years at 99.1 WFMK. Most recently Mark spent a decade as the host and managing editor for the "Current State" show on WKAR. Back at 600 West Cavanaugh Mark says "The layout of the building is in some ways, unchanged, so I'm relieving a memory or two just about every day." Mark lives in Okemos with his spouse of 36 years, Martha, a real estate agent and has two grown children.

SCOTT HOLLIDAY

A native of Portage, Scott has spent two decades in radio in Michigan. He is a CMU grad and worked in Cadillac as a morning show host while covering high school sports for 1240 WATT. Scott spent several years working on the CMU Sports Network for both football and basketball. He came to MacDonald Broadcasting in 2003 and is currently the Operations Manager as well as fill-in news anchor. Scott is married with two children.

LACIE HUDSON

Lacie D. Hudson, an absolute Spartan, lived on campus as a toddler until her mother completed her degree and moved to Los Angeles, California. At the age of 12, Lacie worked at Kenya Doll, LLC as an entertainment news anchor with a weekly show that aired on YouTube. Lacie is a student at MSU studying Journalism and has experience at Forgotten Harvest as an investigative journalist and at WDIV in Detroit. Lacie joined MacDonald Broadcasting in 2018 as a local news reporter and is currently a producer and weekend news anchor.