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After an impressive 45-year radio career, the velvet-voiced Herb Trix will be retiring Sept. 15, 2023 at age 70. He’s been news director at WVIK, the Augustana-based Quad Cities NPR station, since 1987. “In a lot of ways, Herb Trix is synonymous with WVIK,” Jared Johnson, the station CEO, said Thursday. “It’s going to be […]

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A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.

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