Hi, I’m Michael Crowley!
Host of the Stax O’ Wax Show and Today In Music History here on WISR! My groovy musical journey began when I was just a couple years old with a Fisher Price children’s record player and a couple stacks of Peter Pan 45s. Twenty-odd years later, I’m a full-blown record collector with thousands of 45s and albums, spinning them weekly for you here on WISR!

Alongside record collecting, radio was one of my earliest passions. My radio journey began with me recording cassettes, pretending I had a show on-air when I was just a couple years old. I discovered WISR when I was in 6^th grade on my transistor radio. The first song I heard on WISR was Jim Croce’s “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim.” I was hooked, listening constantly from that point on. WISR, in many ways, became the soundtrack of my life. I was never without my transistor radio through middle school and into high school (and still carry one all over campus at college today!)

My involvement here at the Butler Radio Network began as a board-op my junior year of high school. That summer, I began producing the “Today In Music History” segments that are heard on WISR twice daily. I began interning during my freshman year of college, and, memorial day weekend of 2021, the Stax O’ Wax Show came to the airwaves!

When I’m not spinning vinyl on-air, I’m often cruising around in my ’66 Corvair, taking something apart and tinkering with it (with the hope that it’ll go back together right), camping, shooting and developing black and white film, or attending class at Grove City College!

I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge my mentor, Jim Merkel, here as well. His guidance, advice, and friendship have undoubtedly played a large role in helping shape my radio journey!

I hope you’ll join me here on WISR for my programs and discover some great music! And as always… stay groovy!