KILJ Radio is pleased to welcome Slaten Swords to our broadcast team as sports director. He comes to us from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale with a major in radio, tv, and digital media. Slaten brings his experience in sports announcing to our airwaves having done color and play by play for football, basketball, baseball and volleyball. Slaten minored in math and will add special skills in sports analyst and statistics to his sports reporting on KILJ. He has called Ottawa, Illinois home but says he’s excited to get to meet everyone in the community and deliver the sports. And is thankful for the opportunity to make Mt. Pleasant his new home.
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