Wisconsin Public Radio's Glen Moberg Dies

Moberg (Photo: LinkedIn)

WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO reporter and "ROUTE 51" host GLEN MOBERG has passed away, WPR reported this weekend. MOBERG retired earlier this year after almost 16 years with WPR; his "ROUTE 51" show aired on WPR's IDEAS NETWORK. He had been diagnosed with stomach cancer late last year.

MOBERG came to WPR in FEBRUARY 2004 after stints at WAOW-TV and WSAW-TV/WAUSAU, WFLD-TV (FOX 32) and WBBM-A/CHICAGO, CENTEL CABLE TV OF ILLINOIS, and WJKL (THE FOX)/ELGIN, IL. He was also well-known in the WAUSAU area as a guitarist and, with wife MARY BETH, owned the NORTHWOODS GOLDSMITH CUSTOM DESIGN JEWELRY REPAIR SHOP and COOL BEANS coffee bean jewelry.

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