The following is an excerpt of a July 10, 2023, story published in The State Journal-Register.
"Rich Bradley, who shepherded public radio in the Springfield area in its early days as the longtime news director and host of the local "Morning Edition," died in Springfield on July 3.
He was 83.
After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and stints at radio stations in Herrin, Carbondale and Danville, Bradley came to Springfield to work at WCVS-AM in 1965. He joined WSSR-FM at then-Sangamon State University, now the University of Illinois Springfield, several months before the station went on the air on Jan. 3, 1975, staying as news director and host of "State Week in Review" until his retirement in 2009."