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The Boatman Has Died

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The Boatman Has Died

Post by Localnewsisdead » Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:30 am

West Michigan's K Rock has announced that longtime afternoon show host, Chris Craft (aka the boatman) has passed away.

Here is their Facebook post announcing his death due to Covid 19 Complications. May he rest in peace.

Yesterday (Sunday) at 1 pm Chris Craft Herlein AKA "the Boatman" passed away at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital as the result of complications from Covid 19. "Boat" as he was known, began his radio career in Muskegon before moving to Ludington. He joined the Synergy Media staff in May 2010 as the afternoon host on WWKR 94.1 FM K-Rock. It will be extremely difficult, if not impossible to replace him. His experience and knowledge of music and radio, along with his dry sense of humor was enjoyed every weekday from 3p till 6p by thousands of West Michigan radio listeners. His contribution to our company and his presence will be greatly missed.

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Re: The Boatman Has Died

Post by MWmetalhead » Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:39 pm

That sucks. I pass along my condolences to his friends and past & present colleagues. I know he worked at WMRR for a number of years before heading up north.



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Re: The Boatman Has Died

Post by Trophyhead » Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:20 am

I remember seeing him working remotes at Lumberjacks games, about 20 years back. Certainly loved what he was doing. Rest in Peace.



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Re: The Boatman Has Died

Post by ftballfan » Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:43 pm

I think he had two stints on WWKR. He was in mornings in the 2000s before being replaced with Bob and Tom around 2007 and then rejoining WWKR, this time in afternoons, in 2010



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Re: The Boatman Has Died

Post by hunterw » Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:20 pm

He also was the morning show host on WMOM (102.7) in the mid 2000’s when MOM FM was broadcasting a top/40 format.



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