Cal Van Singel
Jon Russell

Induction Year

2019

Inductee Type

Gene Young Service Award

Sport

Cal Van Singel and Jon RussellĀ  have been fixtures on the Muskegon-area airwaves for nearly two dozen years, calling more than 1,100 high school football and basketball games in total. The duo are very well-respected for their promotion of all area schools and both boys and girls sports.

Russell, a 1979 Muskegon High School graduate, is the play-by-play man, while Van Singel, a 1977 Grant High School graduate, is the color commentator. Russell and Van Singel became a radio team in the 1990s at WSHN in Fremont. They moved their act to WLCS in the early 2000s and have been fixtures in the area sports scene ever since. seemingly everywhere and always present at the big games. Russell is a longtime radio guy, both on-air and in sales, while Van Singel is co-owner of Van Singel Farms, a large-scale vegetable operation in Grant, MI.

High School

Grant High School 1977

College