All About the School of Rock!

The School of Rock is a classic-rock-oriented music radio program started in the Summer of 2005

by Jeff Smith & Marty Curry. Jeff & Marty had been an on-air talk-show team back in the early 90s

on WVAC, 107.9 FM in Adrian, Michigan, and re-teamed to venture into the music they loved so

well. In the Summer of 2007, they were joined by Trey Stohlman, and the team was formed. The

mission of the School of Rock is to make sure that the true classics are never forgotten, and

that all good music from the late 50s through the early 90s gets aired, especiall seldom-played

deep and album cuts! Biographical information on the individual hosts is included below.

Jeff "The Professor" Smith is a real professor (and Doctor) at Central Michigan

University in the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Art. He has been a fan

of what is now called "Classic" rock since discovering FM radio in the early 70s

in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Growing up with Detroit rock-and-roll left its imprint, and

radio has been a steady influence and passion since Jeff did his first internship

in radio at the ripe-old age of 15. Jeff's favorite groups list is too long to include in its

entirety, but included Steely Dan, Blood Sweat & Tears, Boz Skaggs, The Moody Blues,

Emerson Lake & Palmer, and Chicago. 

Marty "The Madman" Curry is a fixture in the Great Lakes region. As a member of

the Saginaw-Chippewa Tribe of Mid-Michigan, Marty has been very active in

community and cultural pursuits for a number of years. Marty's first taste of radio

came at Adrian College with the Professor, and continues now on the School of

Rock. Marty is an artist, specializing in photography and sculpture, as well as

an afficianado of all-things pop-cultural. Among Marty's favorite groups are

Queen (but not Bohemian Rhapsody), Slade, AC/DC, and anything that annoys Trey (especially Rush).

  Trey "Papa Trey" Stohlman is a double graduate of the School of BCA at

Central Michigan University, with emphasis in media writing and performance, classes

he now teaches. Before coming back to CMU to teach he worked as a club disc jockey

in Florida. He has always loved music, from listening to performing. He grew up

listening to the hair bands of the 80's, so some of his favorites are Bon Jovi, Poison,

and Motley Crue. He's rediscovered his love for classic rock working with Jeff and Marty, and a

new passion for artists like Queen, The Who, REO, Journey, Kiss, Styx, and Triumph (see there

is one Canadian band that doesn't irritate him).