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Former Akron area radio talk show host Stan Piatt lost his two and one half year battle with lung cancer on February 11, 2020 at the age of 68.

Piatt's career spanned 35 years hosting an AM morning talk show on radio station WNIR (100.1-FM). The radio station is located in Kent, OH with transmitting towers in adjacent Brimfield, OH

The early morning format had a large audience as well as a core group of unusual nicknamed regular callers. Fortunately there was a slight time delay on the broadcast that enabled the morning hosts to bleep out any chat that might be construed as offensive or a downright violation of FCC rules prohibiting obscene speech. During Piatt's reign the feature was used regularly on Fridays when callers were encouraged to tell their 'Joke of the Day".

Piatt didn't work alone news, sports announcers and cohosts – most notably Jim Midock, Phil Ferguson, Steve French and Maggie Fuller were in his morning mix. In the mid 1980s and 1990s the AM talkshow consistently compiled a large market share in terms of listeners. Piatt and Fuller engaged regularly with callers with nicknames such as "Dumpster Diver", "The Senator", "Goober" and "Timber Wolf".

Stan Piatt retired from the station in 2013 over a contract dispute and relocated to Pittsburgh, PA with his girlfriend. He returned to the Akron area in 2016 and worked part time at WHLO AM radio.

Stan Piatt was born in Lodi, Ohio and was a graduate of Medina's Cloverleaf High School and Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.