Longtime Detroit sports radio personality Jamie Samuelsen announced Monday morning that he’s battling colon cancer.
The Jamie & Stoney Show co-host on 97.1 The Ticket revealed he was diagnosed with the disease almost two years ago, but recently decided to make the bout public. Because of a recent infection, Samuelsen was forced to take a few days off earlier this month.
“Each morning since my diagnosis, I got up, turned on the radio mic and got to talk sports,” Samuelsen said during his Monday morning show on The Ticket. “I needed the escape from cancer, just like so many of our listeners who face hardships, grief and illness, too, they turned to us in the morning for some levity in this crazy world. So I wanted to continue to have fun and not let cancer get in the way of doing what I loved. Connecting with listeners, laughing, teasing Stoney, all of it, it helped me be normal, while continuing to fight this disease.”
A Detroit sports radio figure for more than a quarter-century, Samuelsen joined The Ticket in 2012 and paired with Stoney in mornings four years ago. After making his fight with cancer public, Samuelsen urged listeners to go get a colonoscopy.
“More people under the age of 50 are being diagnosed with colon cancer than ever before,” he said. “Make sure you talk with your doctor and get that colonoscopy.”
Brandon Contes is a former reporter for BSM, now working for Awful Announcing. You can find him on Twitter @BrandonContes or reach him by email at Brandon.Contes@gmail.com.
