From there, he went to WIBA-AM in Madison, Wisconsin, and in 1940 joined WTMJ in Milwaukee, where he inaugurated the station's FM outlet (now WKTI) as a staff announcer and news commentator.

[1] He was part of a "core" group that included the likes of Arch Presby, Eddy King, and Frank Barton; in later years, among his colleagues would be Donald Rickles, Victor Bozeman, and Peggy Taylor.

His tenure with NBC was on par with such New York-based network staff announcers as Don Pardo, Bill Wendell, Wayne Howell, and Howard Reig.

During World War II, he served in the United States Navy and also did announcing work for the Armed Forces Radio Service.

Stanley's voice was also heard introducing NewsCenter 4 on the network's Los Angeles flagship station, KNBC, where he handled live on-air continuity duties and anchored local newscasts out-of-vision at sign-on and sign-off.