Comments on: So long.

By: Kallao

Kallao — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:16:57 +0000

Thanks for keeping my heart close to Boise. It means a bunch.

Kallao
Former APD/Imaging/Night guy for KQXR
2001-2003

By: tommy

tommy — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:48:11 +0000

Don,
Just got home from a week enjoying the fall colors of New England. (I highly recommend it for your first official vacation by the way!) Thanks for helping us to keep an eye on each other. Some liked to share their opinion, other liked to sit back and enjoy the fireworks. But for me, the best part has been to see former co-workers are still alive and kicking. Ken/Dave/Jim/Cale/Russ/Doug/Mitch/Chuck Roast and Matt Davis Davenport for example! Thanks for your labor of love, and for dealing with a bunch of teenage minds, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, through the good and the bad.

Tommy “Collins” Harleycrasher (a nod to Don’s Dad!)
tommymix106

By: Jim Smith

Jim Smith — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:08:41 +0000

Ben, Felicitaciones! (translation: congrats!) what a score! Send me an email with the details… I may have to come and visit.

Jim

By: Matt Davis

Matt Davis — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:47:02 +0000

Don,

Thank you for all of the work you put into growing this site. It will be missed and your voice on the site will be missed.
Happy trails!

-Matt “Davis” Davenport
KPVI-TV
mdavenport@kpvi.com
Facebook: Matt Davenport

By: The

The — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:25:34 +0000

Don, Don, Don. If you shut down the site, where will I go to be shouted down and called a “socialist” by my radio peers?

Seriously, I will miss your work, Don. I hope wherever life takes you, it’s to your satisfaction.

By: elchupacabras

elchupacabras — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:41:16 +0000

Commander Lumpy,

Your wish is my command! I am the moderator at the Utah Radio Forum and I have set up a site that will at least permit some exchange, albeit it won’t ever be as polished as Don’s IRN. I would hate to see not having a forum for all of us who love this business so much.

The URL is: gemstateradio.proboards.com

The Utah site is: utahradionews.proboards2.com

I am still in the process of setting up all the board, so it might look a little rough now.

Again, it isn’t anything compared to what Don has done, and I ask for a little patience, as I have some interesting radio news of my own to announce.

I am moving to San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico next week. Thanks to the modern marvels afforded by the internet, my boss has agreed to retain me. I will be recording the news for KBAR, KKMV and KZDX from Mexico, and will be hosting my mid-day information show from 11-1 streamed on the net to KFTA. La Fantastica will be the only Spanish language station with a live body IN MEXICO! San Miguel is an artist’s colony of sorts with 80,000 people, 10,000 of which are American ex-pats.

My decision was based upon the fact that I have been struggling for nearly 2 years to get a visa for my sweetheart (who studied here in the US and has toured here dozens of times since her youth). Bureaucracy drives the “Chupacabras” to Mexico! We will be married in December.

Rosie “La Bomba” Juarez will be taking over as PD/OM of KFTA. She is a radio veteran with over 20 years on the air and a pioneer Hispanic broadcaster in Idaho. She will do a great job.

I didn’t mean for this to conflict with Don’s great job as owner/moderator. My intent is to somehow keep a forum open for the sake of the industry.

By the way, for those groups that have banned the site at work: what a shame! I have used information here to aid the owner of my station many times. It has been a great tip sheet.

By: commanderlumpy

commanderlumpy — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:00:26 +0000

I have been a true radio fan sense I was 7 years old. However, I really didn’t study radio until I was 14. During the summer of 1994 and 1995, I was notorious for calling radio station air talent while they were doing their shifts. I would pester them until I could get information out of them. Sometimes it worked, and others it didn’t. The truth is, in 1998, I moved to Salt Lake City. I would come up to Idaho to visit friends and family. I would listen to the radio to find what was new. But when I heard about the site in 2004, I really felt in the loupe. How am I going to know the latest in Idaho radio news now with this site. I know there was at one time a forum to discuss Idaho Radio News. Is that forum still around? If not, I would highly suggest someone create one. I would also suggest that it looks exactly like Utah Forum for Radio. I will talk to you later.

By: BoardOp

BoardOp — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:04:09 +0000

Don, I too am saddened with the departure of this site!
It’s been a great run, and we’ll keep in touch, as we work in the same building.

Again Thanks
Russ Larsgaard (aka BoardOp for the Eagle)

By: Dale Jeffries

Dale Jeffries — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:23:03 +0000

It’s all been said Don………..But Thanks from the Western tip of the Valley. It was always fun to hear about news from the”Big City”. Best of luck at 7 and tell everyone hello for me and I’m going to miss the news.

Dale Jeffries
KSRV AM – Ontario

By: PETE Gregory

PETE Gregory — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:52:55 +0000

Bummer Don. Now I’m going to have to get my radio news from my ‘other’ sources. Mostly out of work former radio guys who make stuff up. Of course, I’ll be making stuff up too, kind of like when I was a news guy.
Best of luck and Thanks!