Posts Tagged ‘KXLT’

The Idaho State Broadcasters’ Association honored the best of the best in radio and TV recently. The awards are open to entrants statewide, but only Treasure Valley stations took home awards at the annual Sun Valley ceremony.
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Best Public Affairs - KBOI “Return of the Salmon,” Ken Weaver
Best Agricultural Program - KIDO “Coyotes,” […]

KXLT/107.9 Lite FM parted ways with AM co-host Kevin Murphy. Murphy has been with KXLT since before the Peak handoff. That leaves Claire Day as the lone personality local personality on the station.
What’s next for Lite?

Well, after all the nice farewell comments you all left about Tobin Jeffries… we had to… um… balance that out.

Courtesy: Anonymous Source

KXLT/Peak Broadcasting host Tobin Jeffries is leaving Boise - headed for Louisiana to care for his parents. Peak is already searching for his replacement.
Jeffries has a long history in the market - with stops at a number of local stations.

Melissa Dawn is the only former Peak-er to land at KBOI/News-Talk 670. Greg Williamson id filling in on Idaho’s First Morning News and Idaho Talks Live for Paul J. Schneider. The “Voice of the Broncos” is on the road with the basketball team - and Citadel brought Williamson into pinch hit. Greg […]

Peak Broadcasting’s loss is Citadel’s gain: Melissa Dawn is back on the air. Dawn is now the PM news anchor for KBOI/News-Talk 670, with news updates during the new “live and local” Nate Shelman show. Dawn & Greg Williamson were let go by Peak when they decided to turn KXLT/107.9 Lite FM jockless […]

KXLT/107.9 Lite FM returned to regular programming today - cutting (most of) the Christmas music in favor of its regular mainstream AC lineup early this morning. The station is still mixing in a few holiday cuts per hour today - in case folks just didn’t get enough in the last month.
There’s something missing of […]

The radio dial is sounding quite festive this Christmas eve. As I headed to services this evening - I was pleasantly surprised at the number of stations that dropped their normal formats to get in the spirit - with 100% Christmas music:
KTSY/89.5 FM
KIZN/Kissin’ 92.3
KZMG/Magic 93.1
KRVB/Idaho’s 94.9 The River
KAYN/Boomer 100.7
KAWO/WOW Country 104.3
KBOI/News-Talk 670
KTHI/107.1 K-Hits
These stations […]

Former KXLT/107.9 Lite FM host and Peak Broadcasting employee Greg Williamson was back on the air with Peak last week. Robin Scott anchored morning traffic while GW anchored the afternoon reports for the group’s six stations.
GW was subbing in for Tobin Jeffries.

Here’s a look at what Boise-area stations are doing to help the community this year. The Idaho State Broadcasters Association notes that in 2005 (the most recent year available), Idaho radio stations took in $2.1 in fundraising donations (along with $20 million in PSA value).
KTSY - The station is holding a Christmas concert […]

More talent changes at Peak Broadcasting Boise - as Brian “the Bird” exits KAWO/Wow Country 104.3. Brian started with KAWO as evening host before sliding into the AM show producer job. (He also did weekends on KTMY before the station was rebranded under the Wow Country name).
This is the third on-air staff cut at Peak […]

Peak Broadcasting let two members of its on-air staff go Wednesday, according to reliable sources. Greg Williamson and Melissa Dawn Liebenthal were both let go by Peak from their jobs as utility players (both held down shifts on KXLT/107.9 Lite FM). Melissa has been with the company since way back since the Jacor […]