Staff
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Fred Lark - Owner & President
Fred is KXLO/KLCM Radio's owner, General Manager, and proud President. He also is a KXLO-Live host -- KXLO-Live is a live talk/interview show Fred created for the Central Montana Community several years ago. Fred purchased Lewistown’s KXLO-AM radio in 1972, and took possession in April 1973 as the President/General Manager. In 1975 he created KLCM-FM. Originally from Boone, Iowa, Fred began his broadcasting career 1958 with the "Listen to the Lark" show and the "Morning County Boy Farm Show". After graduating from Iowa State University in 1966 with a major in Telecommunicative Arts, and minors in both History and Math, he pursued his long broadcast career in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Iowa and Montana. Positions and memberships Fred holds or held in the past include National Association of Farm Broadcasters, board member of International Association Press Board, Representative for Montana Seniors at the President Council on Aging appointed by Governor Brian Schweitzer, and President of Montana Broadcasters Association. |
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Phyllis - Station Manager
Phyllis, our Station Manager, also manages the KXLO/KLCM Office and our Traffic department. She is a KXLO-Live host, and around the station is known as our "Paperwork Guru". She is usually the friendly face you see when coming through our doors and the helpful voice on the other end of the phone when you call. Phyllis has been an extremely loyal KXLO/KLCM employee for many years, and most who know her also know she is the engine that keeps the station running and the glue that keeps us together. Joe Zahler - News Director
Joe apparently loves broadcasting and continues with those interests by reporting and editing news on a daily basis. Joe also is a new member of Montana Broadcast Legends Hall of Fame, inducted in 2012. GO Joe!!
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Jay Gordon - Sports Director
Jay comes to us from Billings. You may recognize his persona as a local guy, but he spent many years in Billings on-air. Jay moved back home and we are happy to name him as our Sports Director. Jay brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to KXLO/KLCM, as he graduated in 1988 from the May School of Broadcasting, worked for 23 years on the radio waves in Billings, and also worked for KULR-TV as a Camera Operator for the Morning Show. So now at KXLO/KLCM Radio, Jay directs our sports coverage and also helps set up our outside announcers who call the games for our stations. Jay also overseas the operations while the games are being played, which he loves to do - "No two games are the same," he says. Jay is also a fan of old movies from the 20s, 30s, and 40s and being a big fan of music owns a large collection himself. |
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Ken Bergren - On Air
Ken Bergren is our steadfast, Jack-of-all-Trades, on-air personality. He has been with KXLO for several years and not only is the creator of our Morning Shows, but also is a KXLO-Live Host, the backup Traffic programmer, and programs the music you hear when tuned into our stations. He began his career in Seattle at a Broadcast School in 1987 and thereafter worked in the city at two different stations in the late 80's. Longtime KXLO employee, Ken is a constant and professional presence at the stations and we are happy he has stuck with us for so long. He is valued and praised for his dedication to not only central Montana's media, but also the radio world in general. |
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Jesse Jensen - On Air
Jesse is our fabulously unique DJ and Host/Creator of the Not-Morning-Not-Show, heard on KLCM in afternoons from 3pm to 6 pm. This well-liked afternoon program is a popular show among our younger (and hipper) listeners, bringing fresh, distinctively different, and new-generation sound to the KLCM afternoons. Jesse has been a DJ with KXLO/KLCM since 2003. We adore him and appreciate the personality he brings to our stations. |
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Steve Fanning - On-Air/News Reporter/Sports/IT
Since joining the stations, he has become Internet Technology manager, Voice of the Fergus High School Golden Eagles Basketball teams, Voice of the Lewistown Redbirds, web sports reporter, news reporter for both radio and web, and host of the 5:00pm news and Flea Market programs. He co-hosted our popular Morning Show program during 2012. |
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Stephanie Vise - On Air
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Lynnette Lark - Account Executive
"Passion for our customers" is how we'd describe Lynnette. She's been knocking on your door with a friendly smile and a cheery attitude since 2008, and brings fresh advertising sound to our sponsors' ads. Lynnette is a "take responsibility" kind of person who sees that all projects are done to complete satisfaction. She not only has years of experience in marketing, advertising and writing, but also took it upon herself to get trained in aeronautics -- and received a pilots licence! Lynnette loves to travel, learn and help people express what they need to say -- and she's good at it. We couldn't be more pleased to see Lynnette on our sales team, helping our community express themselves on radio. |
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Terri Hall - Account Executive
Besides being one of our Sales Executives, Terri is the KXLO-Live Host on Wednesday and Friday. She holds a great interview and if you haven't had a chance to tune in on Fridays at 10am, please do! Tune in on Friday afternoon’s from 11-1pm mountain time for The Kids 80’s show with Steve and Terri. On the sales side, Terri works with business owners to develop a marketing plan for radio and Internet/Website advertising and help turn a product or service into a unique marketing campaign Her favorite part of the job is visiting with people everyday and seeing an advertising campaign come to fruition and benefit the business Terri is proud to call herself an Army brat, both as a child and as an adult. She married a local Lewistown resident in 1990 and is so grateful to live in such an amazing community. KXLO/KLCM is very happy to call her an employee, and gain from the enthusiasm and creativity she gives to her job and our team. |
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Stephanie is one of our newer additions at KXLO/KLCM, joining us as a full-fledged employee during the summer of 2011. She DJs on both KXLO and KLCM and assists with creating advertising and other production needs.
