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The first person to sit behind the Red River Farm Network (RRFN) microphone is retiring. Mike Hergert (RRFN, Grand Forks, ND) is an NAFB Hall of Fame (2015) broadcaster who co-founded the company and has been its guiding force over the past 21-plus years.
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“Balancing our demanding farm broadcasting jobs and schedules can be tricky when it com
es to parenting and finding time for actual hobbies,” said Lorrie Boyer (KSIR, Fort Morgan, CO). In addition to running a morning show and producing ag newscasts and market reports daily, Lorrie works hard to find balance.
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George Bower took over program duties at Northwest Iowa’s legendary KICD-AM 10 years ago as the station commemorated 65 years on the air. His job was to keep a heritage station relevant to a new generation.
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Anna Hastert is digital editor and reporter for Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network. Anna is a native of Harlan, IA, and she graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in May 2017, with a BS in multimedia journalism. She began her radio career as a Sunday news broadcaster at KSOM/KS957 (Atlantic, IA).
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This summer, KRVN/Rural Radio Network (Lexington, NE) hosted Hannah Borg as farm broadcasting intern with the assistance of an NAFB Foundation Grant. Hannah is a junior at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln studying agricultural communications.
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Chosen to receive an NAFB Foundation Grant, WKDZ (Cadiz, KY) hired Caitlin Oakes to serve as the intern for the WKDZ Morning Ag Report and the Ag Edge website this summer. Caitlin is studying agribusiness at Murray State University, with a minor in mass communications.
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In early 2016, corporate restructuring in RFD TV brought Janet Adkison back to Tennessee, but she kept one foot in the nation’s capital, traveling back for various events. This summer the change is official. Janet is now full-time on the anchor desk welcoming our audience each morning during the Market Day Report and nightly during the Rural Evening News.
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Joe Daughhetee (WITY, Danville, IL) graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a BS in accounting and an MS in business. Joe has been in private industry accounting with experience in cost accounting, and for the past 25 years, in public accounting.
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Morgan McEnany from Nevada, IA, is one of the 2017 NAFB interns. Mentored by Bob Quinn (Big Show Farm Network, Des Moines, IA). Morgan is a senior at Iowa State University pursuing a degree in agricultural communications with a minor in journalism and mass communications.
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AgNet West marked its fifth anniversary of service provided to the California agriculture industry on July 12, 2017. The network started with 12 stations and has grown to include 33 radio stations throughout the state, reporting ag news from Shasta all the way down to Imperial County.