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NAFB Emeritus Member and 1984 NAFB President, Art Sechrest (Bloomington, IL), center, is presented his award by 2017 President Max Armstrong, left, and 1999 NAFB President Mike Adams. Mike presented the 1999 award earlier when Mike was President.
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Farm Director Jim Dewey (WTAD, Quincy, IL) will be playing the role of Kris Kringle, aka Santa Claus, in the Studio 57 production of Miracle on 34th Street. The production will be done in a radio broadcast-style based on a script that was used on radio in the 1940s. The script for this production was adapted by Clark A. Cruikshank who is also voicing several roles.
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Ag PhD, a regular feature carried on RFD-TV, has officially announced the company’s first-ever float in the 2018 Tournament of Roses® Parade. Their float, Salute to Farmers, brings a whole new meaning to Making a Difference. "RFD-TV is proud to support the Ag PhD float in the Rose Parade in every way possible," said Patrick Gottsch, Founder & President of RFD-TV
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Nebraska radio station KRVN 880 and the Rural Radio Network will add a news bureau and production studio at Nebraska Innovation Campus (NIC) this fall. NIC Executive Director Dan Duncan said, "KRVN's radio network across the state will enable NIC to connect to everyone in Nebraska and share our stories" KRVN is the 50,000-watt flagship of a nine-station network spanning Nebraska with coverage into Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming.
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Davis Michaelsen (Farm Journal Broadcasting, Cedar Falls, IA) said, “I didn’t go to journalism or broadcasting school, but from an early age, I learned from my dad, who was a seasoned writer and farm broadcaster.”
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Ag broadcaster Phyllis Parks, (WITY radio 980 AM and 99.5 FM in Danville, IL) is a Certified Public Accountant by profession, and she has a CPA firm, Daughhetee & Parks Management Consulting, PC, in Danville, IL. One of her clients is David Brown, owner of WITY radio.
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After more than a decade-long hiatus, DeLoss Jahnke returned to farm broadcasting in 2013 at WMBD-WIRL (Peoria, IL). “It was baptism by fire hosting long- and short-form programs, but it was wonderful to be back in the profession I’ve always enjoyed.” Then in 2015, DeLoss said, “I was fortunate to join Rita Frazer at Illinois Farm Bureau and the RFD Radio Network.
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When asked how he ‘came to fame’ as a farm broadcaster, Cody Martin (Martin Ag Radio Network, Deer Trail, CO) said, “The answer is quite simple, I was born into it.” His parents, who both grew up on a farm, started into radio in the late ‘60s when 45 rpm records and reel- to-reel tape were state-of-the-art.
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A series of 16 wildfires that initially began October 8, have consumed large areas of California’s wine growing regions in Yuba, Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Butte and Lake counties, reports Brian German (Multi-Media Journalist, AgNet Media, Inc., Fresno, CA). More than 210,000 acres have burned in total, destroying approximately 8,400 structures as of October 25, Brian said.
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Tony Purcell (Texas State Networks, Dallas, TX) reports that Hurricane Harvey made landfall August 25, between Port Aransas and Port O'Connor, TX, as a Category 4 storm with winds of 130 mph. “In a four-day period, many areas received more than 40 inches of rain as the slow-moving storm meandered over east Texas causing catastrophic flooding.