NAFB Blog

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.

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.”

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.

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. 

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.