Saturday, October 16, 2021

KMAQ STAFF

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DENNIS VOY,  OWNER-MANAGER ....STARTED ON AUGUST 19, 1958...A WEEK BEFORE THE STATION WENT ON THE AIR FOR THE FIRST FULL DAY,  AUGUST 26, 1958.     PURCHASED THE STATION ON OCTOBER 1, 1965.     NOTICE THE BELT-LINE BOTTOM LINE....KMAQ CHECKBOOK....MOST IMPORTANT BOOK THAT NEEDS TO BE IN PHOTO


                     NEWEST STAFF MEMBER IS ALEX GRAU WHO STARTED SEPTEMBER 16,  2021 AS A STUDENT ANNOUNCER.


                                       LOIS FISCHER, SALES REP FOR OVER 20 YEARS


BRETT MASSEY, STUDENT ANNOUNCER SINCE 2016.

 



NEWS DIRECTOR SINCE 2017
TERESA HOSCH
  



ROXANNE CLAUSING,  SALES REP
FOR WELL OVER 20 YEARS



JIM SAUNDERS HAS BEEN AT KMAQ THE LONGEST.
HE STARTED AS AN ANNOUNCER IN 1988, 
AND NOW IS OUR CHIEF ANNOUNCER AND 
KEEPS OUR WEATHER STATS.
HE IS BOTH A MAQUOKETA AND ST. LOUIS
 CARDINAL FAN.




MIKE KELLY OF PRESTON...AN EASTON
VALLEY COACH AND KMAQ'S PLAY-BY-PLAY
MAN FOR FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND
BASEBALL.    DOES GREAT JOB BUT ONLY
WHEN WIFE HEIDI IS SITTING NEXT TO HIM
KEEPING STATS.    IN HIS 3RD YEAR AT KMAQ.




MORNING WAKE-UP ANNOUNCER KRIS
LEEPER FROM OXFORD JUNCTION.   BEEN
WITH US SINCE 2018, AFTER RETIRING AS
POSTMASTER AT O.J.




   TECH MAN AND CHIEF ENGINEER,  TOM MESSERLI.
A PART TIME STAFF MEMBER.    
ALSO DOES ENGINEERING FOR SOME OTHER 
RADIO STATIONS AND IS A RADIO OPERATOR FOR
THE POLICE AND SHERIFF DEPARTMENT'S  24-HOUR RADIOS.
FORMER MAQUOKETA MAYOR FOR 8 YEARS
 AND CANDIDATE NOW.   A BUSY MAN HE HIS.    HE STARTED 
AT KMAQ AS AN ANNOUNCER OVER 25 YEARS AGO.
OH YES, IF THERE IS A PROBLEM AT THE VOY THEATRES, 
HE GETS THE CALL AND MAKES THE FIX.



THERESA CELENTANO HAS BEEN WITH KMAQ
FOR AROUND 20 YEARS ...  AS OUR FRONT DOOR
RECEPTIONIST,  AND BOOKKEEPER.    SHE DOES
OUR COMMERCIAL LOG EACH DAY ALSO.
AND IS ON-THE-AIR NOW AND THEN,  INCLUDING
DOING THE SATURDAY MORNING SIGN-ON ANNOUNCING
AND NEWS SHIFT.  SHE IS NOW PART TIME.


PHOTOS BY LOIS FISCHER