KTVB--The Glory Years

KTVB during the 80's 90's and into 2000 was the dominant news organization in Idaho. I joined Idaho's News Channel in March of 1987. Roger Simmons was the senior reporter back then and I immediately studied him and copied his style. I started a rolodex and wrote down every contact.


This story is not my first...when this story was filed back in April of 1987 I had two months of experience under my belt. Assignment Editor and acting News Director Lindsay Nothern liked the way I dug up my own stories. Robert Loughery had called the desk and wanted me to come and do a story on this new idea called Live at Five. Dee Sarton and I liked the sound of it so we did the story. It's amazing how much downtown Boise has changed, I credit Dirk Kempthorne and visionaries like Loughery.