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News Release
BOISE STATE RADIO RELEASE/June 23, 2008
Boise State Radio Announces New Classical Music Hosts
BOISE – Boise State Radio will introduce new classical music hosts to KBSU-FM
beginning July 1. The hosts, on air from 6 a.m.-6 p.m., will continue to
bring listeners the best of classical and romantic programming. Lively,
engaging and knowledgeable, each illuminates the music they present with
well-researched, insightful information, taking care that every program is
accessible and stimulating for novices and aficionados alike.
The new hosts are:
• John Zech — 6-8 a.m. Zech is a radio veteran with 21 years of
broadcasting experience. He is an accomplished trombonist whose knowledge
and love of classical music make him a perfect fit for a classical music
series. Zech is multilingual, speaking English, German, French, Spanish and
Italian. His broad interests include tournament-level tennis, all forms of
billiards and martial arts. He also boasts tremendous marketing savvy,
having spent many years in management and sales for a Twin Cities-based
multilingual communications company.
• Jeff Esworthy — 8 a.m.-noon. Esworthy previously worked at WKSU-FM/Kent
in northeastern Ohio, where he was host from 1978-1995. As a teenager, he
developed a keen interest in the classical music of North India and studied
sitar. In college he studied anthropology, the music of India, Japan and
Africa, and music from rural northern Thailand. He also has an interest in
folk music and has played banjo in a southern string band and fiddle.
• Julie Amacher — Noon-2 p.m. Amacher is the only four-time winner of
the Public Radio Program Directors’ (PRPD) Announcer of the Year award. Her
work as music director of KUNC/Greeley helped earn that station the PRPD Flo
Award for Best Station six times and the Fundraising Award twice. Amacher’s
record of outstanding work as an announcer, programmer and producer at KUNC
makes her one of the most respected hosts in the public radio system.
• Valerie Kahler — 2-6 p.m. Kahler was born and raised in Mesa,
Ariz., and graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in
performance as a cellist. She was a member of the Flagstaff Symphony
Orchestra. She began her career in radio at KNAU-FM/Flagstaff in 1989,
working as program host and music director. During the summer of 1998, she
worked for National Public Radio’s “Performance Today.” Her interests in
music are wide-ranging and include classical genres, pop, Broadway music and
more.
Information on the Boise State Radio network, including KBSU-Arts and
Cultural Programming, Idaho Jazz Station and NPR News 91, is available at
http://radio.boisestate.edu. For
more information on the new classical line-up, contact Ele Ellis, director
of programming, at 426-5333.
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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208)
426-3275, kraven@boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on
Monday, June 23, 2008
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