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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
radio Contrary to Talk Show Claims, Boise District Employees Didn't Go to Vegas Bowl
Posted by George Prentice on Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Listen to talk radio in the Treasure Valley and you might hear that the Boise School District is knee-deep in a controversy involving $800 of Boise School District expenses, Las Vegas and the Boise State Broncos' recent appearance in the Maaco Bowl.
Additionally, one radio station is asking local media "to investigate Boise School District's taxpayer trip to Las Vegas last month." In fact, BW received a copy-and-paste inquiry from one of the station's listeners.
The inquiry references a line item in the Boise School District's list of expenses for December. Particularly, on Dec. 20, 2011, a check was cut for $818.76 to the Rivera Operating Company (the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas) with an accompanying description of "travel to conferences."
The station's afternoon talk show host claimed that the district sent "people for a quick trip to Las Vegas, five days before Christmas and two days before the BSU Broncos play in the Maaco Bowl."
"Isn't it interesting that other media outlets in Idaho aren't even paying attention to this?" asked the host. "Why not contact these other media outlets and ask them to investigate this matter?"
With a nod to another broadcaster, Paul Harvey, here's the "rest of the story":
There was no trip to Las Vegas in December.
Citydesk learned that the expense was for two auto electronics instructors who teach at Boise Schools Technical Eduction Center to attend workshops at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. Additionally, the Boise School District is to be reimbursed for such continuing education from the Idaho Division of Vocational-Technical Education.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
radio Say Goodbye to Boise State Radio on the AM Dial
Posted by George Prentice on Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 3:48 PM
Boise is about to get yet another talk-radio station on the AM dial.
Citydesk has learned that Boise State Public Radio is about to finish a deal selling KBSU 730 AM to the Impact Radio Group, owners of BOB 96.1 FM, V 99.1 FM, WILD 101.1 FM and LA PODEROSA 100.7 FM. Sources told Citydesk that the format will be "similar to other stations on the AM dial," but will be the only privately and locally owned station in the market.
KBSU 730 AM has been broadcasting jazz and news programming with 15,000 watts daytime and 500 watts at night. Boise State Public Radio has been trying to sell the station for a few years and got the final OK from the State Board of Education to complete the sale earlier this year.
The programming change is expected by the end of July.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
radio / Zeb Bell / blogging Medium rare
Posted by Nathaniel Hoffman on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Tomorrow's BW contains a story about a pitched battle between a pair of liberal Idaho bloggers and a right wing radio shock jock in Burley.
"I had the option of not doing an interview with him, that was my option and I thought, you know what, I am never gonna to run away, I am never gonna to stick my tail between my legs and not answer anybody’s questions on this because I don’t want to be ever like the low-life vermin of these bloggers that have no courage and no conviction to stand up for what they say by putting their names or attributing to themselves anything to do with those blogs. They are cowards of the keyboard."That's just a little preview of the story to come... check the News section at boiseweekly.com at midnight tonight, if you just can't wait, and listen here:
“Well, Zeb because that’s the thing that’s happening all over this nation is we’re trying to redefine the purpose of man being here on the earth…If those people want that kind of lifestyle we will do away with the human race. That’s what it was intended to do. Zeb I appreciate your position on this.”The interview has sparked demands for Stevenson's resignation, an article in the Times-News and, need we say, a slew of blog entries.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
radio / refugee Refugee slideshow
Posted by Nathaniel Hoffman on Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:00 AM
This week's story from Sadie Babits about mental health and Idaho's growing refugee population started as a three-part radio series.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
radio / music Possible live Gourds radio event
Posted by Nathaniel Hoffman on Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:17 AM
citydesk pal Chris Hess, who puts on Boise Community Radio's live Range Life music show each week, says he may have scored a live, in-studio performance with some members of the Gourds, an Austin-based band in town this week.
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