KACH Radio 1340 AM  & 105.5 FM 

Air Personalities

Mike Wade
Mornings 

Mike pretty much figured music would be his calling. Not so much playing drums in a rock band, but teaching Percussion at the University level. Both his parents were teachers so it seemed like a good fit.

Until a high school speech class spun his head - and his life - in a different direction. It wasn't long before he realized talking for a living beat working for a living. Getting his first job in radio helped him graduate from the University of Houston. Then he made stops in Dallas-Fort Worth, and New York, before starting a family and playing all those Hits and Favorites.

Visit MIke at his website: mikeonmic.com

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Alan White
Mornings/Cache Valley News

Alan has been in the radio business for over forty years. His career began in 1966 at KVEL AM in his hometown of Vernal, Utah. He worked there through high school, playing 45 rpm records after school and on weekends. In college he worked at KSUB-AM in Cedar City, Utah and served a stint as News and Sports Director at KDXU-AM/FM in St. George, Utah. From there he returned to KVEL for several years as News and Sports Director. He came to Idaho in 1985 as News Director at KWIK/KPKY in Pocatello while he completed a degree in Mass Communications/TV Production at Idaho State University. He took a ten year break from broadcasting to work in public relations for the Pocatello School District and for the State of Idaho.

 His love of small town radio brought Alan to Preston in 1998 as the owner and manager of KACH-AM. He and Nelada are the parents of five grown children and at last count the grandparents of 16. Alan enjoys reading, camping, and Dutch oven cooking.

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Lori Bennett
Midday

Lori Bennett is an award winning, multitasking radio personality, musicologist and actress with a flair for creating a strong bond with her diverse audiences. A native of Detroit, Lori is a veteran of such heritage adult contemporary stations as WNIC-FM, Magic 105.1, Smooth Jazz V-98.7 and is the key in-store voiceover talent for national/international companies such as K-Mart and Rite Aid.

“It’s my goal and my dearest wish to bring a smile to every one of our listeners every day.” says Lori. “Spreading positivity, having fun and experiencing the music together…that’s what we all need to keep perspective with all that goes on in our crazy, increasingly more complicated lives!

What Lori enjoys most (besides her listeners) is helping others to succeed, thus spending time as a team leader and mentor to young creative professionals. She also is a big supporter of Volunteers of America, Toys for Tots and numerous animal rescue organizations. When not in studio, Lori can be found in her communal garden attempting to negotiate with the squirrels on who has first right to the tomatoes, or at home, attempting to convince her actor husband that leaving socks on the living room floor “is not an artistic statement”.
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Richard Stevens
Afternoons

From the plains of the Dakotas to the desert of the Great Southwest... from the mountains to the prairies and wherever a radio tower beckoned or a microphone screamed out his name, Richard Stevens has followed in a family tradition of connecting with listeners on the radio. Richard was born into a family of entertaining personalities; some made a career out of it (his oldest brother is radio legend and TV personality Shadoe Stevens), while others have quietly entertained family and friends for years without the need of a microphone.

Richard was a 16 year old high schooler when he started his first radio job in his hometown of Jamestown, North Dakota. His journey carried him to Palm Springs, California, where at the age of 23, he entertained retired snowbirds on the radio by playing musical greats like Sinatra, Benny Goodman, and Nat King Cole. In another life, Richard filled in for his brother as the announcer on TV's "Hollywood Squares" and went on to host radio shows on Oldies stations, Country stations, Soul/R'n'B stations, Rock stations, and various contemporary hit music stations in Los Angeles, Dallas and on the USA and ABC radio networks.

For over ten years, Richard interviewed some of the biggest stars and highest-profile newsmakers while co-hosting a syndicated news magazine plus a radio show similar to TV's "Good Morning America". In addition, nearly five years, he co-hosted an interview and lifestyle morning show on the ABC Radio Networks. Today, Richard provides information, entertainment, and music on Citadel’s AC format.

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MaryRose
Evenings

Maryrose got her start in radio while studying Opera at a college in East Texas.  She knew a girl at her gym who was on the local station as a DJ and she had suggested to Maryrose that she audition for an opening. Needless to say, she auditioned and the rest is history.

She spent some time in Virginia Beach, and came to love the Outer Banks in North Carolina. Then she went to Dallas for a ten plus year stint at KVIL before coming to our AC format. KVIL at the time was the flagship station for the Dallas Cowboys, so Maryrose was in Heaven! If you know anything about Maryrose via her show, you know she's a huge Cowboys fan and loves Michael Buble. She hasn't given up the dream that one day Michael will bless her with his presence on her show!

She continues to dream and loves being on the air playing all your favorite hits!

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Frank Welch
Overnights & Saturday Night 80's Show

It's not often that a career in cross-country trucking leads to a career in radio -- but that's how it happened to Frank Welch. "It's true," he says. "I was listening to a lot of radio stations while driving around the country. My thought was, 'I could do better than that!' so I jumped into it." Today, Frank's definition of "drive time" has changed. The road to us wound its way through a variety of radio stations including Dallas stations KCDU-FM, KLUB-FM and KVIL-FM. "I've done basically every on-air job you can do: jock, studio news reporter, street reporter, traffic reporter, sports reporter and more." These experiences have brought Frank news honors, including the Dallas Press Club's "KATY" Award and the Dallas U.P.I. Award. Frank believes he has an impact on his listeners because he genuinely enjoys his job. "I have a lot of fun on the air and I really believe that if you're having fun at something, people respond positively to you."

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Milli Mills 
Weekend 

Milli joined our weekend air staff in 2002 in addition to working for stations KHVN and KRNB in Dallas .

Milli Mills received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in Speech and Theater with a concentration in Communication in 1988.Since then, Milli has worked in various broadcast markets as a radio personality in Arkansas , Tennessee and Texas . These stations include KCLT-West Helena, KYDE-Pine Bluff, KIPR-Little Rock (all located in Arkansas); WHRK-K-97 FM, KJMS 101.1 FM, WRVR-104.5 FM, KXHT-Hot 107.1 FM, WLOK-Gospel AM, WMC-99.7 FM, and Star 98.1FM "Classic Hits" all located in Memphis, Tennessee.

After being an on-air talent for nearly 18 years at various radio stations in the Arkansas andTennessee she enrolled in the University of Phoenix graduate program and obtained a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management on October 20, 2004.

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Steve Eberhart 
Weekends

Steve Eberhart gets weekend mornings going with energy, fun, and an exciting mix of today’s adult contemporary favorites along with the hits from the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s.

Steve grew up in the small community of Lindsay , Texas and began his radio career while in high school at local station KGAF in nearby Gainesville , Texas .

He developed his broadcasting talents and eventually moved to Dallas where he worked at legendary station KVIL, later KLUV and KDMX, and then as an adventurous daily helicopter traffic reporter for FOX 4 television in Dallas .

His career in broadcasting has brought him all the way to the White House, where he met and interviewed President Bill Clinton in 1993.

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Sheryl Shannon
Weekends 

Sheryl was born in Oklahoma City and moved frequently as a young child. She lived in California for three years before moving back to Oklahoma with her mother. She worked for a local television station in Ponca City after high school to pay for college. While studying computer science she was talked into going into radio by the Dean of the college and she's been in radio ever since.

Outside of broadcasting Sheryl keeps herself very busy having fun and learning new things. She is a black belt in Kenpo Karate and also instructed for a while. She also plays guitar and sings. Sheryl has been trying her hand at acting and was in a stunt show for two years performing various stunts including sword fighting, stage combat, ladder falls and more. If that wasn't enough, she also does archery, trick bullwhipping, mid-eastern dance, 3D animation and has recently been certified in scuba. She is now taking Northern style Kung Fu.

With all this going on she still finds time for her two loves, David and her Australian Shepherd Baby. She enjoys being with friends and her biggest fan and "side-kick", her mother and visits her father for fishing trips in Oklahoma City .