John Thayer

Sports

Like many young boys, John had dreams of growing up to be a porfessional athlete.  After always being picked first at recess to be the quarterback in elementary, John found his love for cheeseburgers and pizza and ended up a lineman by the 7th grade.  Though he played sports in High School, John realized his lack of athletic ability would trip up his dream of furthering his sports career.  After years of broadcasting the video games he was playing in, John found a love for broadcasting sports.  Like all failed athletes and coaches, John has made his way into the sports broadcasting industry.

John is native of Eustis, Nebraska.  While growing up in the town of 401, John worked on a hog farm through High School.  He claims if you haven't had to pull pigs or wash out the hog sheds then you haven't truly lived.  After attending Doane College in Crete, Nebraska, John lived in Colorado for a year before moving back to Nebraska until his transplant to Yankton.

He still loves cheeseburgers and pizza and enjoys long walks on the beach or a stroll under a star-studded sky.

Posted by administrator Jul 20, 2012 Last Updated: Jul 20, 2012

Lu Valentino

Lu Valentino 8pm-1am

Lu Valentino has been heard on some of America's great rock stations in Phoenix, Tampa, Orlando and Buffalo. Her Lu’s Locker Room sports feature was a Phoenix staple (Pat Tillman was a regular guest) and she was the voice of the Coyotes and Cardinals. While Lu knows Classic Rock well, she considers herself an entertainer with a passion for pop culture and events. Lu’s love for Improv & stand-up keeps her quick-witted both on and off the air. Her Lu’s Gossip Laptop feature airs on stations nationwide. Lu's covered the Grammy's, VMA's [worked for MTV as their special dance choreographer during the peak 'Spring Break' years in Daytona Beach], The Oscars, etc, and has interviewed stars ranging from Brad Pitt to having dinner with Kathy Griffin during her "Suddenly Susan" days.  Lu’s show features listener interaction, giveaways, artist, comedians, Hollywood star drop ins and engaging benchmarks. 

Find Lu on Facebook under “The Lu Valentino Show” and on Twitter: @LuValentino

Posted by administrator Jun 13, 2012 Last Updated: Jul 06, 2012

Tony Scott

Tony Scott 6pm-8pm

Tony Scott has worked for some of America’s most successful radio stations and networks in a career that spans over 35 years. He has worked in markets from Washington D.C. and Philadelphia to Denver and L.A. and has held down afternoons here on the Classic Rock format for many years. Tony also pulls weekend and fill-in duty at legendary 95-5 KLOS in Los Angeles, hosts a daily feature for AFN heard in over 100 countries, and is the back-up host for Bob Coburn on the long-running live interview radio program “Rockline.” Tony has also been active in radio imaging and narration and chances are you’ve heard him on The History Channel, Discovery, HGTV, TLC and many other networks or even caught him on camera from time to time. Tony still points to radio as his true passion and why not? He’s had extensive interview time with some absolute greats of Rock & Roll.

John Entwistle, Ian Anderson, David Crosby and Graham Nash, Keith Emerson and Greg Lake, Joey Kramer and Tom Hamilton, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Gregg Allman and Butch Trucks, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore, Stevie Nicks, Thorogood, are just a few of many Classic Rock legends who have spent time on the Tony Scott Show.

Fans keep up with Tony on Facebook: “Tony Scott Radio”.

Posted by administrator Jun 13, 2012

Tom Fry

Tom Fry 1am-6am

When he's not rocking tunes and sharing his musical knowledge and sense of humor with his listeners, Fry is a musician, actor, voice-over artist and writer. He lived as a starving artist in L.A. for eight years before deciding to get back into radio in 2003. He loves watching his hometown Detroit Lions, Tigers, Pistons and Red Wings, as well as his alma mater, Indiana University's basketball and football squads. He also enjoys cooking, bike riding and working out. His two cats share his house, but don't consider him the "Crazy Cat Guy" quite yet. To prove it, check out Tom’s Facebook fan page under “The Fry Show”, there he loves to interact with his radio listeners, share everything both on and off the air! [AND does he ever!] Tom still has hopes of someday getting married (as longs as she likes rock & roll, sports and uhhh, yea… cats).

Posted by administrator Jun 13, 2012 Last Updated: Jul 06, 2012

Joe Van Goor

Sports

A Culhane Communications, Inc. and Five Star Communications talent since May 1993, Joe was born and raised in Yankton and is a 1978 graduate of Yankton High School and a member of the Bucks ’78 State A Championship Basketball team. He started his radio career in Yankton in the summer of 1976. After tormenting three institutions of higher education (University of South Dakota, Mt. Marty College and St. Cloud State University), Joe settled into radio in Yankton in 1983, and during that time started sportscasting in January 1984. 

Joe came to Culhane Communications Inc. in May of 1993. He has called games from high school football to high school boys and girls basketball over the years and reported on high school track and field and wrestling in South Dakota and Nebraska. Joe has been the radio voice of the University of South Dakota in 1990-1991 and South Dakota State University in 1991-1992, and while at Culhane Communications and Five Star Commuications, he has worked the area high school circuit plus the University of South Dakota and Wayne State College, NE and served as the long-time radio voice of Mount Marty College athletics for 14 years from 1995-2000 and 2003-2012 and has announced teener, legion, and amateur baseball since May of 1993.  In July 2012, Joe became the "Voice of the Coyotes" again at the University of South Dakota under a new broadcast agreement with Learfield Sports and Five Star Communications.   He was selected as Sportscaster of the Year in 2005 by the South Dakota High School Coaches Association and South Dakota Sportscaster of the Year in 2006 as selected by his peers by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. 

Joe lives in Vermillion and has a son, Jesse. E-mail Joe at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Posted by administrator Apr 28, 2011 Last Updated: Dec 22, 2012

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