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Host of Open Line weekdays 8am - 10am
Randy was born and raised in Storm Lake, Iowa. He attended Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge and Buena Vista University.
Randy started working part time in radio in 1969. He then spent 3 years working full time at KAYL in Storm Lake. The next 11 years as News Director for KLGA in Algona.
Randy came to the KSCJ microphones in 1984 and stayed until 1988 when a big opportunity presented itself in St. Louis at 'All-News' KXOK where he became News Director.
Preferring home to the big city Randy returned to KSCJ in 1993 to become The Open Line host and the station's News Director where he remains today.
Randy has three children, Erin, Ben, and Conner. He also has three grandchildren.
In his spare time Randy likes to travel and spend time in a boat.
E-mail Randy at rrenshaw@powelliowa.com
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My radio career started as a sophomore in high school in Eau Claire, Wisconsin where I worked part-time operating the audio board during sports broadcasts. I continued working in broadcasting while attending the University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire where I majored in mass communications. Many a nights were spent studying in the watering holes on Water Street!! Not sure what I studied, but it was a great time!! Playing keyboards in a band during college also took up most of my spare time.
After radio, my most exciting job was the summer I worked at Walter Brewing Company in Eau Claire. I mean, how many places are there that let you drink beer during your breaks?!? After a short gig in the U.S. Air Force (wasn't Vietnam fun) I attended Brown Institute of Broadcasting in Minneapolis. That led to my first full time radio job in Missoula, Montana. From there it was on to Sioux City where I helped put the old KBCM radio on the air.
Over the years I worked at several Sioux City stations before arriving at KSCJ in December of 2005. I am married, have one daughter and one granddaughter.
Email Steve at: sarthur@powelliowa.com
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Sam Clovis is currently the Chair of the Department of Business Administration and Economics at Morningside College in Sioux City, IA. He came to Morningside from the Homeland Security Institute where he remains a Fellow, concentrating his research efforts in national preparedness. He also serves on the faculty of the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA.
Sam holds a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from the United States Air Force Academy, an MBA from Golden Gate University in San Francisco and a Doctorate in public administration from the University of Alabama. His research interests are federalism, intergovernmental relations and intergovernmental management. He has regional expertise in Europe, the former Soviet Union and the Middle East. He has managerial and executive experience in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
After graduating from the Air Force Academy, Sam spent 25 years serving in the Air Force where he rose to the rank of Colonel. He retired as the Inspector General of NORAD and the United States Space Command and was a command pilot, gaining combat readiness in the F-106, F-4 and the F-16. He retired from the service in 1996 and moved to the Siouxland in 2005.
Sam came to KSCJ first as a frequent guest on Open Line with Randy Renshaw. After guest hosting Open Line and Nash and Clark, Sam was offered the opportunity to come on the air full time. His show, Impact with Sam Clovis, can be heard during the 10 O’clock hour weekdays
Sam is married to the former Charlotte Chase of Piketon, OH. He is originally from rural central Kansas.
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Tom, a Sioux City native, started working at KSCJ while going to school at East High.
After a four-year hitch with the United States Navy, Tom came back to Iowa to attend the University of Iowa and, later, Briar Cliff. He worked as a reporter and news anchor for KTIV-TV for several years before changing his career direction. His next series of jobs was with the old "Bell System." Just before the break-up of Ma Bell, he was the state public relations manager for AT&T.
After the Bell System break-up, Tom worked for the Iowa Department of Economic Development for two years. He then changed career directions again.
Tom joined Meredith Corporation and began his efforts as a staff consultant for training and development. For the next 15 years, he provided consulting and training to Meredith Publishing and Broadcasting Groups of the multi-media corporation.
When he retired, Tom moved back to Sioux City to spend time with his father. He started with KSCJ's News Department more than five years ago.
You can hear Tom on Beightol and Steve in the Morning from 6am to 8am, and during Openline from 8am to 10am on Talk Radio KSCJ.
Email Tom at: tbeightol@powelliowa.com
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Afternoon News On KSCJ
Josie was born in Sioux City and raised on a farm outside of Mapleton, Iowa. She graduated from Iowa Western in Council Bluffs and has been reporting quality news ever since.
Josie’s career has taken her to Council Bluffs, North Platte, Nebraska, where she received a first place ranking for the Associated Press’ “Best Newscast” Award and was a news reporter in Dubuque, Iowa before returning home to Siouxland.
Josie has six nieces and enjoys spending time with her friends and family whenever possible.
Email Josie at: josiecooper@powelliowa.com
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I was born and raised in Sioux City, graduated from Central High and after serving in the Marine Corps, attended Morningside College on the GI bill. I worked with my father in the furniture business for many years before being hired by Abbott/Ross Laboratories as a pharmaceutical rep for more than 25 years, retiring in 2005. A life long love of old time radio led to teaming up with Don Miller to start Nostalgia Theater on December 7, 2002.
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Don Miller, known in some circles as "Gary Golden Throat," has been a fixture in Siouxland radio for half a century. With the exception of a brief sojourn into the newspaper business, Don has spent his career in radio in one aspect or another - from announcing, to programming, to news, sales, and an old time radio show host.
Don got the radio bug from his brother Millord, joining him at 620 KCOM (now KMNS) while a student at Central High School. After three years of "spinning the tunes" Don asked and was given the go-ahead to organize a news department. He was the news department - a one-man, 24-hour operation, always on call.
The '50's were an exciting time and gave Don the opportunity to interview people who would become legends - Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, Nat King Cole, and President Harry Truman. He also covered the 1959 visit of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to the Garst farm in Coon Rapids.
In November of 1963 Don and a Sioux City Journal reporter founded the Sioux City Press Club. Don was the charter president and is a lifetime member. The following year he headed to Minneapolis for a brief stint at KSTP, the giant 50,000-watt voice of NBC. An inveterate newsman, Don quickly learned that he wanted to be more than a "voice" and returned to his old stompin' grounds to work in sales for Paul and Patti Olson at KLEM in Le Mars.
In a bold career move in 1974 Don went from a sure, secure position with the Olson's, to help establish Big Country KBCM-FM (now KG-95) in Sioux City. There was a real stagecoach; the city's first live radar weather and Don introduced his Sunday afternoon Nostalgia Theater that ran from 1976 to 1983. Don's next move was back to cross-town rival KMNS for three years.
Defecting from the airwaves, but still in media business, Don spent the following eight-plus years running the advertising department for the Globe, the weekly newspaper for the Diocese of Sioux City. There may have been ink on his fingers, but it never really flowed in his veins. Soon after Don's March 2001 retirement, KSCJ came calling for him to lend a hand in the news department. Always a newsman to the core, Don was soon back in stride mastering the challenge of computer-driven, high-tech radio.
Don's real love though was the revival of his Nostalgia Theater, a program of old time radio shows running the gamut from "Suspense" and "The Shadow" to "The Jack Benny Show". Don has been replaying shows from the '40's and '50's every Saturday morning since December of 2002 on KSCJ. It's a real kick featuring quizzes, prizes, and great "theater of the mind" for all ages.
E-mail us suggestions for certain episodes or shows at nostalgiatheater@yahoo.com
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