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Staff

25 May 2013

Grant Kath and his wife Stephanie purchased KGOS/KERM in 2009.   Even with his enormously busy schedule as owner/operator of Kath Broadcasting, Grant also heads up the sales department and loves to be a part of the sports side of the station’s broadcasts, taking part in bringing games to our listeners with the area’s football, basketball and baseball teams. Grant’s father Kerm owned the stations years ago and Grant has been in the business since he was 14 – finally bringing it back into the family once again with the purchase in 2009.  Grant and Stephanie have two children, daughter Taylor and son Ryan.  Contact Grant at his e-mail address at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 Greg Kath is our morning show host and brother to Grant.  Not to be outdone by the years Grant has put into the business, Greg has been a part of KGOS/KERM since he was 13 – starting out with working for his father Kerm and now his brother.  That makes it 37 years and counting in the business!  Not too many people can claim that many years in radio, except perhaps his good friend Evan Slack. Greg can be heard live starting at 6:00 in the morning until 10:00, plus whenever needed, he engineers many of the sporting events carried on AM 1490 KGOS or KERM-FM 98.3. 

Dick Fullmer is our Sports Director, hosting local sports programs at 7:30AM and 12:40PM – Monday through Friday.  He jokingly tells people that he has retired several times now. You might recognize him because, well, he knows everybody.  Dick is a retired school teacher, worked for Goshen County, as a Victim Advocate, Goshen County Chamber Director and at Eastern Wyoming College as their Community Education Coordinator.  Besides his regular show, Dick can be heard as color commentator on many of the sporting events carried on KGOS/KERM.  Dick has been a part of the “family” with Kath Broadcasting since 1997.   Dick and his wife Pat are the proud parents of three grown sons Steve, Mike and Ed – but more importantly Dick’s a VERY proud Grandpa!

Like many people in the office, KGOS/KERM is a part of Lynn Schukei’s past and present.  After a 20 year hiatus from radio, Lynn has come back to the business.  She says she missed it and loved working at KGOS/KERM back in the day and is enjoying every minute being back with the Kath family once again.  Lynn hosts Today in Valley (as she did back when) at 10:00AM Monday through Friday and wears her other hat as Office Manager when not writing and producing commercials or helping out wherever needed.  Advertisers can be rest assured their ads will be heard as she handles all scheduling of commercials, plus sends out the billing–making sure we stay on the air to entertain our listeners!!!  Lynn is married to retired COL Gordon Schukei. They have five children, Jon, Jason, Angela, Lucas and Kailyn and are known as Oma and Opa to seven grandchildren whom they adore.  E-mail Lynn at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Shane Viktorin, KGOS/KERM Program Director, is currently enrolled at the University of Wyoming, majoring in Broadcast Communications.  The “wiz”, Shane is responsible for the on-air operations of our stations, heading up the fantastic sounds from our production department, winning awards for best Public Service Announcements in 2010, 2011, and 2012 from the Wyoming Broadcaster’s Association. Shane’s dedication to Kath Broadcasting extends from working on site when home from school and working via computer access from his “home away from home” in Laramie. We can’t WAIT for him to get back to us full-time!  E-mail Shane @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Moving here from the busy city of Fort Collins, CO, Marie Flanagan has easily become a valued member of the Kath Broadcasting family. Working hard at learning a completely new business as a KGOS/KERM sales representative, Marie makes sure our older and regular clients are happy with their advertising dollar while bringing in new clients each and every day.  Not only is Marie kept busy with sales, but she has learned how to write and produce copy AND even learned how to engineer games during our busy basketball season. Always happy to “pitch” in Marie really enjoys the world of radio!  Marie and her husband Brandon have two young daughters Caitlyn and Lexie.  E-mail Marie at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .   

Taylor Kath, Grants’s daughter, is an added benefit to the staff during the summer months as she helps with engineering duties, writing and producing copy and anything else we feel like throwing at her. Taylor also helps with gathering news stories and updating Facebook. Taylor is well-known around the community since she is on-staff as a dance instructor at the 28th Avenue Dance Studio.

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    FORMER GUERNSEY TOWN CLERK SENTENCED TO 24 MONTHS FOR INCOME

    Cheyenne, Wyoming – Leslie Diane Zynda, 39, of Marion, Iowa, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson Wednesday (5-22-13) on the charge of tax evasion stemming from the misappropriation of funds from the Town of Guernsey.

     

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    Goshen County School District Announces Superintendent Selection

    The Goshen County School District Board of Trustees has announced that a contract for Superintendent of Goshen County Public Schools has been offered to and accepted by Ms. Jean Chrostoski. 

     

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    Break-in at Torrington High School

    Torrington Police were dispatched to a report of a break-in early Tuesday (5-7-13) morning at Torrington High School.

     

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    State asking Wyoming business to be prepared for Affordable Care Act

    The Wyoming State Insurance Commissioner is urging Wyoming businesses to prepare for federal health care law requirements so they do not face unnecessary fines.

     

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    STATE TRACK MEET 2013

    Shanna Wilcoxson earned four gold medals at the Wyoming State Track Meet to lead the Burns Lady Broncs to the 2A team championship.  The Lingle-Fort Laramie Lady Doggers came home with the 1A team title for the second consecutive year.  The Torrington Lady Blazers placed fourth in a tough 3A field 12 points behind third place Powell.  Other team standings in 2A girls were Southeast ninth, Lusk tenth, and Pine Bluffs twelveth.  The Guernsey-Sunrise girls team was fifthteen in the 1A division.

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    EWC Men's Rodeo Team Wins Region

    The Eastern Wyoming College Men's Rodeo Team finished sixth at the UW rodeo last weekend, but scored enough points to win the Central Rocky Mountain Region Title.

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    SPORTS vs WEATHER

    The final ten days of April saw continued conflict between outdoor sporting events and the weather.  On Tuesday the 23rd, one of two soccer matches was played with the boys match postponed until Saturday and the Best of the West Track Meet was completed in Scottsbluff.  The end of the week was great for the competitors with track meets on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, golf on Saturday and soccer on Friday and Saturday.

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    BOYS & GIRLS OF SUMMER

    Torrington Little League is registering players for the 2013 season at torringtonbaseball.com.  The first games of the season for the major league will be May 13th, the minor league begins play May 22nd, and the tee ball on June 3rd.  The City Tournament is scheduled for June 24-26 and Torrington will host the Wyoming District 2 Tournament July 15-20.

    The Torrington Tigers will field two Babe Ruth teams this season with the 24 players split between a thirteen year old team and a fifteen and under team.  The plan is to participate in the Scottsbluff 23 Club league with games during the week and play in Legion JV tournaments on the weekends.  Torrington will host the Babe Ruth District Tournaments July 10-13 with a 13 year old division and 14/15 year old division.

    The Torrington Twisters 16 and under fast pitch softball team will play in their third tournament of the season this weekend in Broomfield, Colorado.  The Twisters plan to attend the Nebraska State Tournament July 5-7 and play in the Colorado State Tournament the following weekend.  Two national tournaments are on their schedule at the end of July.

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    RESCHEDULED SPRING EVENTS

    RESCHEDULED EVENTS

     

    Torrington High School soccer scheduled for April 12 in Rawlins is now set for May 6

    Pine Bluffs Track Meet scheduled for April 20 is reset for Tuesday, April 30

    Torrington High School soccer scheduled for April 19 in Lander is moved to May 3

    Torrington High School boys soccer scheduled for April 19 at Cheyenne South is now April 27

    Torrington High School golf tournament in Torrington moved from May 2 to May 9 at 10:00 AM

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