Leon and Valerie

Leon and Valerie Hunt are the owners of KIVY 92.7 FM and 1290 AM.  They have owned the station for over six years.  They work together to bring the best quality of music to you.  Leon and Valerie are greatly appreciated and loved at KIVY by their employees.  Leon can be reached at KIVY at (936) 544-2171.

Lonnie Hunt

Lonnie Hunt is Leon’s brother and is currently the County Judge of Houston County.  He has been on air on the morning show for many years and has been County Judge for about two years.  He greatly enjoys doing both and is a lively morning show personality.  Lonnie does the news and hosts the morning programs from 6:30 am until 8:00 am.  Joanne joins Lonnie on the morning show from 8:00 am until 10:00 am.

Joanne Warner

Joanne Warner has been working at KIVY for about six years.  She is a morning show personality and she hosts the “Swap Shop.”  Joanne's other responsibilities include doing remotes, sales, and keeping the office lively.  Joanne can be reached at (936) 544-2171 or e-mail her at joanne@kivy.com.

Kristina Waldrep

Kristina Waldrep is the traffic and accounting manager for the radio station and she also does some sales.  You can even hear her on the the 
"Swap Shop" occasionally!  She has been working at KIVY for over a year and loves her job! Kristina can be reached anytime from 
8 am to 5pm at (936) 544-2171 or email traffic@kivy.com

Vince Astramovich

Vince has been working at KIVY since 2000.  His job description includes production programming, the noon news broadcasting, the five o’clock news broadcast, and a little of everything else.  He greatly enjoys working in radio production. If you’d like to reach him, you can call the station at (936) 544-2171 between 10 am and 5 pm on weekdays.

Craig Reed

Craig Reed has worked for KIVY for 12 years and is the host of Classic Country with Craig Reed every Saturday night.  He works at the barber shop next to the station and has done so for forty years.  If you’d like to hear him and the Classic Country show, tune in to 92.7 FM from 7:00 pm until midnight on Saturday nights.

Charlie Bobbitt

Charlie Bobbitt has returned to the air after 30 years!  You can hear Charlie on KIVY 92.7 FM, 1290 AM and KMVL 100.5 FM and 1220 AM on Sunday mornings from 6 am until 11 am for Southern Gospel Sunday or on weekday mornings from 6am-6:30am with the Farm and Ranch Report on KIVY 92.7 FM and 1290 AM. For Sunday Morning requests, you can call 936-544-5489 or send Charlie an email at southerngospelsunday@yahoo.com. To contact Charlie about sales, call the business office at 936-544-2171 or email charlie@kivy.com.

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Johnny Lawrence

Johnny Lawrence has been doing the “Play by Play” for KIVY radio sports for over 22 years.  Johnny and Jim Dowell can be heard on the radio broadcasting most of the sports games for Crockett.  If you’d like to hear them, tune into 92.7 FM or 1290 AM on game nights.

Jim Dowell

Jim Dowell is the partner of Johnny Lawrence on the “Play by Play” on game nights.  He has been doing the games for Crockett for a little over two years now.  He loves broadcasting the games for KIVY and does a great job at it.  To hear him, tune into 92.7 FM or 1290 AM on game nights.

Melissa Haeckler

 Melissa has been working at KIVY since August 2007 and loves her job!  She is a SENIOR at Crockett High School, is a cheerleader and takes dance.  During the week, she works the front desk, answering phones, downloading programs, and updating KIVY’s website.  She also works the board for remotes on the weekends. On Sundays, she airs church programs and reads the news at noon.  Tune in to 92.7 FM at noon to hear her.  To contact Melissa, call 544-2171.

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Rusty Shaw

Rusty is the sports broadcaster for KIVY and KMVL radio.  He can be heard at 7:30 am, 12:00 pm, and 5:00 pm with the local sports around Crockett.  He'll also tell you about the games that KIVY will be broadcasting on game nights.  Tune into 92.7 FM to hear his report.

Amanda Mask

Amanda Mask is a sales representative for KIVY radio. She also works remotes on the weekends. To contact her about sales, call the business office at 936-544-2171

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Josh Bobbitt

Josh Bobbitt was one of the hosts of the Friday Night Scoreboard Show during football season.  Josh and Todd English currently do the "Play by Play" for the Kennard basketball games.  Tune into 92.7 FM or 1290 AM on game nights to hear Josh Bobbitt.

Todd English

Todd English was one of the hosts of the Friday Night Scoreboard Show during football season.  Todd and Josh Bobbitt currently do the "Play by Play" for the Kennard basketball games.  Tune into 92.7 FM or 1290 AM on game nights to hear Josh Bobbitt.

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Dave Sanders

25 year radio veteran Dave Sanders brings spontaneity, fun and a real sense of listener participation to start the day off, with News, Contests, Interviews and The Greatest Hits! Dave has worked on a variety of formats and is frequently heard on regional and national commercials. Dave has been at JRN since 1990.

JJ McKay

JJ McKay brightens the workday and gives listeners a charge during their busy day as she talks about everyday life events in a fun, upbeat manner. As an aspiring actress in College, JJ realized that theater would be a rather unstable career, so she went with her second love in the entertaining business -- radio. JJ is the Good Time Oldies Operations Manager, but dearly loves being on the air where her experience includes CHR, AC, Country and Oldies in a variety of markets. For nearly ten years, JJ served as Operations Manager for Adult Hit Radio. When JJ's not working she enjoys family, friends, sports and spirit-filled activities.

Dennis Harrington

Good Time Oldies’ Dennis Harrington is host of the "Happy Hour" and "Sixty Minutes of the Sixties" – a solid hour of music from Rock & Rolls greatest decade. Dennis offers some interesting insights on everyday events for commuters heading home from work with Good Time Oldies. Dennis has worked in markets of all sizes including legendary top 40 KAAY in Little Rock and at Denver’s Oldies KOOL 105.

Born just minutes from the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, Bill got his first taste of radio as a boy scout when the scout leader (an electrician) let him talk to people across the country on a ham radio! Bill served his country in the Army as a nuclear weapons inspector & traveled extensively thru Europe - attending lots of rock concerts (including Jimi Hendrix just weeks before his death). Bill's radio career has spanned nearly 25 years including jobs as sales rep, newscaster & on-air talent (his love). Bill's a single dad of a lovely college age daughter who, in her youth, would actually sleep in the studio while Dad was on the air working! Bill loves to ski, cook, race bicycles, travel, work with his raku pottery & hang with his pets - truly a product of the Age of Aquarius!

Gary Outlaw

Everything about Gary’s show is authentic, including his name! Gary plays romantic requests and dedications during his popular feature "Backseat Oldies" for his faithful late-night audience. Other features include "The Collectors Cabinet" from which Gary plays forgotten 45's. Gary is an original member of the Good Time Oldies team, joining in 1990. Gary has worked both as a radio personality and reporter in markets such as Detroit, Kalamazoo, Toledo and Denver.

Chuck Leary

Over the past 35 years, Chuck has combined his passion for playing the hits on radio with recording and tour managing some of the greatest artists of all time, including America, The Beach Boys, and The Bee Gees. In radio, Chuck has been an on-air personality, producer and programmer on stations from KWAV in Monterey, California to the legendary KYGO in Denver. He thrives on listener interaction, and their calls are always welcome!