Meet the Staff
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Kevin Potter President & General Manager Kevin grew up in a football family, graduating from Putnam City High School in OKC. He got his degree from Cameron University (Lawton, OK) on football scholarship. Served on staff for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for 3 years in Ardmore, OK before moving to Monmouth, Illinois, where he owned and operated WMOI and WRAM Radio for 15 years. Honors: Outstanding Community Service Award, 1995. Top YMCA Capital Campaign Fundraiser, 1997. Oklahoma Broadcasters Association Board of Directors. Bartlesville Area Community Involvement: YMCA Board, Bartlesville Public Schools Foundation Board, FCA Adult Chapter President, Rotary Club, Washington County SPCA, Salvation Army Board, Bartlesville Community Center Trust Authority President, OWU Foundation Board of Trustees, Grace Community Church, Sage Investment Club. Wife: Dorea & Three Boys: Heath, Kaleb and Brent. |
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Dorea Potter Bookkeeping & Promotions Director Growing up in a “radio” family in Iowa, Dorea got initiated in “Oklahoma ways” while at the University of Oklahoma, on golf scholarship, with Journalism/Public Relations degree. Won Big 8 Golf Championship and was the Outstanding Female Student-Athlete at OU in 1981. Worked for Oklahoma Fellowship of Christian Athletes, 1981-82. Married Kevin Potter and moved to Monmouth, Illinois where they owned and ran WMOI/WRAM Radio. Mother of 3 boys: Heath, Kaleb & Brent 1997 - Outstanding Mother of Young Children in State of Illinois; 1998 - Athena Businesswoman of the Year; 2010 Ernie McAnaw Woman's Leadership Award. 2011 - inducted into Oklahoma's First Ladies Class by OK Federation of Republican Women, 2011 - National Assocation of Broadcasters Small Market Board Bartlesville Activities: Bartlesville Ladies Connection - Regional Administrator for Stonecroft Ministries, FCA Adult Chapter Secretary, Bartlesville Sports Commission Board-past Vice Chair, Chapter FT PEO-past chaplain, Delta Delta Delta-past Alumni Reference Chair, Relay for Life Team Captain, American Heart Walk Communication Chair, Grace Community Church volunteer, Salvation Army Ladies Auxiliary member, Washington County Republican Women member, Green Country Village Trustee Board Member, Junior Achievement-classroom consultant, past treasurer-Bartlesville Community Center Trust Authority, past board member-Bartlesville Regional Chamber of Commerce. |
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Charlie Taraboletti Operations Manager, News Director & Chief Engineer Charlie is a broadcast professional with more than 25 years on the air. He and his wife, Ronda, have one son and are active in their church. Charlie serves on the Washington County Crime Stoppers board. He has an extensive background in community theater and you’ll often hear him make some theatrical reference when talking about today’s events. Charlie also keeps a hand in on the technical side of station operations as well, working with the engineering staff when necessary to make repairs and adjustments to station equipment. He learned electronics while serving in the Air National Guard. Charlie is listed in the 2004 and 2005 issues of Strathmore's "Who's Who" and served as a judge for the 2005 Mrs. Oklahoma pageant. Follow Charlie on Twitter @1400Charlie. |
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Joy West Office Manager & Traffic & Billing The inside works of our stations center around the Joy in our office! Joy is not only busy at work...but very involved with her family and family activities. She volunteers at her church, Church of Christ, as a Bible class teacher, and VBS teacher. Joy is very talented, and sings at nursing homes biweekly.
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Sharon Frahm Production Sharon has been with Bartlesville Radio since February 2004. Sharon was born in Kansas. She is married to Chad, has one daughter named Shantel, and loves her cats. She also loves everything about Egypt and studied to be an Egyptologist. Favorite things to do: charcoal drawings, writing, and playing video games. |
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David Crawford Sports Director A sports enthusiast, David was raised in Barnsdall graduating from there in 19_ _! Life after Barnsdall led him to Stillwater, Miami, OK, Bartlesville, & Lawton. Although he has been in Lawton the last few years, David always had the desire to return to Northeastern Oklahoma. He is excited to be a part of the team at Bartlesville Radio, joining the group in July of 2010. David's play-by-play broadcast experience includes NCAA Division II Basketball for the Cameron Aggies, as well as Cameron Football before that program ended (he promises this had nothing to do with his broadcasting ability!), He was the play-by-play announcer for the Lawton MacArthur Highlanders Football Team for 15 years. You can now join David for sports on Bartlesville Radio & other activites and events around the area. David says, "...whether we're on the air playing music or going to the games... we'll have fun!" |
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Phil Weaver Music & Fun Sharing music, information, and laughs with his radio audiences is what Phil has happily been doing since 1963. "Even though I'm not accomplishing somethingas meaningfulas saving lives through brain surgery, I feel I'vehelped a little bit when a listener callsand says I brightened their day by some silly thingI've said. Actually, a number of years ago, I did perform 'simulated' brain surgery on-the-air on one of my fellow announcers. Unfortunately, he's still not quite right," Phil says. Phil, from Paola, Ks, and his wife Lynn, from Leavenworth, Ks, moved their young family west to Garden City, Ks in 1966, after receiving their degrees from the University of Kansas. Phil was a Western Kansas broadcast fixture for over 30 years as he and Lynn reared 4 children. Eventually, to be nearer their family, the Weavers moved to Bartlesville, where their daughter Jennifer lives with her husband Chuck Tate, of Tate Boys Tire, and their children Carlee & Clay. While Phil is on-the-air, his wife Lynn keeps busy as a Registered Mammography Technologist at Jane Phillips Medical Center. Their son Mike drives the big rigs out of Springfield, Mo, where he lives with his wife Melodee. Meanwhile, Phil & Lynn's twins have gone different directions. Darren, his wife MJ, and daughters Jaslynn & Jenna, live in Tyler, Tx, where Darren is a programmer for Brookshires, a grocery company. His twin sister Stephanie Longoria is permanently stationed in Washington, DC, as a saxophonist in the Navy Band. She lives with her son Jacob in Alexandria, Va. Phil & Lynn are members of the church of Christ, and love living in Bartlesville, and being closer to their children & grandchildren |
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Adam Hooper Sports & News An Oklahoma City native, Adam graduated from Mount Saint Mary's High School in 1991. Adam graduated from Northern Oklahoma College at Tonkawa in 1993 with an Associates of Arts Degree in Broadcasting. From there, Adam transferred to Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva where he graduated in 1995 with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Mass Communications/Public Relations. Adam remained in Alva where he began his radio career at KALV Radio. During his time there, he served as news and Program Director. He also was a P.A. Announcer for the Alva Renegades American Legion Baseball AA and AAA teams from 1996-2005. Adam moved to Bartlesville in the summer of 2005 to continue his radio career. Adams loves sports, mainly high school and small college athletics. Sportsbroadcasting is one of his favorites in radio. He's currently the voice of Nowata Ironmen and Dewey Bulldoggers football and basketball teams and is the voice of Oklahoma Wesleyan Basketball mens and womens teams. Adams attends St. James Catholic Church and serves as a lector, usher and eucharistic minister. He's a member of the Knights of Columbus-Bartlesville Council. Adams enjoyes playing golf and spending time with friends. He's also a huge fan of the Oklahoma Sooners and the Dallas Cowboys. |
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Amity Hollenbaugh Community Announcements & Announcer An Oklahoma native, Amity was born and raised in Broken Arrow and moved to Bartlesville in 2000. She attended Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa and the American Broadcasting School in Tulsa. Amity has been with Bartlesville Radio since August 2000. She is married with one daughter and two sons! She enjoys playing guitar, singing, hunting, fishing and spending time with family. |
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Tami Brinkman Sales Manager Tami brings eighteen years of marketing experience to the sales team. She has business degree from the University of Oklahoma and specialties include: market research, product development, sales and sales training. Tami is originally from Madill, OK, but she had been in Bartlesville since 2000. Since her move to Bartlesville she has become very involved in community service through serving as the Bartlesville Regional United Way Campaign Executive Officer and serves on their Promotions Committee. Along with her duties at Bartlesville's United Way, she also is part of the Bartlesville Lady Bruin Fundraiser Committee and the Owasso Chamber of Commerce Total Resource Campaign. Over the years Tami has enjoyed rodeoing, modeling, and enjoying participating in many pageants. Over the years of competing in pageants, her favorite title once held was "Miss Sandbass." Tami was crowned with this title during the National Sandbass Festival on Lake Texoma. She is married to Koby Brinkman and has two amazing daughters, Taylor and Tessa. Tami's daughters keep her busy being involved in basketball, golf, karate, and just being kids. Her favorite things to do besides helping her customers generate business is traveling with her family and playing on their boat. Tami says that her greatest goal is to teach her kids that " Life is too short not to make the best out of what comes your way and to turn all in to lasting memories everyday!"
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David Brooks Announcer & KPGM News With years of experience in radio, David Brooks travels the great Osage daily to report on news from the Pawhuska area. He's married and enjoys early mornings.
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Dave Crawford Sales Dave is a native Texan, transplanted to Bartlesville 5 years ago. He's married to Paula and they have 2 sons; Travis & Garrett. Outside Sales has been his business for 36 years, primarily commercial plumbing material. He owned and operated a remodeling company for six years. Crawfords are members of Highland Park Baptist Church. Dave's interests and hobbies: music (rock and roll oldies), photography, history of the Southwest, and following The Fightin' Aggies of Texas A&M.
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Maryjane Mashunkashey Sales maryjane@bartlesvilleradio.com |
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Kaleb Potter Sales kaleb@bartlesvilleradio.com |
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Ashley Smith Sales ashley@bartlesvilleradio.com |
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Sunrise Reporter Delivery Randy produces and delivers the Sunrise Reporter. He enjoys camping, family and church activities. Born in Caney, Randy grew up in Dewey and went to Dewey High School.
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Bob Forester Bob has been in radio more than 30 years and has been heard in more small towns than he can remember (not being as young as he used to be, you see) as well as big markets like Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth. Even though Bob has never lived outside the United States, his voice has been heard on radio stations as far away as China, through his work over the years with ABC Radio International. He has hosted music shows, edited interview programs and written and produced features for international audiences. He shares an empty nest with his very sweet wife, Cynthia.
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Jim Casey Jim Casey is the afternoon host of Citadel Media's Real Country. Jim admits that he decided on a career in radio when he was younger because it seemed like "a fun and easy job." "A junior high school speech teacher told me that I had a good voice for radio," he recalls. "I thought, ‘Well, that isn't really working – I could do that!'" Although he's entertaining on the air, Jim is serious when talking about his 20-year radio career. In addition to being part of the Citadel Media's Country air staff since the mid ‘80s, he programmed KKYX-AM in San Antonio. This station is legendary for its signal that covered all of South Texas. More than 30 years later, Jim has changed his opinion about the difficulty of working in radio. "It sounds easy to be on the air," Jim says. "But it's a hard thing to learn to do." Hard work doesn't prevent Jim from having fun on the air. Listeners who tune into the program are likely to get lots of laughs, along with their country music favorites. |
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