Staff

I started my radio career in 1983 at KXRB-KIOV Radio in Sioux Falls. After 8 years, I accepted a position with Sorenson Broadcasting in Yankton as Sales Manager. I was then promoted to General Manager when I transferred to Norfolk, NE to manage KNEN in Norfolk and KTCH AM & FM in Wayne, NE. A few years ago my wife and I began to pursue a dream to own our own stations back in the state we grew up in and love.
Terri and I have a son Scott, who is in the Navy and 2 daughters, Amie and her Husband Matt have a little boy Dylan Amie is going to college in Nebraska and Lisa is also going to college in Nebraska.

I have been in radio since the inception of Dakota Broadcasting but have been around it for 25+ years thru my husband Neil. I worked for 16 years in a Chiropractic Office in Yankton wearing many hats and loved it.
I enjoy boating, golfing, reading, but most important to me is spending as much time with my family as possible. Neil and I have a son Scott, who is in the Navy and 2 daughters, Amie and her Husband Matt have a little boy Dylan Amie is going to college in Nebraska and Lisa is also going to college in Nebraska.

In 1992, a wide-eyed kid from Massachusetts had just finished an internship at 92-Pro FM in Providence Rhode Island, as a Promotions and Marketing intern. In 1996 he entered the world of Travel. He was helping smaller travel agencies market themselves. In 2000 he joined Royal Caribbean & Celebrity Cruise lines as District Sales Manager, adding product/sales training and management of co-op advertising. He also aided agencies in making the most out of the emerging internet.

At a seminar he was hosting on the cruise ship, one of the attendants said… “you should do this for other businesses, not just agencies”, and on month later he decided he would. In October 2003 he started helping other clients get the most out of their business, by appling the same lessons he had developed for travel agencies to small businesses outside the travel industry. Three years after his move to South Dakota, he is helping small and large size businesses in South Dakota get the most out of their marketing. Are you getting the most of your marketing?

I was born in Aberdeen and grew up in Conde, Turton and Doland. I was drawn to the microphone at an early age, performing my first paid appearance as a ventriloquist at age eight. I knew early on that my career path was somewhere in the arts, I played the drums and was active in high school plays and really enjoyed that but in the end radio won out. I began my first radio job on July 1st, 1989, later moving to Aberdeen where I've been a fixture on local radio since 1992.
I've been on every day-part of pretty much every Aberdeen radio station at one time or another. I'm very proud of the work I've done on all of them

Sue has 7 1/2 years of media experience in the Aberdeen Market.
Sue lives on a farm near Ashton with her husband Doug. She has four daughters. Daughters then came with Sons-in-law, and 7 grandchildren; 4 granddaughters and 3 grandsons. When not helping area businesses she enjoys spending time with grandchildren, reading, crafts, baking, and cooking.

I was born in southwest Missouri in the early 1970's. I was raised in the small town of Carthage. Carthage is most famous for the marble that is mined there. I began my career in radio in Carthage in 1991. After 7 years I moved to Fayetteville Arkansas in 1998 and in 2004 met my wife Melissa and moved to Aberdeen. I have 2 children and I love being in Aberdeen.

Kim has spent her professional career working with individuals of all ages. In her spare time Kim is a federal and private grant reviewer and writer. She and her fiance, Mark, enjoy both dirt track and NASCAR racing, as well as photography and traveling.

Devin is originally from Langford South Dakota. He attended Langford High School and went on to The University of South Dakota where he graduated in 2006 with a degree in Contemporary Media and Journalism with a double emphasis in Public Relations and Advertising. He also has a minor in business and leadership.

After graduation Devin went to KCCR and KLXS Radio in Pierre SD to work as an Account Executive. He had a great time in Pierre, but an excellent opportunity opened up for him to come home and join Dakota Broadcasting. "I'm greatful for the opportunity to work for a great company like Dakota Broadcasting.

Let's face it... I'm the only redneck in this area they could find that loved country music and didn't have a fear of public speaking.

I grew up in Eastern Montana to a can-chasing nanny slammer and a good old boy. I graduated from high school in 2003 and pursued a degree in music education before attending Western Academy Broadcasting College in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-Canada. After graduating I got my first gig as an afternoon host on a country station in North Dakota. I would quickly be promoted to morning shows located all-over Montana and Oregon. I would take a break from radio to get the "young bug" out of me, and I worked as an entertainment host for Carnival Cruise Lines. I returned to radio in California and then back to Montana before joining Dakota 105.5!!!

JOIN ME every weekday for the Weekday Wakeup, 6a-10a, on the Dakota's BEST Country, Dakota 105.5!!!

Jeff Larsen is a country lovin' radio veteran, having spent the better part of his life (25 years now) entertaining on the air. He now lives by the standard "Time spent enjoying nature is not deducted from your allotted time on Earth". So when he's not playing the
country music you love, he spends as much time hunting and fishing as he
can. (Possibly because he fears death.) Family time with his 2 sons, (Dakota and
Hunter) dogs (Vizsla's), and Kat are important to Jeff as well (Kat is short
for wife Kathy...not a cat. To avoid confusion at home, Jeff doesn't have a cat.).

You can email your E-Quests to Jeff anytime at jeff@dakotabroadcasting.com

Mike reigns from Hoven, South Dakota. Small town with a big church known as the Cathedral of the Prairie. He graduated as a Greyhound in 2001 and headed off to Dakota State University to learn all about those machines we love to hate (computers). But after several years decided he didn't want to be couped up in a cubicle all day, and ventured off to be a garbage man instead. After a winter of riding behind a big steel truck in -30 below temps, Mike looked for a change of pace. He found Brown College in Minneapolis and decided to give it a try and since then has loved being behind the Mic. He has several years broadcasting experience doing play by play and on-air in Watertown, SD and is proud to be in Aberdeen and at Dakota Broadcasting.

Andy was born under the bright lights in Minneapolis, MN. He spent most nights as a child staying up just a little later every night in order to hear the local radio DJ do his last cut in…Thus a future DJ was born. By the time Andy was 16 his father bought a local hardware store in the fine city of Aberdeen, SD. He spent his final years of high school here, but once graduation came he headed right back to the noise and commotion of Minneapolis.

The Minneapolis/St. Paul area was his home for several years where he worked for a produce company and went to Brown College for Radio Broadcasting. Since graduating from Brown, Andy has lived in Northern Minnesota (De La Hunt Broadcasting), outside of Des Moines, Iowa (Marshalltown Broadcasting/KIX101.1), and on Revillagigedo Island in Ketchikan, Alaska (Alaska Broadcast Communications / KTKN & KGTW). Alaska was fun, but his Midwestern roots kept calling him back…His next stop was to return to Aberdeen 10 years later to work for Dakota 105.5

Join Andy Ames Monday – Friday 4pm – 6pm on Dakota 105.5!

Marnah was born and raised in Aberdeen, South Dakota and started her on-air radio career at KKAA-AM the summer before her junior year of high school. She comes from a radio family as her grandparent’s owned and operated KABR here in Aberdeen in the early 1950’s. Marnah has over 25 years of radio experience, most recently working with XM Satellite Radio as a traffic and weather reporter for New York City. She also worked in the Washington D.C. area as a traffic reporter on Fox 5 television, and a radio news and traffic reporter on WMAL , WGMS and WTOP radio. Marnah also spent some time in Germany working with American Forces Network Europe as a disc jockey, and as a news reporter and public relations specialist for the Department of Defense.

Megan was born and raised in Onaka, SD where she graduated from Cresbard High School. She went on to The University Of South Dakota where she graduated with a major in Contemporary Media and Journalism with a minor in photography. After her time spent in Vermillion she decided to pack her car and head to Los Angeles to attend the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise. She finished a degree in Fashion Merchandising and Design and worked with a Talent Agency in Beverly Hills. After realizing Hollywood wasn’t real life she decided home was where her heart was. She packed her little car again and moved to Sioux Falls, SD where she started working for Argus Leader Media in the Advertising department. After 6 years in Sioux Falls she knew she loved advertising but decided it still wasn’t close enough. Dakota Broadcasting in Aberdeen had an opening and Megan thought she’d make the transition from print to radio. She made a good move. She’s happy to be home and looks forward to helping area business’ with their advertising/marketing needs. If Megan is not working on an advertising campaign you can find her at the Lake, boating, skiing, and enjoying the sun.