The story behind the first FM radio station in Montana, as KATQ celebrates 60 years. Mary Lou Nelson: I said, 'I'd like to start a woman's program.' He said, 'Fine. You sell it, you've got it.'
I remember when I was a teenager and would go to the Holiday Village in Great Falls to visit my dad at work. KMON was in the mall back then. And they had a window where mall shoppers could stop and watch whoever was on the air. Which is all warm and fuzzy...
Why isn't Aaron on the radio? I've heard that from a few folks who either listen to our show, or read our content online through our sister radio station websites so I figured I better give you an update.
I just get a kick out of this ad featuring Rodeo great Deb Greenough and Hi Line Montana native Billy Beede. These guys jump right out the chutes (as expected from Deb Greenough), they get right to the point, there's some good music playing, it sounds like I'm at the rodeo...but more importantly- they sound like they are having a good time doing it.
She's a banker during the week, and apparently a slayer on the weekends. Krista Hood used to work with us here at the radio stations. She shared this photo of the paddlefish she caught on the Upper Missouri River last weekend.
Montana Democrats also got trapped in their Helena bubble- refusing to get out and spend much time talking with everyday Montanans, or even come on local radio shows to take phone calls from across Montana. There was a time when Democrats controlled most all of the statewide offices in Montana. Then they got trapped in the Helena bubble, and now their bubble burst.