Round 5 of the KBEAR Country Star-open for Emerson Drive!
Be a Star with KBEAR!
I was born in Florida so I could be close to my mother...In 1975 Mom and Dad packed my two older brothers and I up in an old Dodge camper van and drove us from St. Augustine, Florida to North Pole, Alaska!
I started getting interested in broadcasting in the 4th grade when my teacher taught us to use the camera and video recorder at North Pole Elementary School. By 6th grade I was running the TV cameras at church and for several community issue programs for the NBC affiliate in Fairbanks. In High School I took the Radio & Television course at the King Career Center and made the contacts that eventually led me to get in to Radio.
I started with the overnight weekend shift and worked up to the full-time overnight guy. I then moved on the Mid-days at the Oldies Station and then the night guy at an Oldies Station in Orlando, Florida. In October of 1995 I came back to Anchorage and began the "Matt Valley Commute" on KBEAR 104.1 in the afternoons. In April of 1995 I moved to the morning show with Jim and haven't looked back since!
My wife Yvonne and I married in January of 1989 and had two beautiful children right away. Miranda is 18 and Jacob turns 17 in April. Miranda will graduate in May of 2008, it's hard to believe she'll be able to vote in the next Presidential Election! We also have two dogs; Our Black Lab Bogie is 10 and we think Abby is 4 or 5 not sure but she's a Chocolate Lab/Pitbull Mix and she is soooooo sweet.
I started getting interested in broadcasting in the 4th grade when my teacher taught us to use the camera and video recorder at North Pole Elementary School. By 6th grade I was running the TV cameras at church and for several community issue programs for the NBC affiliate in Fairbanks. In High School I took the Radio & Television course at the King Career Center and made the contacts that eventually led me to get in to Radio.
I started with the overnight weekend shift and worked up to the full-time overnight guy. I then moved on the Mid-days at the Oldies Station and then the night guy at an Oldies Station in Orlando, Florida. In October of 1995 I came back to Anchorage and began the "Matt Valley Commute" on KBEAR 104.1 in the afternoons. In April of 1995 I moved to the morning show with Jim and haven't looked back since!
My wife Yvonne and I married in January of 1989 and had two beautiful children right away. Miranda is 18 and Jacob turns 17 in April. Miranda will graduate in May of 2008, it's hard to believe she'll be able to vote in the next Presidential Election! We also have two dogs; Our Black Lab Bogie is 10 and we think Abby is 4 or 5 not sure but she's a Chocolate Lab/Pitbull Mix and she is soooooo sweet.
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