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Steve Scellick
 Steve
began his radio career rather late in life. His first
job, as an advertising representative, didn't come
until he was 34 years old. Steve eventually began
on-air work and found he was a natural. Now, he is
Kittitas County's best known and most respected (OK,
at least best known) radio personality.
In his dual role as morning show host and KXLE FM's
program director, he's responsible for everything
that goes out over the station's "50,000 Watts
of Hot Country Power." Leading a morning team
-- billed as "The Guys that Make Waking Up Fun!"
-- Steve makes sure they put the "fun" into
waking up. His "News According to Me," a
fan favorite, is Steve's hilarious take on the news
of the day. It's worth tuning in for weekday mornings
at 7:30 a.m.
Steve wakes up at 4:30 a.m. each morning and claims
that he loves to get to the station to begin the show.
"They actually pay me money - not a lot of money,
but money just the same -- to do this. It's good,
because I can now earn a living for what I used to
get into trouble for at school."
An accomplished guitar player, Steve graduated from
Central Washington University with a bachelor's degree
in music. (Guess the music career thing just didn't
work out.) Married since 1973 to his high school sweetheart,
Steve has two children -- a married son who is a certified
public accountant (must take after his mother) and
a daughter who lives in Seattle and has launched a
new knife-juggling act (that's dad's girl), along
with an adopted kid, Jeff Timberwolf.
 Norm
Roberts (9 a.m. to noon)
Norm began in radio while attending college. He has
worked as an announcer for several station in a variety
of formats and has also been a news director, traffic
reporter and talk-show producer (which really means
he's had a hard time keeping a job).
Norm Roberts isn't his real name, it's Norman Rabinski
(note the beard). But, nobody wanted a “Rabinski” on
staff, so he changed it, much to the dismay of Mother
Rabinski, who no longer sends him her delicious homemade
cheese-farfel latkes. Actually she does, the rest of
the staff just steals them. She always wanted here little
Normy to become a Rabbi. But, he was kicked out of Rabbinical
School after he was caught red handed sneaking in bacon.
 Jeff
Larsen (noon to 5 p.m.) Jeff always wanted to be
the next Dan Rather. He decided to go into radio instead
when he finally got it through his head that he has
a face made for radio. And, now that he's into it, he's
loving it. He says being on-the-air is a great way to
meet chicks, almost as good as when he used to work
in the liquor store and would I.D. women to get their
phone numbers. It was a good scheme, until those pesky
restraining orders kicked in.
Don't cry for Jeff, he's doing just fine in the romance
department. One woman calls for him all the time. Refers
to him as Chuckie the Love Hound; something to do with
a stage name he used at another radio station. Actually,
she came into our station recently and she is very pleasant
and quite attractive. Well dressed in designer sunglasses,
carrying that white cane. Nice dog, too. We told you
Jeff had a face for radio.
 Dave
Kelly (5 p.m. to 10 p.m.) Dave also got his start
in radio while in college. Like Rob, Dave is an accomplished
sports play-by-play announcer. He loves his sports,
maybe a little too much. Dave like to go to Las Vegas
a lot, especially during the football, basketball, baseball,
soccer, horse racing and NASCAR seasons (OK, all year
around). We're not sure what he's doing there, but we
think he may be gambling.
The reason is, we get calls occasionally from some guy
named Vito from the 702 area code saying he really needs
to talk to Dave right now. At least, that's what we
think he's saying. He's got a thick Brooklyn accent.
And there was that one time that Dave had a hard time
running the broadcast equipment following a Las Vegas
excursion, when he came back with two broken thumbs.
He never really could give a good explanation of what
happened.
 Andi
Nyx (10 p.m. to 3 a.m.) As we understand it, she's
may be the illegitimate half-sister of Stevie Nicks,
of Fleetwood Mac. There is a little resemblance. However,
Andi's singing career never really took off. The reason
is she sounds more like William Hung than Stevie. Then
there was that court action -- Stevie didn't want Andi
trying to ride her coat tails -- and Andi was ordered
to change the spelling of her last name. She and Stevie
are not talking much over that. At least that's what
Andi claims.
Loving the music business, Andi got into radio and that's
our gain. Personable and fun loving, Andi always wears
a smile that lights up a room. And she knows her country
music. She says she used to date Dwight Yoakam, but
dumped him for Alan Jackson. Then there was that weekend
she spent with Kenny Chesney, or was it Keith Urban.
The story always seems to change a little and there
are never any pictures. I wonder if she's telling the
truth?
Robert Lowery
 It's
hard to be a "serious" newsman while still
being funny, but Rob pulls it off. Listeners love his
"Dumb Crook" feature as well as his snappy,
dry comebacks. A graduate of Washington State University,
where he received the Keith Jackson Award for excellence
in sports broadcasting, Rob has worked as a radio news
anchor and reporter in Seattle, Yakima and Wenatchee.
Sadly, he has yet to fulfill his lifelong goal of working
in Fife, Wash.
After getting off-the-air with Steve and Franny Jane,
Rob goes to his real job as CWU's media relations officer.
He also is the long-time "Voice of the Wildcats,"
serving as play-by-play announcer for the Central football
and men's basketball teams. For his efforts, he was
inducted into the university's Athletic Hall of Fame.
Rob was also named the 2004 "Best M.C. or Public
Speaker" in Kittitas County in balloting conducted
by the Ellensburg daily newspaper. His citation reads:
"That voice you hear on the radio during Central
Washington University games is a big part of the fun
of listening. Rob Lowery's passion for the Wildcats
and love of sports make him the perfect voice of the
Wildcats."
Rob and his wife have three children - two daughters
and a son, who also has expressed an interest in working
in radio. Poor kid.
 John
Glenn
John started in radio at the University of Nebraska
at Kearney majoring in broadcasting. Despite not having
the grades out of high school for admission, school
officials let him in under the premise that he was the
son of the astronaut of the same name. They did not
learn of the deception until he had already graduated.
Nice work, John!
In December 1992, John worked the evening shift at a
station in Grand Island, Neb., (wherever the heck that
is). He moved on to Lincoln, Neb., (leaving a trail
of broken hearts and promises) then began a nine-year
on-air run in Omaha, Neb., starting with overnights
("Great shift to catch up on some sleep,"
he said) and eventually moving up to mid-days, music
director and assistant program director, where the bosses
could keep a better eye on him. Now, we're stuck with
him. And, he's still under scrutiny.
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