In the basement of the Alaska Center in Downtown Boise, you’ll find our paid and volunteer staff sustaining and growing the independent spirit and function of the Treasure Valley’s premier community radio station – broadcasting on 89.9 / 93.5 FM and online.
Radio Boise is located at 1020 West Main Street, Suite 50 in the lower level, Boise, Idaho.
Mark Shirrod
Interim General Manager
mark AT radioboise DOT org
Born and raised on a farm in North Idaho’s Palouse country, Mark moved to Boise in 1976 to explore Idaho south of the Salmon River. After nearly 5 decades he is still in discovery mode, and Radio Boise and the Boise music scene are a major guiding force in that journey. Throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s you might have found him dancing the night away in places like Pengilly’s, The Bouquet, or Whisky River. Or bobbing along red-eyed to national acts at the fairgrounds (ugh!), The Big Easy, or The Pavilion. But it wasn’t until his wife Rebecca introduced him to Radio Boise that he began to recognize the connection between music and community. What was once merely a playful pastime has become a purposeful pursuit. He hopes to bring 40+ years of experience in business, sales and service to the Radio Boise Board and contribute to the station’s important role in the Treasure Valley. Specifically, he wants to help the station reach more listeners and be recognized as THE radio source for local independent music, public affairs and art. Besides music, Mark is interested in politics, cooking, golf, locally brewed beer, travel, and baseball.
Wayne Birt
Program Director, Production Manager
wayne AT radioboise DOT org
Wayne is a hopeless radiophile, having been a student programmer at student-run KBSU in the 80s, then working commercially at Boise station KIDO, before joining the Radio Boise effort in 2005. Besides his role with Radio Boise, Wayne has an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University, has published a handful of short stories and is prone to unreasonably long backpacking and rock climbing trips. He calls it his long-range therapy for his longstanding pathology for community radio.
Brian Allred
Operation Manager
ballred AT radioboise DOT org
Brian hails from Southern Arizona where he was a volunteer and avid listener of KXCI Community Radio in Tucson. Brian moved to Idaho in 2002. Frustrated with the lack of community radio in the Treasure Valley, Brian discovered Radio Boise in 2009 and in the fall of that year began volunteering with the station, doing his weekly show, Global Grooves. In 2011, Brian was part of the first night of live broadcasting on KRBX. He became staff in 2013, while attending Boise State University, pursuing a bachelors degree in Media Production. He graduated in December 2014 from Boise State. Brian has assisted with many aspects of Radio Boise including automation, production, programming and is currently the Operations Manager, keeping the station in compliance with the FCC.
Jared Bostrom
Marketing Manager
jbostrom AT radioboise DOT org
Also known as “The Manimal” on his late night show The Event Horizon Boogie (Tuesdays 11pm-1am) Jared joined the Radio Boise family as a programmer in 2018. He is a writer, musician, videographer and personal handler of Radio Boise’s mascot Freqy The Frequency. Always looking for the next adventure, Jared goes where the music and hot sauce takes him.
Speedy Gray
Sound Engineer and In-Studio Liaison
speedy AT radioboise DOT org
Bobby “Speedy” Gray first hit the road at age 12 as a guitarist for The New Day Singers, traveling the South performing at colleges, churches, and a multitude of fairs etc. He later participating in the New South movement with other early Indie acts such as REM, The Dbs, Dexter Romwebber and The B52s. First recording experiments were performed on a 50s tube powered 1/4 tape machine, then an internship at The White Room in Charlotte, NC. He spent terms as FOH engineer at the World Famous Milestone plus many other live venues. Speedy is also the singer/songwriter/leader of the roots rock band Like A Rocket, who are currently recording their 4th album in Speedy’s recording studio, The Workshop, while leading the Live Engineering team for Radio Boise.
Volunteer Programmers
Check out all our DJ and show producers here. Click through to find more about each programmer, links to their playlists and archived shows, and social media.
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