ON AIR STAFF

Mike Edwards - Morning News

Mike Edwards () has been in Texas radio and television for 41 years, with thirty of those years spent in Tyler. He came to Tyler as News Director of KTBB in 1974. Over the next fourteen years, KTBB won more national and state news awards than all the other stations in the city combined.

Mike was named station program director and host of "The Morning Magazine" in 1988. In 1992 and 1993, he was named East Texas radio personality of the year by the East Texas Arts and Entertainment Council. He has also been honored with the Eastern District 5 Media Award by the Texas County Agricultural Agents Association, and is a past president and vice-president of the United Press Broadcasters Association in Texas.

Mike has served on the boards of a variety of local organizations. He is currently on the board of the Seniors College at Tyler Junior College, Goodwill Industries in Tyler and past president of the Goodwill/OIT board. Mike and his wife, Jo Anne, have four children and nine grandchildren.

Garth Maier - Morning News/Production-Programming Director

Garth Maier () is a veteran News/Talk news anchor and program director. Garth began his career as a news reporter/anchor in Conroe, Texas in 1985. He's worked in Houston, Dallas, Oklahoma City and East Texas. His professional career also includes writing and editing a community newspaper, as well as television reporting. He has a passion for news and is dedicated to the spoken word format.

Garth currently lives in Tyler with his wife, Kerri Compton-Maier, and their two daughters, Ruth and Sarah. Kerri operates TrafficWatch, and provides exclusive traffic information on KTBB AM600 and 92.1FM KTBB. The couple enjoys time outdoors with their family, bible study and traveling.

Melissa Kiser - Morning News

Melissa Kiser () hails from Kansas City, but planted her roots in East Texas soil at a young age. She took advantage of an internship at KTBB that was offered through a broadcasting class, and after a 6 week stint, landed a part-time gig at the station, which eventually turned into full-time. She is the 1st intern that KTBB has seen in over 50 years.

She is a TJC graduate, earning an Associate in Arts - Communications Radio/TV Broadcasting degree. While away from the job-place, she enjoys good music, sleeping through movies, family and a good debate. She plans to completely take over the airwaves some day, but in the meantime, you can hear her broadcasts on KTBB Monday - Friday 8-12.

Dr. Bob Peters - Weather

Dr. Bob Peters () has been a resident of Tyler for most of his life, graduating from Tyler Junior College before going on to earn his BA from Texas Christian University, his MA from Stephen F. Austin, and his Ph.D in History from the University of Texas at Austin. Since 1966, "Dr. Bob" has taught government and history at Tyler Junior College, where he also served as Dean of the School of University Studies. He has served on the governing boards of six State agencies under the administrations of Governors White, Clements, Richards, Bush, and Perry.

Kerri Compton-Maier - Traffic Watch

Kerri Compton has her finger on the pulse of Tyler's streets and highways. Operating from behind an impressive array of monitoring software and police and emergency scanners, Kerri will get you to, or from, place to place as safely as possible. Kerri's traffic reports are broadcast in the mornings, during the News Magazine, and the afternoons. Kerri also provides web updates so you can check the streets before you leave the "safety" of your computer screen.

Mike Alzamora - Sports

Mike Alzamora () joined KTBB in February of 2009. He is very excited to be covering local sports in East Texas including "The Best High School Football anywhere," and the Dallas Cowboys. He brings to the airwaves more than six years of professional Sportscasting Experience.

Before coming to KTBB, Mike spent the last two years as a Television Sports Anchor/Reporter for CBS 19 here in Tyler. Mike came to the Rose City from KTAB, the CBS affiliate in Abilene, TX, where he covered both sports and news for nearly two years. Prior to that, he was a Sports Reporter/Anchor/Assignments Editor for the Spanish Language Univision affiliate in Amarillo, TX.

Bill Coates - Sportstalk

Bill Coates () is a Tyler native and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. He got his start in Austin, moving on to WBAP in Dallas in the early eighties. Bill has been broadcasting college and professional sports since 1981, working with the SMU Mustangs, TCU Hornfrogs, Dallas Mavericks, and a variety of national radio broadcast networks. Bill has broadcast three bowl games and a Western Athletic Conference Championship game.

Bill is a four-time winner of the Associated Press award for Best Sportscast in Texas, and the 1988 Dallas Press Club "Katie" award winner for best sportscast.

Bill is actively involved in the South Tyler Rotary Club where he served as President for 2005-2006. He is an Assistant District Governor for Rotary district 5830 2007-2008 serving East Texas and southern Oklahoma

Bill and his wife Diana have three children, Pearson, Lani, and Braden.

Jamie Lent - Sports Director/Sportstalk

Jamie Lent () comes to KTBB from Morrisville, New York, by way of Tyler Junior College and Texas Tech University. Before joining KTBB, Jamie served as Sports Director of KTXT radio in Lubbock. Jamie is the voice for John Tyler and Tyler Junior College football. Jamie is also the play-by-play voice of Tyler Junior College Apache Ladies basketball, John Tyler Lion basketball and Robert E. Lee Red Raider basketball; as well as the Operations Manager and Sports Director for KTBB, KEES and KYZS (ESPN Radio).

He, his wife Ann, daughters Allison and Emily and their dog/son "Raider" live in Whitehouse, Texas.

John Sims - News

John Sims () is a native of Philadelphia and a veteran of 35 years in radio, including 33 in East Texas. John, a graduate of Temple University, is very active in local causes. He is a past president of Leadership Tyler, immediate past president, and still active, of the Smith County Community Partnership Council (a citizen group that works with the state parole division), and the Chairman Emeritus for the Tyler Together Race Relations Forum.

Other organizations with which he is active include the League of Women Voters, the March of Dimes, the Smith County Coalition for the Homeless, the Tyler Church and Community Network, East Texas Wheelers and Walkers (a fellowship and advocacy group for people with spinal cord injuries), the East Texas Hispanic Leadership Council and the North American Indian Cultural Association of Texas.

Lonnie Johnson - The Car Show

Lonnie Johnson () was born in New Boston, Texas but spent most of his formative years in Dallas. After attending college in Tyler, he returned to Dallas to ah... well, he returned to Dallas. There he met his wife Stacy and toiled in the mines for the next few years. With nothing more to prove in the metroplex, Lonnie and Stacy moved to Tyler to start a family. Lonnie started his automotive quest as a service writer for a local auto dealership. That led to a job at the station where he pushed his way onto "The Car Show". Tyler radio would never be the same.