Schneider Leaving The Mic After Half Century

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After over 51 years of media and radio broadcasting, Paul J. Schneider has decided to call it a day. His final regular morning broadcast will be today on KBOI-AM in Boise. Schneider plans to produce weekly features and blog for the station, as well as continue covering Boise State Football for Learfield Sports. He moved to Boise and started his career at 670 KBOI in June of 1967, shifting exclusively to radio in 1976.

Schneider started in radio as the play-by-play voice for Boise State football and basketball from 1973 to 2008. His radio career earned one of the country’s largest radio audience shares as a part of Dunn & Schneider which aired from 1973 to 1993. Since 2001, he has hosted Idaho Talks Live with Chris Walton.

NewsTalk 670 General Manager Don Morin, who has worked with “Paul J” as both a sales representative and his General Manager for 10 years, said, “To have had the opportunity and pleasure to work with someone who is truly a broadcast icon in this market has been a career highlight for me. Paul J has brightened the morning for generations of Boiseans. There are so few individuals in this industry that can match the commitment and contributions that Paul J has made to the broadcast industry and our community. Well done, Paul J — and thank you!”

Schneider said, “I have been privileged to work with great morning show partners and to be on AM radio in its heyday. I was able to call the Boise State games through their growth trajectory and when not all the games were broadcasted live on TV.

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