KMAQ Radio Station

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TRIBUTE TO LEIGHTON HEPKER

AT KMAQ IN 1975, HIS FIRST YEAR AT KMAQ.    

HE STARTED AS NEWS AND SPORTS DIRECTOR IN 1975.

HE DID PLAY-BY-PLAY OF  HUNDREDS OF FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL GAMES
AND MANY WRESTLING, BASEBALL AND VOLLEYBALL GAMES TOO.

IN 1981 I PROMOTED HIM TO BE STATION MANAGER, 
A POSITION HE HELD UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.
 
 

CINDY AND LEIGHTON IN LATE 70'S

 
 

LEIGHTON AND I DID A  OVER A THOUSAND BROADCASTS TOGETHER. THIS WAS OUR LAST, BROADCASTING THE FAIR PARADE LAST JULY.

 

LEIGHTON AND CINDY AT HIS 40TH ANNIVERSARY AT KMAQ

 
 

A RECENT PHOTO WITH HIS SON, JUSTIN AT LEFT, ADAM AT RIGHT

 

THE ENTIRE FAMILY  (MINUS THE BABY BELOW)

 
 
 
JANUARY 4, 1954                          LEIGHTON HEPKER                                 JANUARY 11, 2019
 

THE HEPKER FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL MISS LEIGHTON

I WILL MISS LEIGHTON

THE KMAQ STAFF WILL MISS LEIGHTON

MAQUOKETA  WILL MISS LEIGHTON

THE KMAQ LISTENERS WILL MISS LEIGHTON