Mid-Columbia
Today Airs
8 a.m.-9 a.m. each weekday on Newsradio 1300 KACI in The
Dalles and AM 1340 KIHR in Hood River.
If
it happens in the Mid-Columbia, we talk about on Mid-Columbia
Today.
Community
leaders, local, state, and federal government officials,
and experts from throughout the region appear on the
show on a regular basis. It's the only show in the Mid-Columbia
that provides a perspective on the whole region from
Cascade Locks to The Dalles.
Mark
Bailey and Jeff Skye are entering their second decade
of hosting the show...they know the Mid-Columbia like
no one else does.
Bios
Mark
Bailey has hosted Mid-Columbia Today since January
of 1998, since the show began to air both on KIHR in Hood
River and KACI-AM in The Dalles. Bailey also anchors Mid-Columbia
Mornings from 6 a.m.-8 a.m. on both stations, and serves
as the News and Sports Director for all of the Bicoastal
Media Columbia River stations, leading the company to
numerous Oregon Associated Press Broadcasters Association
and Oregon Association of Broadcasters awards in those
areas over the past two decades. He's also been the voice
of Hood River Valley High School athletics for 20 years,
and is a primary play-by-play voice on the OSAA Radio
Network's coverage of state football, basketball, and
baseball post-season games. Mark grew up in Eugene, is
a graduate of Washington State University, and lives in
Hood River with his wife Jacqueline.
Jeff
Skye is a life-long Oregonian who was born in Pendleton
and grew up in Bend, graduating from Bend High School.
After graduation, he moved to Baker (now Baker City),
and eventually worked for over seven years with the Baker
Family YMCA. He left Baker for about a year and then returned,
going to work for radio station KBKR. After leaving there,
he went to National Broadcasting School, where he was
named Valedictorian. Jeff was then hired by KIHR in May
of 1989, and has been there ever since.
Mark
Bailey has hosted Mid-Columbia Today since January
of 1998, since the show began to air both on KIHR in Hood
River and KACI-AM in The Dalles. Bailey also anchors Mid-Columbia
Mornings from 6 a.m.-8 a.m. on both stations, and serves
as the News and Sports Director for all of the Bicoastal
Media Columbia River stations, leading the company to
numerous Oregon Associated Press Broadcasters Association
and Oregon Association of Broadcasters awards in those
areas over the past two decades. He's also been the voice
of Hood River Valley High School athletics for 20 years,
and is a primary play-by-play voice on the OSAA Radio
Network's coverage of state football, basketball, and
baseball post-season games. Mark grew up in Eugene, is
a graduate of Washington State University, and lives in
Hood River with his wife Jacqueline. 
Jeff
Skye is a life-long Oregonian who was born in Pendleton
and grew up in Bend, graduating from Bend High School.
After graduation, he moved to Baker (now Baker City),
and eventually worked for over seven years with the Baker
Family YMCA. He left Baker for about a year and then returned,
going to work for radio station KBKR. After leaving there,
he went to National Broadcasting School, where he was
named Valedictorian. Jeff was then hired by KIHR in May
of 1989, and has been there ever since.