Bob Todd, morning on air talent for Sierra Wave Radio Alt 92.5 has passed. Click below to hear audio.

Bob Todd, morning on air talent for Sierra Wave Radio Alt 92.5 has passed.

Hello, I’m Bill LeFever.

In 1996, Benett Kessler started this company, Sierra Broadcasters, by putting on the air KDAY

Radio, 92.5 FM. I came on board 6 months later and not too far behind me was Bob Todd.

Benett at the time was working as editor for the Inyo Register along with Bob as the sports

writer. She told me about Bob and how she would hear him on the phone gathering

information for his sports column. She said she thought he would be a natural on the

Radio……..she was right.

Bob started a morning shift that he built into the Bob Todd Show. At the time we played an

adult contemporary format. Bob was a Deadhead and classic rock fan, but he played the

Adult Contemporary songs Benett programmed and asked him to play. Bob loved sports of

all kinds and he made it his mission to report on all local sports. Bob was a stickler for the

stats and the facts, it had to be right.

Bob told me one day about local sports, if a kid kicked a ball, caught a ball, threw a ball, or

participated in any school sport, sooner or later they would be mentioned on Bob Todd Sports.

Bob appreciated the effort put out by all the kids that played a local sport and felt they should

be recognized for that.

When we added Television Channel TV3 to the company in 2000, Bob would travel to all the

Bishop Bronco and Mammoth Husky High School Football games and film them along with

brother Spike Todd and pastor Kent Puls. They would drive back that night from wherever the

game was and Bob would come into the studio to edit the game and get it on TV3 for

broadcast the next day. He would go home for a couple of hours sleep, and then come back

to start his Radio Show at 6am that morning.

Bob ,Spike and Kent took great pride in bringing local High School Football to Television.

As the years went by Bob slowly started working into the radio programming some Grateful

Dead and classic rock songs. Benett was a tough sell, but still allowed Bob to continue to

add the music he enjoyed and felt his listeners wanted. This time Bob was right. His morning

show grew in popularity. He had a huge following for the music he played, the sports he

reported on, and his gift of gab.

Bob was Old School in the way he ran his show. No computer play lists for him, just stacks of

well used CDs all over the studio, but Bob knew where each CD was and what number the

song was that he wanted to play next. He was a great talent, in many ways.

Bob soon gained a side kick for his most popular feature, 10/20 Trivia. Bob Todd and

Catherine Hurdle were a good yin and yang. Bob and Catherine both had a quick wit and

played well off one another. 10/20 Trivia was a hit and it was all Bobs idea…a part of his

show.

When we lost the founder of our company, Benett Kessler in 2015 Bob had already taken

over the news side of the business. Gathering news and delivering it on both our radio and

television stations, maintaining the news on our web site, and doing a great job at that.

During the 2007 Inyo Complex Wild land Fire that threatened the town of Independence and

the historic Mt Whitney fish hatchery, Bob grabbed a camera and starting covering the fire

along with Benett Kessler, shooting video for the TV news and bringing the latest information

to the public on the Radio. This was not part of Bobs job description, but it was a part of his

DNA to do what is needed no matter what to keep the public informed.

Bob was a stickler too for proper spelling and grammar and most of all punctuation. Me, not

so much, but Bob inspired me to get better. Anytime I wrote a letter to a client I would ask

Bob to edit it for me. My goal was to have no edits. I wanted an A+, I wanted to make Bob

proud……..but he always found something.

Bob loved his job, he loved entertaining his listeners and he loved the Grateful Dead.

Bob was in the Radio studio every morning at 6am, no fail. Bob and I had a running joke on

how many times over the years we greeted each other in the morning, “Good Morning Bob”

and back to me with a “Good Morning Bill”………somewhere over 5000 times I figure.

Bob loved his family and his dogs. He took great pride and satisfaction in reuniting lost pets

with their owners by putting out the word on radio as soon as he had it in hopes that he could

help get a beloved pet back to there family.

He loved all people, he would always choke up on air doing obituaries for others that passed,

even ones he never knew. Bob Todd had a huge heart.

He had a thing too. Anytime I was going to be away from work for a few days, Bob would

without fail make it a point to come to my office and offer a hearty hand shake and wish me

safe travels. I’l never forget that.

Bob was not only my co-worker for over 20 years he was my friend, and I’m a better person

for knowing him.



Now……safe travels to you Bob Todd. You added so much joy to so many with The Bob Todd

Radio Show every morning. You have left your mark…and it’s huge.

One final thought…I hope my spelling, grammar and punctuation is correct on this, otherwise

I’m sure I’ll be hearing from Bob.

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