OMAHA – October 29, 2025 – iHeartMedia Omaha announced today that longtime NewsRadio 1110 KFAB personality Gary Sadlemyer is retiring from his regularly hosted morning show and full-time radio, effective Friday, December 12, 2025.
A 2011 inductee into the Nebraska Broadcasting Association’s Hall of Fame, Gary started his career at KFAB in Omaha in December of 1976. In his near 50-year career with the station, Gary has anchored “KFAB’s Morning News” for more than three decades, hosted the first live, daily talk show in KFAB’s 100-year history and served several years as the station’s Program Director. His voice is also beloved by a generation of Husker fans stemming from his time on the Nebraska football broadcasts from 1980-1995.
“Time sure flies when you’re havin’ fun,” said Sadlemyer. "Since I was a kid growing up in Minnesota, I had a passion for radio. It's just like anything else, kids who dream about being a doctor or whatever; mine was radio." Gary’s on-air morning partners for the past quarter-century, Jim Rose and Lucy Chapman, will remain as part of the station’s first-thing-in-the-morning commitment to providing news, weather, traffic, sports and compelling conversations about the issues important to our community.
🔉 Listen to Gary's announcement on KFAB HERE.
Mid-morning talk host and current KFAB Program Director Scott Voorhees, an Omaha native, will join Jim, Lucy and KFAB News morning anchor Craig Evans.
“I’m excited to join the morning team to continue to make KFAB Omaha’s well-informed, trusted friend with whom you laugh, cry, and get through the day together --the ideals that Gary embodies better than anyone.”
While he’s retiring from his full-time role, KFAB listeners will still hear plenty of Gary Sadlemyer on the station as he’ll still work to provide personalized content for station advertisers, and pop in to hang out or be a fill-in host on the morning show from time to time.
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Scott Voorhees
iHeartMedia Omaha
scottvoorhees@iheartmedia.com