Airstaff: John Murphy

John Murphy is co-host of The Valley's Morning News on NewsTalk 790, serving as host since 2003. John started his career in radio in 1976 while still in high school in Red Wing, MN, and attended the Brown Institute School of Broadcasting in 1978. His career has taken him to Burlington, CO; Rochester, MN; and Neenah, WI, before landing at WAYY in 1982. Since then, John has been featured on the morning show of WAYY sister station WAXX 104.5, being nominated with George House for the Marconi Small Market and Country Music Association Radio Personality of the Year Award on multiple occasions, and winning the CMA Award in 1993. John was also the inaugural reporter for WAYY's Traffic Eye updates in 2002, and hosted "Murphy In The Morning" on WAYY in 2003.

He has been married to his lovely wife Juli since 1985, and they have three cats: Floxer, Lucky and Sherman.

John Murphy's Blog

Thoughts from John Murphy

  • Things I learned on the way to something else:May 2013

    Posted on: May 14, 2013 by: John Murphy
    Here's More Stuff I learned on the way to something else--You know, all those little tidbits of stuff you pick up when you were really browsing through a book, searching for the capital of some Banana Republic or for the root cause of the Spanish-American War-- Its stuff that isn't totally vital but nevertheless, nice to know. (And usable for the next time you get into a shouting match with Alex Trebek) Read More

  • Things I learned on the way to something else March 2013

    Posted on: March 11, 2013 by: John Murphy
    It's time again for another thrilling episode of THINGS I LEARNED ON THE WAY TO SOMETHING ELSE..You know, its that stuff you pick up when you're really reading for another reason and you just "glom' onto valuable pieces of information. Read More

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What should be done with Edward Snowdon ? He has confessed to leaking the info about the NSA's seizure of phone records.
Ring him up--He has endangered hundreds, maybe even thousands of lives
He's a hero and a patriot, all Americans should thank him.
Who's Edward Snowden? I haven't been following this story much.
He's neither a patsy or a patriot--he's a guy who leaked some info. let's not make him a HERO or a VILLIAN.
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