If it feels like you’ve been seeing more “farewell” posts from Boise news anchors and reporters lately, you’re not imagining it. Another one of KTVB’s most familiar faces just signed off for the last time, making him the latest in a string of exits across local TV stations in 2025.
The revolving door of faces at Boise’s most popular television station hasn’t been lost on viewers. A Reddit thread titled “KTVB Losing Reporters Constantly” surfaced about a week ago.
The user who created it mentions that they grew up with “wonderful legends on KTVB in the 90s and 2002s who stayed all the way till they retired or passed away.” Speculating that a potentially toxic workplace environment was the root cause of recent changes, he was looking for those with connections to chime in with an answer to the question “what the heck is going on with KTVB?”
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Several people with ties to local news stations, either presently or in the past, debunked the theory and explained that Boise is not a large market. Many reporters start their journeys here with the aspiration to move on to bigger cities. Markets similar in size to Boise don’t normally hang onto folks long enough for them to become local legends like Mark Johnson, Dee Sarton and the late Larry Gebert.
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