Dave Kirkpatrick
Sulphur Springs
News Director

Dave began his career in broadcast journalism while still in high school with the CBS news affiliate in Washington D.C. Following graduation he attended Ithaca College in New York, with a double major in Music and Radio-TV Broadcasting. His Radio-TV career was interrupted by a 26-year career in the United States Army. After retiring from the Army, Dave moved to Sulphur Springs as News Director of KDXE, which then became Star 95.9. In addition to his career with East Texas Broadcasting, Dave is a member of the Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra, and performs frequently as a free lance musician and teacher.

Clint Cooper
News/Sports
Director

"The day I was born, people were running through the streets celebrating and blowing sirens. It made my parents proud that so many were excited that a future celebrity was born and the fact that they knew about it just minutes after I arrived. It was May 8, 1945--VE-Day. I started training for my future at the age of 5, standing in my wagon using a hoe handle for a mike. By the time I was 24, my high school speech teacher was bragging on how far I had advanced, noting that I couldn't read when I was 18. I started by taking out trash at KFTV in Paris, while organizing parties in Paris Junior College dorm rooms. One party gained so much attention that I landed a job at KMOO in Mineola. My first break came while in Chicago. My uncle let me work on his radio station. Sam was a great person to work for but I missed Northeast Texas. I returned to Mt Pleasant, accidentally had two great kids and a hysterectomy. They removed my wife by divorce. Here I am, enjoying life to the fullest. The things that I've learned by taking trash out early in my career has really paid off. It still amazes me the type of information that is thrown away. The amount of trash I've gathered, I expect to be here awhile." - Clint