MIKE
HOYER Mike
Hoyer was a legendary overnight Country radio air personality,
whose show reached “from coat to coast and border
to border and then some”, as he said each night
to open his program. In 1945, Hoyer started in radio
right out of high school at age seventeen. He first
got involved with Country radio when he joined KEVE,
Minneapolis, MN. Hoyer then played Country music for
eight years at KMA, Shenandoah, IA, where he is credited
with initiating charter bus tours to Nashville. On
Labor Day 1965, he originated the “Country Music
USA” on 50,000 watt WHO Des Moines, IA which
made him a major force in Country Music. In 1971, he
moved to KWMT, Fort Dodge, IA as Program Director.
Hoyer also worked at KBUL, Wichita, KS and KFGO, Fargo,
ND before retiring. Hoyer was also a United Artists
recording artist, and wrote “Looking At The World
Through A Windshield”, which was a hit for Del
Reeves. Mike Hoyer was inducted into the Country Music
D J Hall of Fame in 1995. Hoyer died on February 1,
1999.
