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.
A 2011 inductee into the Nebraska Broadcasting Association’s Hall of Fame, Sadlemyer started his career at KFAB in Omaha in December of 1976.
In his nearly 50-year career with the station, Sadlemyer 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.
Long-time Husker fans remember Sadlemyer as the color commentator alongside Kent Pavelka during Nebraska football radio broadcasts from 1980 to 1995.
“Time sure flies when you’re havin’ fun,” Sadlemyer said. “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.”
Sadlemyer’s on-air morning partners for the past quarter-century, Jim Rose and Lucy Chapman, will remain as part of the station’s morning show, providing news, weather, traffic, sports and conversations about local issues.
Mid-morning talk host and current KFAB program director Scott Voorhees, an Omaha native, will join Rose, Chapman and morning news 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,” Voorhees said. “These are the ideals that Gary embodies better than anyone.”
While he’s retiring from his full-time role, KFAB listeners will still hear Sadlemyer on the station as he plans to continue working part time, providing personalized content for station advertisers and serve as a fill-in host on the morning show from time to time.
Photo above: Gary Sadlemyer serves as emcee during a roast of Grow Omaha co-founders Jeff Beals and Trenton Magid at the Omaha Press Club on May 22, 2025.
