Troy Oppie
Host/ReporterExpertise: radio hosting, reporting, All Things Considered, jazz music
Education: Pacific Lutheran University
Highlights
- I started at BSPR as a volunteer
- I embrace goofy ideas, like broadcasting live from a hammock by the Boise River
- Public Radio and I go back to middle school – but not as a 'back seat listener'
Experience
I was excited for the chance to volunteer as a local music host back in 2014 after I left local TV (and thus was allowed to appear on-air somewhere else). I hosted "Jazz Conversations" for many years before slowly working into rotation with the news team and joining full-time just as the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
I enjoy stretching the limits of radio when I can, like trying remote broadcasts from places around Idaho, and introducing listeners to the different characters who make our communities unique. My decade-long career in television included stints in live sports production and I can still occasionally be found behind a camera or in a TV truck, or even calling play-by-play for high school sports.
I also spent nearly six years working in personal finance, which I enjoyed but found highly stressful.
My first exposure to public radio was listening to jazz as a middle schooler on KPLU-FM (now KNKX) in Tacoma-Seattle. Our jazz band even volunteered to answer phones during the station's pledge drives (which used to be 12-14 days long!). Eventually I worked at that station while attending college and it drove my appreciation for public radio – and the people of public radio – to new heights.
Email: Drop me a note or story tip at troyoppie@boisestate.edu
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Kids under 12 are now required to be supervised by an adult or staff as part of the YMCA's new sexual abuse prevention accreditation -
Boise residents living in apartments and multifamily buildings will soon have some access to composting their food waste. -
Boise State University's women's volleyball team will forfeit a game with San José University, which has a transgender player. -
The United State Department of Defense has broken ground in eastern Idaho in preparation to install and test the nation's first transportable nuclear reactor. -
With very strong turnout expected in Ada County, the state's two largest school districts have now both decided to make November 5th a non-student day. -
Impact fees are one-time costs paid by developers when new buildings are constructed. How fees are calculated is defined in state code; resulting funding is typically only allowed to be used for capital improvements like land purchases, new buildings or equipment. -
There are nearly 100 active craft breweries in Idaho — about four times as many as in 2012. But the industry is facing challenges. Changing tastes, discerning drinkers and rising costs have many local breweries on a financial razor’s edge — and tough times are spilling into Idaho’s hop fields, too. -
Craft beer has boomed over the last 15 years. But brewing it takes a lot of water: a seven-to-one ratio on average, according to the Brewer’s Association. More efficient breweries typically use less. -
Hasler unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the board in 2022, and also applied to be appointed to the board in 2023 and spring 2024. -
The number of emergency response calls on the river rose slightly this year, with 39 rescues so far, according to the Boise Fire Department. That’s about 100 fewer rescues than summer 2022.
