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Lesley Lotto has worked in the Entertainment industry for more than 20 years. Her combined experience in the music, film, TV and radio broadcasting industries gives her an unparalleled level of experience.
Lesley worked in Los Angeles as a Talent Agent for award winning Film & TV Music Composers and top selling rock and pop bands for ten years before returning to radio, which had been a dream since she was in college.
Lesley's radio career started in Los Angeles at All News Radio, KFWB and Metro Traffic Control. Her most recent Los Angeles radio experience was at "The Most Listened to Talk Station in the Country", KFI. Lesley was a News Editor, Writer and Producer at KFI and trained to be an anchor there. During her time there, Lesley anchored for another major market Clear Channel station from the KFI studios, KGET Newsradio in Bakersfield.
Working at KKNS in Montana, Lesley also hosted a popular community affairs talk show called "Focal Point" where she regularly interviewed the highly popular Governor of Montana, the 2 U.S. Senators for the state and Montana's only member of the House of Representatives.
After leaving KKNS, Podcasting quickly became a passion of Lesley's. Her podcast, "Notes From The Northwest" at www.lesleylotto.podOmatic.com had been in the top 20 of the Most Popular in News and Politics for that site and received as many as 10,000 hits per month.
Scott Hankins
Scott Hankins has a voice that is familiar to KVON listeners.
Scott is well into his third decade as a journalist, all of it in the Napa, American Canyon and Vallejo area.
Scott fist came to KVON in 1992, having already worked in broadcast news at KNBA and KXBT. He has also reported news in the print media for the Napa Valley Register, American Canyon Eagle, Napa County Record and Vallejo Times Herald.
A life-long Bay Area resident, Scott has lived in American Canyon for 23 years.