Alesha Thayer
Office Manager
I am the Office Manager & Traffic Director at Dakota Broadcasting. I spend my days ensuring that office operations and procedures are running effectively on a day-to-day basis. With this, I also maintain and organize content, schedule programming/advertising & ensure the accuracy of all logs. If I am not at work, I am busy, busy being a wife and mother to four great kids; Madisyn, Tyler, Kirra & Sadie.
I grew up in Aberdeen, SD graduating from Aberdeen Central High School in 2006 – prior to leaving for higher education. I have always had a passion for Marketing & Graphic Design, which is what led me to Dakota Broadcasting doorstep in fall of 2024. I truly enjoy working for & with the Aberdeen Community and do my best to be active member of the Aberdeen Diplomats with the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce.
If we are not working or at one of our children’s sporting events or extra curriculars – we can usually be found at the golf course, watching sports, or relaxing on a patio somewhere with family & friends. I look forward to working with you!
Neil and Terri Lepitzky
Owners
Terri and Neil met in high school. Terri grew up in Sioux Falls. Neil says he grew up all over South Dakota having lived in Huron, Pierre, Sioux Falls, Yankton and Aberdeen. Neil started his broadcast career in 1983 when as a sales representative for KXRB AM in Sioux Falls. In 1991 he accepted a position at Sales Manager for KYNT in Yankton and in 2001 he was promoted to the General Manager of KNEN in Norfolk NE. In 2007 Terri and Neil made the plunge into ownership when they purchased the licenses to start two new stations in Aberdeen. They moved to Aberdeen in the summer of 2007 and launched KMOM and KABD in December 2007. In 2010 they purchased 9 more stations in northwest Iowa. In 2015 two more stations in Jackson MN were added to the group and in 2023 two more in Sheldon IA. Neil and Terri have three children and six grandchildren. Their son, Scott, is one of the Engineers and daughter, Lisa, is the Accountant/Comptroller. Daughter Amie works full time as a Special Ed teacher in the Sioux Falls school system but is actively involved. When not working at the stations, you will find Neil and Terri golfing or fishing.
