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John "Johnny Ballgame" Mallory and co-host Gavin Ashburn talk about steriod use in professional athletics in the KUOI DJ booth. Jake Barber/Argonaut

It is the longest-running sports radio program in the history of the University of Idaho, and according to the Society of Professional Journalists, is now the best sports radio program in the state of Idaho.

The Johnny Ballgame Era
Listeners know it’s time to talk sports when they tune to 89.5 KUOI and hear “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” blared across airwaves by the “Wasteland Kings,” followed by an emphatic, “Hello sports geeks, and welcome to the Johnny Ballgame Show” or “Welcome my fellow lady killers, and welcome to the Johnny Ballgame Show.”
John Mallory started the “Johnny Ballgame Show” at KUOI nearly three years ago.
“It’s the longest-running sports program they’ve had,” Mallory said,  “so I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad, that I’m still hanging around, but we’ll take it.”