Jim Bouma Passes

40 years with Praise 106.5 KWPZ-FM, Lynden morning co-host and Operations Manager Jim Bouma, died unexpectedly Tuesday at age 61. Cause of his death has not been announced.

American Private Radio’s syndicated “Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb” has reached the 300-affiliate mark. Recent affiliate additions include Alpha Media’s News-Talk KXL/Portland. The show has also expanded to three hours daily on weekdays.

Habeeb, the show’s host and CEO, said, “OUR AMERICAN STORIES really is about who we are, revealing what President LINCOLN called the better angels of our nature. The news mostly focuses on what isn’t working in life, and the bad things that happen each day; our show is an antidote to that, a place to be inspired and moved and learn.”