Desmond O'Boyle
I was born and raised in Grand Junction, Colorado. We didn’t have a television in our house as a family, and I grew up listening to Prairie Home Companion and Car Talk. I started working in college radio at KMSA hosting a heavy metal program when I was 18. After earning my Associates at Mesa State, I relocated to the Pacific Northwest, and continued my education at the University of Oregon. (Go Ducks!) I earned my B.S. in Journalism in 2011.
I started interning at KLCC in Eugene in 2011, and worked there for five years as a Weekend Edition / All Things Considered Host and reporter. I chose to re-locate to Colorado June, 2016 to be closer to my family. I started at KUNC in September, 2016. It is my goal to deliver solid, objective journalism to the people of Northern Colorado through my local reporting and NPR.
I also enjoy camping, skiing, and disc golf. I’ve been playing the Great Highland Bagpipe since I was 12.
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Colorado ranked third in states most bothered by robocalls in 2019. The data was compiled by Let's Talk , a cell phone analytics firm that compares... -
Newly released data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment shows a sustained increase in the number of syphilis cases in newborn... -
There are several Senate seats up for grabs this November at Colorado’s statehouse. KUNC’s Desmond O’Boyle sat down with Robert Duffy, a professor at... -
There were a record number of flu hospitalizations in Colorado last year. More than 4,600 people were hospitalized due to the flu during the last flu...
