Duane Murley

KWMT Farm Director Duane Murley was born and raised in Sac City Iowa, where his parents and two brothers and their Families still Live. Duane’s interest in radio started with spending time on his grandparents farm and listening to 540 KWMT on the tractor radio while out bailing hay, cultivating, plowing late at night, what ever he was doing on the tractor, the radio was on…and long days in the combine also found the radio tuned to AM 540 KWMT…..Today Duane calls Rockwell City home, where he lives with his wife Darcy and Daughter Brandi, who completed her Masters Degree at Oklahoma State University in December 2020, and is Living and Working in Washington DC…Duane is active on the Rockwell City Fire Department as well as many other organizations. …Duane is known for joining KWMT Listeners on Tractor Rides around the State of Iowa, often times on his 1946 Farmall H..Duane also works for a local Family on their farms helping with all aspects of Crops and Livestock…You can hear Duane 10 til 2 on True Country 540 KWMT …With Farm Reports beginning just before 6 AM…Duane has joined Farm Broadcasting Legends Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong on This Week in AgriBusiness on RFD – TV several times over the last year for his insight on Iowa Agriculture…Duane has been with KWMT since 1985….