Peter Christian’s multi-award winning news career began in 1999 on KGVO with the Morning News Express, which eventually became Montana Morning. He stepped down from Montana Morning in 2023, but still continues to co-host Talk Back with Nick Chrestenson. Peter has won 25 first-place ‘Craney’ awards from the Montana Broadcasters Association for his news coverage on KGVO from 2000 through 2023. He has also been the Public Address Announcer for the Montana Grizzlies at Washington Grizzly Stadium since 1998.
Peter Christian
Missoula Represented at Memorial Day Concert in Washington, D.C.
The PBS National Memorial Day Concert, set for Sunday evening, will honor the nation's men and women in uniform, as well as their families.
Daines Visits KGVO to Discuss Topics from Wade Palmer to Borders
On Friday on his way to several Memorial Day appearances in western Montana, Senator Steve Daines stopped by for a visit to the KGVO Studio to discuss a wide range of issues.
Governor’s Budget Leads to Two Year University Tuition Freeze
For many years, tuition at Montana University System schools was frozen, which led to an increase in enrollment throughout the system, and thanks to Governor Bullock’s executive budget, tuition will be frozen again for the next two years.
Former Speaker of the House Announces Run for Attorney General
This week, Austin Knudsen announced his candidacy for Montana Attorney General for the 2020 election.
U.S. Congress Models Prescription Drug Bill after Senate Bill 71
A United States Senate Committee introduced bipartisan legislation on Thursday aimed at lowering health care costs, including provisions largely modeled off State Auditor Matt Rosendale’s legislation to lower prescription drug costs in Montana.
MHP Trooper Wade Palmer Receives Hero’s Homecoming Welcome
On a blustery afternoon in western Montana, the pent up emotions of thousands of people poured out joyfully as critically wounded Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer arrived home to the Missoula International Airport
Doctor Details Trooper Palmer’s Condition, Recovery
Just before releasing critically wounded Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer for his return trip to Missoula on Wednesday, there was a brief press conference that was live streamed on Facebook.
UM Agency Conducts First Ever Memorial Day Weekend Survey
The Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana has never conducted a survey like this before, about plans that Montanans might, or might not have, for the Memorial Day weekend.
Miss Montana Pilot Recounts Flight from Missoula to East Coast
KGVO News spoke with Bryan Douglass, pilot of the famed Miss Montana C-47 aircraft on Tuesday morning not long after the aircraft landed at Oxford Connecticut, on their way to Normandy, France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in 1944.
Rosendale Urges Legislators to Overturn Bullock Veto of SB 71
State Auditor Matt Rosendale is working with legislators of both parties to override Governor Steve Bullock’s veto of a bill that is estimated to save Montanans around $8 million on prescription drug costs.