Idaho's Anchorman: Jay Hildebrandt's Lifetime of Broadcast News
"Idaho's Anchorman: Jay Hildebrandt's Lifetime of Broadcast News" won third place in the feature documentary division at the LDS Film Festival. The full documentary is available via YouTube at the end of this post. Receiving Award at 2020 LDS Film Festival After thirty-five years as the main news anchor at KIFI Local News 8 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Jay Hildebrandt decided it was time to move on to the next season of his life. He was ready for retirement. I got to know Jay first as a news viewer who grew up in the Idaho Falls broadcast area, next as a friendly competitor when I worked at a competing TV station, and finally, as a friend and colleague as we worked together teaching at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Poster for Idaho's Anchorman Documentary Jay stopped by my office at BYU-Idaho after class one day as he was nearing retirement. We chatted for a while, and I suggested doing a documentary about his car...