David Blomquist aka (Bloomdaddy) is a Lafferty,
Ohio native who graduated from
Union
Local
High School (1987) and
Kent
State
University (1992).
He had a 14 year run as a sports anchor/morning news anchor on WTOV-9, WTRF-TV 7 and WCHS in
Charleston,
WV.
During that time David won 9 Associated Press Awards including Ohio Sportscaster of the Year in 2000 and Best Feature Reporter in
Ohio for his “Everybody has a Story” segment in 2001.
His radio career began at WOMP AM 1290 from 1997-2000. Then he created the “Bloomdaddy Experience” at The Dawg from 2004-2007 before coming to 1170 WWVA in May of 2008. While at WWVA, the Bloomdaddy Experience has won Best Morning Talk Show-medium market-in West Virginia 2 years running. The show has also been picked as the Best Morning Show in a local newspaper poll.
On the personal side, David has 3 boys (Tyler 14, Kade 11 and Braylen 7). His hobbies include hunting, fishing and anything sports related. David loves to read and aspires to write a book whenever time allows, and with three kids, who knows when that will be. He is also a baseball and D-Day historian.