Bill Yeager has always been involved with music, he played with the Casper Symphony, the Albuquerque Symphony (now the New Mexico Symphony), the Santa Fe Opera, the New Orleans Municipal Band, and for the past thirty-seven years, with Andrew Hall’s Society Brass Band of New Orleans. 

Yeager was also hit hard by Hurricane Katrina, losing his job, home and most of his possessions all in one week.  He retired and moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where resided since Katrina.

Bill passed in 2021 with his family by his side. 

Bill was an excellent radio guy, his announcing and production skills were second to none. I’ve been told by folks that worked with him that he was a great teacher as well. Bill was a real asset to KATI’s operation while he was there, just one issue, it’s called WINTER!  Mr. Yeager was a warm blooded type and Casper’s Wind and cold weather didn’t agree with him or his family and they left Wyoming after a couple of years for Albuquerque to thaw out.

He was also a whale of a musician and while he was in Casper, he played in the City Band and the Casper Orchestra.  While I never met Bill Yeager personally,  we had numerous phone conversations as he filled in pieces of early KATI history for our various radio shows and the KATICASPER.COM website. He was a great guy, good storyteller and a superb broadcasting talent.  RIP, Bill Yeager…you will be missed.  STAY WARM MY FRIEND.

Bill’s full obituary is listed below.  Dave Nutter, Website Administrator and former KATI announcer.

AUGUST 7, 1939 – APRIL 22, 2021

William “Bill” Howard Yeager Jr. age 81 died peacefully at home surrounded by family on April 22, 2021 in Baton Rouge, LA of congestive heart failure under hospice care. He was known as Bub by his sisters, Dad by his son, Daddy by daughters, Drenny by his grands and greats, stubborn old coot and love of my life by his devoted wife. He was a rock solid, good hearted man dearly loved by his family.

He is preceded in death by his oldest daughter Camilla “Cammy” Yeager Gonzales of Albuquerque, NM, and his parents William H. Yeager, Sr. and Georga Stuart Yeager of Artesia, NM. He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Joslyn Mouch Yeager and ex-wife of 22 years Billie Stubbs Holloway the mother of his children Cammy, Timothy “Tim” Yeager, and Barbara Yeager Hogue; grandchildren Stacy Yeager, Rachel Gonzales, Michael, Nicholas, Melissa and Thomas Hogue; great-grandchildren Austin, Brent and Zane Newland, Makayla, Billie, and McKinna Hogue, AJ and Jasper Gonzales. He is also survived by his two younger sisters Patricia “Katy” Yeager Senoo of Scottsdale, AZ and Judy Yeager Chapman of Lubbock, TX, sister-in-law Michelle Mouch Duvall and many nieces and nephews.

Bill was born in Roswell, New Mexico and started playing the tuba with his hometown high school band in Artesia. After attending New Mexico University for a year, he served in the National Guard Reserves while working as a radio disc jockey at KLOS in Albuquerque.

At age 22, he moved the family to Casper, Wyoming. Bill’s career was a long one after leaving KATI radio in 1963. He worked both radio and television in Albuquerque, KGGM, Tucson, KHOS and lastly a number of years (1981-1990) at WDSU TV-6 in New Orleans where he was the “Good News” reporter interviewing musicians, artists, movie, theater and everyday people. He finished his career in broadcasting for the last 15-years, running Metroscan Traffic Service providing traffic reports for the radio stations in New Orleans.

Bill Yeager has always been involved with music, he played with the Casper Symphony, the Albuquerque Symphony (now the New Mexico Symphony), Bud Fisher’s Band, the Santa Fe Opera, the New Orleans Municipal Band, and 37 years with the Andrew Hall’s Society Brass Band in New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina he retired and moved to Baton Rouge, LA.Memorial Mass at St. Alphonsus Catholic church at 11 am on Friday, April 30, 2021 in Baton Rouge. Private burial at St. John the Baptist in Brusly. Please post condolences on www.greenoaksfunerals.com

Bill Yeager interviews New Orleans great Andrew Hall.

Bill Yeager played Tuba in Andrew Hall’s Society Brass Band for 37 years.  In this video, Yeager interviews Hall for his Channel 6 Good News Report.