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Boys and Girls Club of the Hi-Desert on Up Close Show this Friday (6/5)

Gary Daigneault Send an email June 4, 2026

The Boys and Girls Club of the Hi-Desert will start their summer program on June 8. On the Z107.7 “Up Close” show this Friday (June 5) club CEO Shakira Michaels will talk with host Gary Daigneault about the club and their programs.

Hear how the club gives kids the freedom to build their own experience this summer, whether they’re into gaming and coding, performing arts, hands-on science, or just having fun with friends.

It’s all about the Boys and Girls Club on the Z107.7 “Up Close” show live this Friday at 10am on Z107.7 FM radio and podcast at z1077fm.com

Gary Daigneault Send an email June 4, 2026
Gary Daigneault

Gary Daigneault

Gary Daigneault has been a broadcast journalist for 45 years with awards and citations from the Associated Press, National Association of Broadcasters, Radio-Television News Association, Radio Inc. Magazine, five “Golden Mic” and four “Mark Twain” awards. In 2010 he was inducted into the Associated Press Hall of Fame. Daigneault taught Broadcasting for 27 years. He is President of Theatre 29, six term Past-President of Rotary Clubs, Past-President of Twentynine Palms and Joshua Tree Chambers of Commerce and chaired the Joshua Tree National Park Commission. Gary and wife Cindy live in Twentynine Palms since 1979. They have two children and five grandchildren.