Associated Press - July 28, 2009 11:54 AM ET

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - A former northern Idaho radio personality has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.

U.S. Attorney Jim Peters says 27-year-old Ryan Chambers was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Coeur d'Alene on Monday. He pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography in March.

Authorities searched Chambers' home in Moscow last year and found thousands of explicit images on his computer. Court documents show many of the children in the videos and photographs were between ages six and 10.

Chambers resigned from his job at Bull Country 99.5 FM in March.

Information from: The Moscow-Pullman Daily News, http://www.dnews.com

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