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Operations Assistant and Board Operator
kdunn@murraystate.edu
Kala Dunn is a native of Princeton, Ky. She’s a 2006 graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy with a concentration in flute performance and a 2010 graduate of Murray State University with a B.M. Piano Performance degree. She is the Community...
Host of Music from the Front Porch
mwelch@murraystate.edu
Mark Welch was born in Detroit and raised in Fulton, Kentucky. He graduated from Murray State University in 1978 with a degree in Journalism/Radio-TV. Mark caught the "public radio bug" as a student host of Jazz Horizons on WKMS and has enjoyed...
New Media Promotion Coordinator, Host of Weekend Energy
mmarkgraf@murraystate.edu
Matt "McG" Markgraf joined the WKMS News Team in January 2007, while pursuing his bachelor’s degree in theatre at Murray State. Now he's got a master's degree in creative writing and is hard at work on "the next great American novel" - that is ...
Host of Music from the Front Porch
ggowen@murraystate.edu
Mike Gowen is a lecturer in the Department of Wellness and Therapeutic Sciences. He visited Murray for the first time in 1988 and has called it home off and on for the last 23 years. He stays busy raising two children, Gabrielle and Jacob, two...
Host of Rick's Kitchen Sink, Co-Host of Juke Joint Shuffle
ricknance@ricknance.com
Rick Nance came to Murray after fleeing a sordid past as a gun runner in Guatemala in the 1970s. He's a notorious graphic artist and designer (as evidenced by the photo to the left). Half the year he co-hosts Juke Joint Shuffle with his pal...
Host of Café Jazz and Jazz Journal
todd.hill@murraystate.edu
Todd E. Hill is the Director of Jazz Ensembles at Murray State University. He holds both the BMEd and MMEd degrees from MSU, and an EdD from Boise State University. He held positions in the public schools of Milan, Tennessee, Northwest...
News Reporter and Host of Morning Edition
thatton@murraystate.edu
Todd Hatton hails from Paducah, Kentucky, where he got into radio under the auspices of the late, great John Stewart of WKYX while a student at Paducah Community College. He also worked at WKMS in the reel-to-reel tape days of the early 1990s...
Program Director, Host of Sounds Good and Beyond the Edge
tross1@murraystate.edu
Tracy Ross began working for WKMS in 1994 while a student at Murray State. He left the station for a year to live in North Carolina; returning to WKMS as a full-time staff member in 2000. Since then, Tracy has served as WKMS' Operations/Web...