Mark Johnson

New Media/Station Manager

Mark's been very busy developing the New Media program coming to Northland Community & Technical College in Fall 2010. He is also our interim station manager. He loves Elvis.

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Ben Kosharek

Morning Host/Operations/Underwriting

Ben's main background is in music composition, performance, and audio recording. He's a born and raised Californian with a degree in songwriting/composition from "Visible School" in Memphis, Tennessee. 

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Glen Braget

Evening Hosting/Basement Rock

Glen is most famous at Pioneer 90.1 for his show "Basment Rock" which has been going for over 5 years. He is our "weekend warrior." You never know when you will hear his voice on the airwaves, but one this is for certain, you will at some point in the week!

Stay tuned for the upcoming show "Glen-PM" weeknights from 7 to 9.

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Ron and Elsie Shereck

The Saturday Morning Barndance

Saturday mornings 7am-11am

Ron and Elsie have a huge following on their weekend show. People listen online from all over the country as they navigate through great local and national polka, waltz, schottische, and old-time country music favorites.

Cathy Erickson

Old Time Variety w/Cathy Erickson

Monday nights 6pm-11pm

Cathy's Monday night show features a big variety of music that most stations don't play anymore. She has a large group of committed fans that call and email their requests every Monday night. She also leads "The Cathy Erickson Band." 

Jim & Jan Strandlie

The Root Cellar

Monday nights 6:30pm; Wednesday mornings 7:30am

Jim and Jan take a look at our local history and tie it in with personal stories, guest interviews, and local events. It's a fantastic 15 minute learning experience about the "roots" of our local culture. Grab a cup of coffee, and enjoy!

Listen to podcasts of the Root Cellar HERE.

Juke Joint (Blues w/Bobby)

Saturday nights 9pm

"Little Bobby" brings the blues every Saturday night right here on 90.1. Bobby is also a local and national artist with his successful blues band "Little Bobby & the Storm." Check 'em out HERE.

Grant Nelson

Rural Reflections

Friday Mornings at 7:40

Grant Nelson brings us a story with a nugget of wisdom each Friday morning on the morning show with Ben. He shares interesting stories from both life lessons and family stories. It's a great show to grab a cup of coffee, and sit back with your cat or dog before you start your day.

Along with Friday mornings, you can also catch his article in the weekend Northern Watch newspaper or online HERE.

He also has a great Blog HERE.

Andy Mueller

Music Reviewer

Andy reviews handfuls of CD's for us every week. He occasionally writes "sucks" on a CD and it saves the rest of us A LOT of time. But mostly, he finds the gems. Andy is also an English Instructor at Northland Community and Technical College. He's an avid cyclist as well, even in the winter.

Johnny Bedna (aka "Johnny 5")

We call him "johnny 5" here at KSRQ. He is smiling all the time.

Johnny helps us with the weekend production tasks of the studio. He is currently studying to be an international nurse through the NCTC nursing program. He moved here a few years ago from Liberia and "really" misses "Palm Butter Soup." 

Kristen Korgel

Kristen Korgel helps us with on air hosting and office tasks.

She is studying to be an administrative assistant and has 2 really cute kids. She has a hard time sitting still, but puts her energy to good use.