Darel Snodgrass

As a newly married itinerant musician, I really needed a day job when I walked into WKNO in the fall of 1987. They hired me to sign on and announce Morning Edition at 5 am. The next year I was promoted to Operations Manager; a couple of years later, I took over the morning classical music shift (and Checking on the Arts); I became Director of Radio in 2020. I’ve seen us become the primary home of arts coverage in the Mid-South, in addition to being the local home of NPR, the most trusted news source in the US, available for free to everyone. I’m happy to oversee our expansion into the new forms of media emerging today, while continuing to be a trusted radio companion to our loyal listeners.