Posted: February 17th, 2009 | Author: KSDP Music Department | Filed under: Staff

830AM KSDP Radio / Aleutian Peninsula Broadcasting, Inc. employs full-time and part-time staff to oversee the operation and development of the radio station. The Board hires the General Manager and he or she oversees the day to day operation of the station. Vacancies are posted locally in Sand Point, aired on the station and posted online at www.apradio.org and on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Jobline.

APBI is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a drug-free workplace.

General Manager: Kells Hetherington

Age: 30

Hometown: New Canaan, Connecticut

Joined KSDP Staff: October, 2006

Previous Experience: Field Reporter, KFQD-AM / Reporter, WLAD-AM

Biography: Hetherington is a graduate of Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York where he earned a Bachelors of Science in Communications Management.  He also attended Davidson College in North Carolina where he was a political science major.  While in college, Hetherington was an intern at both OFM in the Orange Free State, SOUTH AFRICA and later at WABC Radio in New York, New York.  Hetherington is a graduate of the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut.  He and his extended family have summered on West Chop in Vineyard Haven, MA on Martha’s Vineyard for many years.

Administrative Assistant: Shannon Sommer

Hometown: Tanana, Alaska

Joined KSDP Staff: September, 2007

Previous Work Experience: Office Manager, Tanana Water & Sewer Project

Biography

A graduate of Maudrey J. Sommer High School in Tanana, Shannon studied at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Shannon moved to Sand Point in September 2006 and has lived all over the State of Alaska.

Music Director: Virgil Porter

Hometown: Soldotna, Alaska

Joined KSDP Staff: April, 2008

Previous Work Experience: San Francisco Chronicle

Biography: Porter is a graduate of San Diego State University and worked for the San Francisco Chronicle as a photographer and online photo editor from 2000 to 2007.

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