About
The KIOS Team
The hosts, reporters and staff who put Omaha Public Radio on the air. Select any name to read their full bio.
Ken Dudzik
Station Manager
My career in broadcasting began in Pittsburg, Kansas, anchoring and reporting for a station serving four states…
Ariann Anderson
Host
Host of The Omaha Sound on Saturday nights. I grew up in a musical family and around the Omaha music scene…
Topher Booth
Marketing Manager / Host & Producer
I grew up in a military family, moving all over the country. Maybe that is why I love hearing people's stories…
Conrad Castañeda
Host
He has produced Mundo Latino since February 2016, exploring old and new music from every part of the Latin world…
Stuart Chittenden
Host
I believe that conversation enables us to live better and work well, by building strong relationships as individuals, teams, and communities.
Chris Cooke
Host
A voice on public radio in Omaha since 1989, hosting Jazz in the Afternoon and Last Call since 1996…
Greg Echlin
Sports Reporter
As a sports reporter I go beyond the scores and statistics, bringing the human element to the people shaping their teams…
Todd Hatton
Program Director
A recent transplant to the shores of the Missouri, from western Kentucky, where he started in radio 30 years ago…
Mike Hogan
Host
Local host of Morning Edition since November 2017. His first radio job was at St. Louis NPR affiliate KDHX…
Mike Jacobs
Music Director / Host
With KIOS since 1988, Music Director since 2002, and host of Blues in the Afternoon since 1994…
Matthias Jeske
Host
Named Air Personality of the Year in 2014 and 2015 by the Broadcast Education Association…
David Koesters
Host
He started in broadcasting at his hometown station in Holdrege, Nebraska, while still in high school…
Joshua LaBure
Host
A documentary filmmaker, radio producer and podcaster based in Omaha, with four feature films to his name…
Michael Lyon
Development Director
A native of Great Britain who immigrated to Los Angeles in 1981, with a business background in banking…
Barbara Naughtin
Membership Director
Barb has over twenty years of sales and relationship building experience in the corporate and nonprofit worlds…
Interested in Joining the Team?
Paid openings are posted as they come up, and there may not be any today. Interested in volunteering? Have an idea for a show, an event, or a story worth telling? Get in touch and tell us what you have in mind.