The KRLX Board of Directors:

Student radio at Carleton College began in 1948 when KARL 680AM began broadcasting over carrier current lines with a WWII Navy surplus transmitter. In 1974 Carleton received one of the new Class “D” 10 watt FM licenses the FCC was giving out, and KRLX 90.3FM went on the air. The AM station was turned into a training ground (and in later years, overflow) for the FM station. In 1983 the FCC granted the station a 100-watt, Class “A” non-commercial license and KRLX 90.3FM became KRLX 88.1FM.

In Carleton radio’s 60+ year history, it has grown from a simple closed circuit, daylight-only AM station to a 24 hour 100 watt FM broadcast available worldwide via live streaming at KRLX.org. Today we have over 200 DJs, producers, journalists and miscellaneous staff members. The station is non-commercial, independent and format-free. Our goal is to provide all of our potential listeners with the best radio programming available.

KRLX is governed by a Board of Directors that works with, and for, the staff to ensure that we always meet that goal. The Board is broken down into departments that oversee specific aspects of the station. You can read about the current members and what their departments do below.

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Gabe Silberblatt
Station Manager

What do you do?
I’m a facilitator and a dreamer. Opportunities can abound here; I make sure the KRLX staff has what they need to make sure that they do.

Why do you care about KRLX?
There is something undeniably great about freeform radio. A mass of concrete, electronics and vinyl has never been so pliable— in every sense of the words, this station is what you make it. News, talk, trivia, music, or anything else, KRLX is a natural partnership between free expression and public service. The station is the single largest student organization at Carleton with more than 250 DJ and staff members, but ultimately, it is a project so much larger than the sum of its parts. I care about KRLX because I love KRLX, and honestly, there isn’t a more reducible answer than that.

Kristina Taketomo
Program Director

What do you do?
I make the schedule and rack my brain for innovative programming concepts. Got an idea? Let's make it happen.

Why do you care about KRLX?
KRLX RULES. The station gives students the opportunity to share their music and ideas with the rest of the Carleton community. Being on air is also unlike any other activity on campus. There's just something really exhilarating about it.

Erik Nyberg
Compliance Director
What do you do?
I’m responsible for training new DJs and busting chops when the rules aren’t followed.

Why do you care about KRLX?
Because I’m proud that Carleton has such a great venue for student expression. Few things can get me up at 4am when it’s 10 below and the air smells like turkey, but KRLX can.

Nicole Feldman
Music Director

What do you do?
Alex and I review and distribute new music to the rest of the station, make charts, blog about the best of what we hear, and sort through an exciting amount of mail. We also host a wonderful show on Friday evenings devoted to our favorite new songs in which we embody the personas of the Arcade Fire's Win and Regine.

Why do you care about KRLX?
KRLX's inspired, free-form programming is integral to the character of Carleton. And my mother is always listening, I wouldn't want to insult her.

Alex Stevens
Music Director

What do you do?
With the help of the associate music directors, I handle all the hot new music that comes to KRLX so DJs can play it on their shows. With the help of my trusty partner, Nicole, I talk to promotional reps and tell them how their hot new music is doing. And if I screw up, Nicole gets to yell at me.

Why do you care about KRLX?
Because it's a fantastically accessible and simple means of self-expression. And, because all the cool kids are doing it.

José Guillén
News Director

What do you do?
I supervise and co-produce daily productions of the Top-of-the-Hour News, as well as nightly broadcasts of Your World Tonight, along with other KRLX News productions. Each member of the KRLX News team undergoes a rigorous training process, including but not limited to writing, editing, on-air delivery, and how to determine which stories should be run and which shouldn't. While we are a college radio news department, we take our work very seriously and strive to deliver the most professional broadcasts we can. I really enjoy news production, but my interest in the news started off watching Peter Jennings give the World News Tonight broadcasts.

Why do you care about KRLX?
I care about KRLX because this is one of the very few fully student-run college radio stations in the U.S. and the quality level that KRLX programs consist of is very impressive. I really enjoy the diversity of programming on our radio station, from classical music to heavy metal and professional-quality interviews with guest speakers along with keeping listeners up-to-date with events from around the globe to the Northfield community. It's very impressive that our small production and broadcasting studios being worked by our students can produce so much quality radio programming.

Claire Singer Tyree
Features

What do you do?
I help coordinate sound creativity.

Why do you care about KRLX?
KRLX provides space for ideas, music and innovation. Humans love noise and KRLX is a self-replicating noise machine. Thus, KRLX embodies the best of humanity in sound form.

Shannon Finnegan
Business Manager, Station Secretary

What do you do?
I make sure KRLX is funded.

Michael Mintz
New Media Director

What do you do?
Old media? We're over it, except for, well, that whole radio part. But if you're here, you also recognize that we have an incredible web presence, where we turn the KRLX staff's off-air talents into sweet, sweet content for your enjoyment. I'm here to oversee the quality of that content, and sometimes even produce it.

Why do you care about KRLX?
There’s something inexplicably wonderful about radio.

Zoe Harris
Record Librarian Manager

What do you do?
I attempt to keep the record library well organized and accessible for KRLX DJs. My main goal is to alert people of this wonderful resource and get all this music some more play.

Why do you care about KRLX?
Music gets me by...

Myla Fay
Promotions Director

What do you do?
As Promotions director, I foster pride and dignity for our station on and off campus. Posters, station IDs, statues, secret handshakes, subliminal messages, you name it.

Why do you care about KRLX?
I think it's really great, and a little scary, that Carleton students love the radio enough not only to fill 24 hours of shows a day, but to actually slaughter their sleep cycles in order to make it to those shows. It's also nice to know that even when you are the only one left pulling out your hair in the CMC, there's always someone in the station playing or discussing something they're passionate about. Plus, why else would you go to the basement of Sayles?

Denis Griffis
RF Engineer

What do you do?
I am the official button-pusher. When things break, I fix them by pushing buttons and praying. Failing at that, I'm highly trained at walking around with a screwdriver, looking purposeful.

What do you care about KRLX?
'Cause it's just so freakin' awesome. The fact that we're all crazy enough to keep this place running and fill it with shows is amazing. Besides, where else can I play Slayer and Stevie Wonder right next to each other?

Eric Naeseth
IT Engineer

What do you do?
I keep KRLX's computers, internal Web properties, and automated processes running smoothly.

Why do you care about KRLX?
KRLX is a great asset to the Carleton community. It produces some excellent news and shows, plays great music, and gives the opportunity for so many students to experience something magical: being a DJ. I love it.

James Francis Reihing
Webmaster

What do you do?
I am around to help keep the website as updated and great as possible.

Why do you care about KRLX?
I couldn't think of a better way to spend my time than to help send music over the air and on the Internet. It really is something that can never get old-fashioned.