Seeking Volunteer Radio Interviewers for Skagit Talks!

Have an interest in our community, and like to talk to people about what they do? Share your interest in Skagit Valley with the listeners to our community radio station, via short 14 minute conversations which would air on Skagit Talks.

Skagit Talks airs four times per week. Training is provided for this volunteer opportunity. Most interviews take place in the KSVR studio on the Skagit Valley College campus.

For more information, or to volunteer, contact KSVR Production Coordinator Joseph McGuire.

Jackson Stewart looking for co-hosts for The Blue Boulevard

Jackson Stewart, host of The Blue Boulevard, is accepting applications for volunteer co-hosts!  Applicants are welcome to try out their radio voice once, or become repeat guest co-hosts.

Mystify your friends, as Jackson bequeaths a unique name to each participant. This is your opportunity to wow your friends with your new alter-ego, such as "Crosstown Kari" or "Jump Up Jonny."

Volunteer co-hosts should have a curiosity about or a love of blues and Americana music, along with the willingness to assist with alphabetizing CD's and conducting light research.

If you are interested, contact Jackson Stewart by email at jaxksvr@hotmail.com.

California native David Johnson volunteers his skills at KSVR

David Johnson joined the KSVR volunteer staff late in 2010, starting off doing public service announcements and then moving on to become a host of Skagit Talks. In addition to hosting monthly installments of The Master Gardener, The Green Life, and Your Health, Dave periodically interviews other people about themselves and programs of interest in Skagit Valley. He is also a member of our radio-acting troupe at the station, recently portraying Dr. Doolittle in a six-part series on Imagination Station.

A native of California, Dave retired to the Valley after 30 years as a college administrator in Ohio, Missouri, and Southern California.  In addition to volunteering at KSVR, Dave is on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Mount Vernon Library, is active with the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, and is an involved member of First Lutheran Church in Mount Vernon.  He also serves as a Regent at his alma mater, Pacific Lutheran University, in Tacoma.

In addition to his volunteer efforts, Dave freelances as an auctioneer for non-profit organizations, master of ceremonies for groups large and small, a grant-writer for non-profit organizations, and does occasional video and voice-over work commercially.