Stuart Whyte, Interim General Manager and Development Director was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up just one mile from the iconic Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. Stuart attended Columbia College in downtown Chicago and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Radio Broadcasting Communications. Stuart moved to Ketchikan, Alaska in 2003 for his first professional radio job, advertising sales at KFMJ Oldies Radio. Stuart made the jump from commercial radio to community radio in 2014, taking a job as Development Director at KRBD in Ketchikan. In August 2023, Stuart brought his Development experience over to KFSK. He took over as Interim Manager of the station in September 2025. Stuart is based in Ketchikan, and splits his time working remotely from home and in-person at the station. Stuart is married to Terri, a math teacher at Ketchikan High School. They have two children, Alice (9) and Henry (4).
Julie Hursey, Operations Manager and Morning Edition Host
Eleanor Kandoll, Community Operations Liaison
Olivia Rose, News Director
Taylor Heckart, News Reporter
Baiz Hoen, News Intern
Rebel McGrath, Admin Assistant & Board Operator
Below is a summary of General Managers, Program Directors and News Directors over the years.
General Managers
’78-79 Terry Otness
’79-82 Dave Molvik
’82-85 Bill Legere
’85-86 Juris Janson
’86-87 Don Nicholson
’87-97 Matt Holmes
’97-2025 Tom Abbott
2025- Stuart Whyte
Program Directors
’78-79 Jeanette Ness
’79-80 Jim Skinner
’80-85 Katie Sloan
’85-94 Deb Boettcher
’94-97 Tom Abbott
News Directors
’79-80 Jon Newstrom
’80-82 Bill Legere
’82-83 Glenda Corino
’83-85 Peter Kenyon
’85-86 Matt Holmes
’86-87 Su Rappleye
’87-87 Chris Todd
’87-89 Amy Miller
’89-89 Sonia Neubauer
’89-90 Val Miller
’90-92 Kerry Beebe
’92-93 Kim Hastings
’93-94 John Back
’94-98 Amy Miller
’98-13 Matt Lichtenstein
’13-23 Joe Viechnicki
’23-24 Shelby Herbert
’24-25 Hannah Flor
2025- Olivia Rose
