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Winona State Radio Disk Jockeys

 

 

Kyle Baker


Shifts:  News: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at 6 pm
           DJ: Fab Five Morning Show, Tuesdays/Thursdays from 6 am to 9 am
           Sports: Mondays at 12 pm
Hometown: Waterford, WI
Year in School:  Junior
Favorite Band/Artist: Steve Carley
Favorite Quote:"It's easy to dream a dream, though it's harder to live it." - Wale.


Jillian Benzen


Shift: Thursdays 7 to 10pm
Hometown: Plymouth, MN
Year in School: Junior
Favorite Band/Artist: The Fray, Goo Goo Dolls, Train
Favorite Quote: "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." -Ernest Hemingway

 


Cassie Bly


Shift: Wake Up Winona on MWF
Hometown: Rhinelander, WI
Year in School: Senior
Favorite band/artist: OneRepublic
Favorite quote: Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. - George Edward Woodberry

 


Jordan Boysen


Shift: Thursday 3-6 Drive by
Hometown: Rochester, MN
Year in School: Senior
Favorite band/artist: Led Zeppelin
Favorite quote: "Trust, but Verify" Ronald Reagan

 


Steve Carley


Shift: Fab Five Morning Show, Tuesdays/Thursdays from 6 am to 9 am
Hometown: Richland Center, WI
Year in School: Senior
Favorite band/artist: The Wiggles and Selena Gomez
Favorite quote: "Do or do not, there is no try." ~ Yoda


Kyle Dimke


Shift: Friday 7-10 PM
Hometown: Lino Lakes, MN
Year in School: Senior
Favorite Band/Artist: Michael Buble  
Favorite Quote: Half the game is 90% mental


Michael Frey


Shift: Thursday sports show.
Hometown: Edina, MN
Year in School: Freshman
Favorite band/artist: Kid Cudi
Favorite quote: "I'm not lookin' for the best players, I'm lookin' for the right ones." -Herb Brooks


Sarah Furth


Shift: Fridays 7pm-10pm
Hometown: New Ulm, MN
Year in School: Junior
Favorite Band/Artist: Dave Matthews Band
Favorite Quote: "Why not go out on a limb, it is where the fruit is"


Carrie Geary


Shift: Monday 7-10
Hometown: White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Year in School: Freshman
Favorite Band/Artist: can't choose there are so many!
Favorite Quote: "Stay positive"


Amanda Gottschalk


Shift: Mondays from 7 pm to 10 pm
Hometown: Elk Mound WI (By Eau Claire)
Year in School: Freshman
Favorite band/artist: Blink-182, Ellie Goulding, Goo Goo Dolls, Ke$ha, anything but polka or screamo
Favorite quote: "In the book of life, the answers are not in the back."


Derek Hart


Shift: Tuesday 7-10
Hometown: Tomah, WI
Year in School: 3rd year student
Favorite band/artist: Why?
Favorite quote: "If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you
think about it." -Mary Engelbreit


David Hoffmann


Shift: Mondays from 3 pm to 6 pm
Hometown: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Year in School: Junior
Favorite band/artist: The Wombats, Billy Talent, and A Place to Bury Strangers
Favorite quote: "Just humming my way through life." Unknown


Henriette Hoyos


Shift: Prime Time Thursday Nights
Hometown: Gurnee, Illinois
Year in School: First Year
Favorite band/artist: The Beatles
Favorite quote: "Music is where the heart is."


Adam Kazilsky


Shift: Thursday nights 10-12
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
Year in School: Freshman
Favorite Band/Artist: Jake Shimabukuro, Andy McKee
Favorite Quote: Hakuna Matata


Ryan Kirk


Shift: Wake Up Winona on Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Hometown: Palatine, IL
Year In School: Junior
Favorite Band/Artist: Onerepublic
Favorite Quote: "Don't you want to take a leap of faith? Or become an old man, filled with regret"


Jason Krueger


Twitter: @jkruegs33
Shows: Thursday Night sports Rundown Show, thursday DJ 1-3pm
Hometown: Edina, MN
Year: Freshman
Favorite Artist: LIGHTS
Favorite Quote: "Im not looking for the best players, I'm looking for the right ones" - Herb Brooks


Jolene Kuisle


Shift: Mondays from 7 pm to 10 pm, News Tuesdays at 6 pm
Hometown: Rochester, MN
Year in School: Junior
Favorite band/artist: (a 3 way tie) Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime, Atmosphere
Favorite quote: “Its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog.” My Uncle, Grif (and Mark Twain)


Cort Majkrzak


Shift: The Late Shift (Fridays, 10-12pm)
Hometown: Shakopee, MN
Year in School: Sophomore
Favorite Band/Artist: The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, Converge, anything Wu-Tang Clan
Favorite Quote: “All the people you knew were the actors” −Isaac Brock


Zach Matthewsbro


Shift: Thursdays 7pm-10pm
Hometown: Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Year in School: Senior
Favorite band/artist: Led Zeppelin, Sublime, Rolling Stones, Guns n Roses
Favorite quote: "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." -Mahatma Gandhi


Bailey Moomaw


Shift: Tuesday and Thursday Dateline Winona at Noon
Hometown: Stevens Point, WI
Year in School: Junior
Favorite Quote: Wherever you go, go with all your heart.


Levi Nellen


Shift: 10pm-12am Tuesday nights
Hometown: DeForest, Wisconsin
Year in School: Junior
Favorite Band/Artist: Tool, A Perfect Circle, Atmosphere
Favorite Quote: Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; take honour from me and my life is done. (Shakespeare)


Cory Prudoehl


Shift: Fab Five Morning Show, Tuesdays/Thursdays from 6 am to 9 am, Wednesday Prime Time
Hometown: Winona
Year in School: Junior
Favorite band/artist: Demi Lovato and Avenged Sevenfold


Stephen Rydberg


Shift: Wednesday Primetime (Primetime Nightmare)
Hometown: Lakeville, MN
Year in School: Senior
Favorite band/artist: Avenged Sevenfold


Nate Siems


Shift: Fab Five Morning Show, Tuesdays/Thursdays from 6 am to 9 am
Hometown: Mounds View, MN
Year in School: Junior
Favorite band/artist: Rebecca Black
Favorite quote: "GOLD TEAM RULES!" -Muscle fish in Krusty Krab


Kortney Spaeth

Shift: Fab Five Morning Show, Tuesdays/Thursdays from 6 am to 9 am, Team Rocket, Wednesdays from 1 pm to 3 pm
Hometown: Apple Valley, MN
Year in School: Senior
Favorite band/artist: Jimmy Eat World, Something Corporate, Jack's Mannequin, Foster the People, The Avett Brothers
Favorite quote: "Don't geniuses live in lamps?" -Patrick Star


Darin Strohmenger


Shifts: Thursdays from 1 pm to 3 pm
Hometown: Cedarburg, WI
Year in School: Sophomore
Favorite band/artist: Jurassic 5 or Trampled by Turtles


Sarah Traeger


Shift: Wednesdays from 1 pm to 3 pm
Hometown: Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin
Year in School: Junior
Favorite Band/Artist: Mika
Favorite Quote: "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will." - Vince Lombardi


Issac Wenzel


Shifts: Fridays from 3 pm to 6 pm
Hometown: West Saint Paul, MN
Year in School: Freshman
Favorite Band/Artist:  U2, Ben Folds, Matchbox Twenty
Favorite Quote: "They say you should never mix business with pleasure- really? Well then explain to me how a putt putt golf company operates." - Andy Bernard, The Office


Jackie Wert


Shift: Wake Up Winona (Monday, Wednesday and Friday)
Hometown: North St. Paul
Year in School: Junior
Favorite band/artist: The Monkees
Favorite quote: "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." -Walt Disney


Danielle Wieczorek


Shift: Monday's 10pm-12am
Hometown: Andover, Minnesota
Year in School: Sophomore
Favorite Band/Artist: changes on a day to day basis
Favorite Quote: "what does not kill you, only makes you stronger"


Nate "Nate Dogg" Wilson


Shift: Mondays and Fridays from 1 pm to 3 pm
Hometown: Maple Grove, Minnesota
Year in School: Junior
Favorite Band/Artist: Stevie Ray Vaughan and U2
Favorite Quote:"I live the life I love, and I love the life I live." -Willie Dixon/Muddy Waters


Yan Zheng


Shift: Thursdays from 3 pm to 6 pm
Hometown: Qingyuan,Guangdong, China
Year in School: super senior
Favorite band/artist: Westlife, Eminem, Bruno Mars, Lily Allen, Coldplay
Favorite quote: "you don't know about real loss,cause that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself."