Marilyn Gleason
News Director & Public Affairs HostKDNK welcomes back Marilyn Gleason to serve as the station's News Director. To longtime listeners, Marilyn's voice will be familiar. The graduate of CU Boulder's journalism school started her radio career in the Roaring Fork Valley at KAJX in Aspen, then came to KDNK in 2000 as the station was in the early stages of forming a local news program. She also pitched in as technical director for the Andy Zanca youth radio program, then continued on as a freelancer and Mountain Fair host for more than a decade. Marilyn returns to direct a growing news team at KDNK. She looks forward to expanding collaborations with regional news producers and strengthening the station's commitment to lively conversations and fostering an informed public in our local communities.
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News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Friday's news, including DOJ plans to monitor some election sites in Colorado, flash floods in Southwestern Colorado, why hikers should leash dogs in bear country, and a pleasant nature walk through the ashes of the most destructive wildfire on the books. -
News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Wednesday's news, including Voter Ed at the Crystal Theatre, 98-year-old former Governor Roy Romer joins a stump tour of Colorado, and the Good Seed Garden's final harvest. -
News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Tuesday's news, including a femisint take on the ballot questions, the arrival of an unwelcome mussel in the Colorado River, and a book by a Colorado author that explores ghosts , trauma, and tragedy in the USA. -
Saturday's No King Rally informed folks about ballot issues, voter registration, voter emergency hotlines to join, and encouraged everyone to vote early. There were local groups performing and volunteers guiding people to information booths at Sayre Park in Glenwood Springs while people came carrying signs of defiance and joy. -
At an inflection point in the effort to bring wolves back to the state, a chance for local ranchers and wolf enthusiasts to engage in conversation. -
News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Thursday's news, including free birth control for all in Colorado, voting protections and the obstacles Native Americans face, and a film and a panel exploring the opposition of agriculture and wildness in the past and present of the West. -
News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Wednesday's news, including the return of a lodging tax question to ballots in Rifle, and pushback against data centers in Utah to be powered by small nuclear reactors.
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News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Tuesday's news, including community events in Moab concerning nuclear waste threats both past and future, and work by Common Cause to keep voting safe in rural Colorado.
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Democrat Jonathan Godes debates Republican Eric Rudd for an open seat on the Garfield County Commission. -
Incumbent Elizabeth Velasco debates Republican challenger Russ Andrews to lead Colorado House District 57, which includes Garfield, Pitkin, and parts of Eagle counties.
