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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KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.
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KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.
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Delia Malone is an ecologist who works with Roaring Fork Audubon and Colorado Wild. She and Marilyn discuss Colorado Parks and Wildlife's plan for better coexistence with beavers, high rates of mortality among reintroduced gray wolves, and whether the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could take control of the wolf project from CPW.
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KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.
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Today Telluride resort opened limited terrain amid a strike by the ski patrol union. As the strike hit day 10, Telluride reopened Lift 1, Meadows Carpet, and Vista Carpet - all beginner areas low on the mountain.
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KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.
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Cindy Suplizio is a Western Slope native and skied for CU Boulder before turning her talents to coaching. She and Marilyn Gleason discuss all the local talent and who to watch this year.
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KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.
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For author Michael Bourne, a stint writing for a daily newspaper in Aspen served as a sort of boot camp. His new book, “We Bring You an Hour of Darkness,” harkens back to his days at the Aspen Daily News. It’s a mystery inspired in part by a real-life 1998 arson at the Vail ski resort starring eco-terrorists, greedy developers and intrepid reporters. Marilyn Gleason talks to the author.
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In World Cup ski racing, Vail’s Mikala Shiffrin keeps up the blistering pace with another win on Sunday in Semmering, Austria where she earned her 106th career World Cup victory - and 69th slalom win.