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 jail time for Tyler Boebert, son of the Congresswoman, and a suspect named almost two years after a shocking rape in Carbondale, as environmentalists maneuver to reopen a suit to vouchsafe national monuments, and a walk among reflective mountain tarns with pine siskins, bluebirds and Clark's nutcrackers. -
News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Wednesday's news, including recent deaths of wolves in Pitkin and Rio Blanco counties, Congressman Jeff Hurd comments on Colorado water rights, and Colorado's county clerks prepare for a chaotic election. -
News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Tuesday's news, including a Colorado court's decision to allow a latecomer onto the November ballot, a hiker recovered on Maroon Peak's east face, and immigrant advocacy groups monitoring ICE-operated flights at DIA. -
News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Wednesday's news, including ballot measures headed to a vote in Colorado, including one to raise the tax rate on Colorado's richest earners and another to restrict congressional redistricting, and the reasons and consequences of increased numbers of thoseblood-sucking ticks in Colorado.
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Sam Feuerborn joins Watershed Council's fire mitigation arm, discusses strategies. -
News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Tuesday's news, including more hapless hikers rescued off nearby mountains, and a look at programs and resources to sustain the mental health of farmers amid stressorsfrom the economy to the climate.
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News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Friday's news, including efforts to keep tabs on the cold-loving American pika , and a conversation about embracing grief.
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News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Tuesday's news, including Ruedi Reservoir's contribution to the Grand Valley, Wyoming environmentalists take issue with Trump's Roadless rescission effort, and KVNF's Brody Wilson takes us on an illuminating tour of the Gold Mountain Fire burn area.
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News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Monday's news, including a price increase for Xcel Energy customers, pressure increasing on public lands amid maneuvering to rescind the Roadless Rule and undo the Bears Ears' resource management plan, and a chat with Rifle's new police chief. -
By mid-August, Colorado Parks and Wildlife had received more than 6,000 reports of bear encounters in 2026. Lately, everyone seems to have a bear story, including KDNK's Katalina Villarreal, who recently reported on an educational campaign aimed at reducing conflicts.
