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Marilyn Gleason

News Director

KDNK 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.

  • KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.
  • KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.
  • In late July the City of Glenwood Springs hosted a virtual town hall webinar on homelessness. The meeting came about a month after a fire broke out in a rugged gully northeast of Walmart, causing a nearby apartment building to be evacuated. Although the fire lasted less than a day and reached only one and a half acres in size, its proximity to the town and likely origin in a homeless camp caught officials’ attention. The panel included Glenwood’s Chief of Public Safety, Fire Marshall, Parks and Recreation director, the District Attorney and Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario.KDNK reporters Lily Jones and Amy Hadden Marsh and News Director Marilyn Gleason all attended the Zoom meeting separately. In Part 2 of our reporter's roundtable, Amy Hadden Marsh digs into the private property inhabited by the unhoused at the Palmer Fire, and Marilyn Gleason remarks on law enforcement's 'revolving door.'
  • KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.
  • KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.
  • In late July the City of Glenwood Springs hosted a virtual town hall webinar on homelessness. The meeting came about a month after a fire broke out in a rugged gully northeast of Walmart, causing a nearby apartment building to be evacuated. Although the fire lasted less than a day and reached just one and a half acres in size, its proximity to the town and likely origin in a homeless camp caught officials’ attention. The panel included the Glenwood Springs city manager, Chief of Public Safety, Parks and Recreation director, and fire Marshall, District Attorney Ben Sollars, and Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario. Today the KDNK news team invites you to our reporters’ roundtable discussing takeaways from that meeting. News director Marilyn Gleason was joined by Amy Hadden Marsh and Lily Jones. Part 1.
  • News Director Marilyn Gleason speaks with Sheryl Barton, the Executive Director of Smiling Goat Ranch, about the powers of equine therapy for those with PTSD and how connecting with nature can bring us back to ourselves.
  • KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.
  • KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.
  • News Director Marilyn Gleason speaks with Carbondale's new town manager Ryan Hyland on the spike in living costs after the pandemic, housing struggles, the future of Mountain Fair, and more.