Grady Kirkpatrick

Wyoming Public Media Program Director/ Morning Music Host

Phone: 307-766-6624
Email: wkirkpa1@uwyo.edu 

Grady has taken a circuitous route from his hometown of Kansas City to Wyoming. Sometime after the London Bridge had fallen down, he moved to Arizona and attended Arizona State University and actually graduated from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. (“He’s a Lumberjack and he’s OK……..!”) He began his radio career in Prescott in 1982 and eventually returned to Kansas City where he continued in radio through the summer of 1991.  Public Radio and the Commonwealth of Kentucky beckoned him to the bluegrass state where he worked as Operations/Program Manager at WKMS in Murray and WNKU in Highland Heights just across the Ohio from Cincinnati.  After 16 great years in Kentucky, Grady & Cheryl packed the family (2 kids, 2 cats and a dog) and headed for Wyoming in the middle of winter to pursue a dream job as Music Director for Wyoming Public Media.  He hosts Morning Music from 9am-12pm weekdays.  Besides radio, Grady has worked in construction and likes to play outdoors. (camp, fish, bike, hike, ski, golf). He loves music, of course, travelling, stargazing, reading and American history.

Arts
2:03 pm
Wed April 3, 2013

Summer 2013 Festivals

June 22- Beer, Brats and Bluegrass Festival featuring Screen Door Porch, Unstrung, Puddle Mountain Ramblers, and Smith Brothers Dirt Band. Evanston WY

June 28-30 Donkey Creek Festival featuring  Pickwick, The Slide Brothers, Jalan Crossland,  Screen Door Porch, Hot Club of Detroit, Sallie Ford and The Sound Outside, Big Swing Trio, Freddie Rodriquez and more. Gillette WY

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Arts
3:49 pm
Wed February 6, 2013

Elk Attack performed live on WPR’s Morning Music

Elk Attack performed live on WPR’s Morning Music

Best of Wyoming
12:36 pm
Mon February 4, 2013

Wyoming State Fair – Douglas

Wyoming Public Media captured the oral history of Wyoming’s families, farms and ranches during the 2012 Wyoming State Fair. WPM set up a booth giving away fans for the hot summer day and did a live broadcast with Grady Kirkpatrick’s Morning Music featuring an acoustic performance from Wyoming’s Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band.  WPM recorded Wyoming Oral Histories of fairgoers that stopped by to chat. Enjoy a few of these engaging stories on the link below…

State Fair Interviews

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Topic of the Week
8:57 am
Mon December 17, 2012

Vote for your Top 3 CD picks of 2012

Vote for your Top 3 CD picks of 2012. (Read More)

Arts
4:35 pm
Thu December 13, 2012

Vote for your Top 3 CD picks of 2012

Vote for your Top 3 CD picks of 2012. Vote below the list in COMMENT section. Please include your NAME, TOWN AND E-MAIL. We’ll add up listener picks and compile the Top 20 CD’s of 2012 to play back on Morning Music.  Our list of 2012 CD’s played this year is displayed below.  Thanks for listening and sending in your favorites of 2012.

Choose your Top 3  favorites of 2012. You may have heard something this year that is not on this list.  Write-ins are welcome. Entry deadline is 11:59pm on Dec 25th

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Station Activities
2:50 pm
Mon November 19, 2012

Happy Holidays and 2012 HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING

Dear Listeners—

As the year draws to an end, we think of all of you who help make Wyoming Public Media a true state treasure.  Thanks for being loyal listeners! 

We wish you a wonderful Holiday Season, and all the best for 2013!  

Christina Kuzmych

General Manager, Wyoming Public Media

2012 HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING

(programs subject to change)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from WYOMING PUBLIC RADIO

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Arts
8:25 am
Thu November 8, 2012

CHEYENNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - Broadcasts on Wyoming Public Media

Credit Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra

2012/2013 CHEYENNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Broadcasts on Wyoming Public Media

Join us Wednesday nights at 8:00 on Wyoming Public Radio and Classical Wyoming

Repeats the following Sunday afternoon at 4:00 on Classical Wyoming

November 14

Eastern European Idol” featuring Maestro William Intriligator and CSO’s concertmaster, Stacy Lesartre (la SART).  (recorded September 29th) 

December 5

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Arts
4:26 pm
Mon December 12, 2011

The Stagecoach Bar: An American Crossroads

Grady Kirkpatrick talked with film producer Jennifer Tennican about documenting the  historic watering hole in Wilson, Wyoming. Includes music from the soundtrack.

Arts
1:10 pm
Mon November 14, 2011

New Music for 2012

The year is starting off with a number of fine new music releases we're featuring on Morning Music

This One's For Him - A Tribute to Guy Clark  celebrating his  70th birthday.  Clark was born in Monahans, Texas on November 6, 1941.  

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Morning Music with Grady Kirkpatrick on Wyoming Public Radio

The program has a rich tradition providing listeners a contemporary mix with a variety of styles including singer/songwriters, folk, acoustic, rock, r&b, blues, world, and reggae.  New music is a big part of the mix as well as artists from Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain region.  You'll also hear live music/interview sessions. NPR news updates are provided at the top of the hour along with regional weather and the Events Calendar airs Wednesday through Friday at 11:04am.
Requests welcome via e-mail: onair@uwyo.edu or (307) 766-4255.