Grady Kirkpatrick
Program Director and Wyoming Sounds HostGrady 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 hire on as Music Director for Wyoming Public Media. He hosted Morning Music and now Wyoming Sounds and was also hired as Program Director. Besides radio, Grady has worked in construction and likes to play outdoors (camp, fish, bike, hike, ski, golf). He loves music, of course, traveling, stargazing and American history.
Email: wkirkpa1@uwyo.edu
Phone: 307-766-6624
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Open Spaces show rundown for August 29, 2025 -
Mark Jenkins was born and raised in Laramie. A world-renowned explorer, acclaimed author and international journalist, Jenkins has covered the globe for a number of publications, including National Geographic. He’s also the host of the Wyoming Public Media podcast Going to Extremes: Stories of Adventure. WPM’s Program Director Grady Kirkpatrick spoke with Jenkins, starting with what led him into exploration and travel. -
This year’s fair celebrates 120 years of tradition and kicks off the national countdown to America’s 250th birthday in 2026. -
Open Spaces show rundown for August 8, 2025 -
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Wyoming Sounds with The Dauphin of Mississippi -
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