Please join WXPR in extending best wishes to Ken Krall, who is retiring today. Ken has served as WXPR News Director since 2000 and previously as Operations Manager and Morning Edition host from 1987-1995.
A 1976 graduate of UW-Stevens Point, Ken’s career included a variety of roles in radio including sports play-by-play, sales, Program Director along with an extensive background in news. Ken has also worked as an assignment editor in a TV newsroom and as a city reporter for a local newspaper.
In 2018, Ken was chosen to receive the Wisconsin Public Health Association's 2018 Excellence in Public Health Media Award for his work covering public health in northern Wisconsin.
In 1989 Ken brought back the WXPR Saturday morning polka show and in his retirement he will continue as a Polka host.
WXPR asked friends, colleagues and volunteers to send their wishes for a happy retirement.
