KHNS – On Air Talent

I’m training my cat to snowshoe . She hates getting her paws cold. I love new, old, traditional, alt, & bluegrass, but especially jam band country music.

Burl came to Haines from Skagway in 1993, but is originally from Coos Bay, Oregon. He and his wife, Nancy Berland, enjoy playing music in Extended Play, Haines’ Swingy, Country Blues Band. Grateful!

From a young age Caroline was reaching for the good vinyl. Once she was a little older she was constantly making her friends mixed CD’s containing her favorite music. Now she’s living in Haines and stoked to share music on KHNS with occasional shows!

Trainwreck plays loud music, late Saturday nights with his friends. It is a little known fact that Trainwreck is a very talented and handsome man. He could probably make a living being professionally talented and handsome, but he would much rather stay in Skagway and do radio. True story.

Bringing the goods from the woods since 2006. It is an honor and a sincere pleasure to educate and entertain the listeners of KHNS. Thanks for listening!

In 1987 I started hosting Swing Shift on Monday nights, which is now All That’s Jazz. I love all kinds of music and KHNS in particular, the best radio station in the Universe!

Heather Lende has been volunteering at KHNS since 1984 when she walked into the studios with a baby in a backpack and asked if there was anything she could do. Now she hosts Back Country, sometimes with a granddaughter that keeps her hip, or tries to.

Back in the days of packing water and running a generator for power out at 39 mile, the times when we received a signal from KHNS was like having an “ear to the world”…it seemed like magic really. Catch Jeff spinning the Good Vibes, every other Sunday in the summer.

Joanie Wagner has been a volunteer DJ since 1997. Spinning music that she likes on Soundwaves Thursday mornings. Go on out and make it a great day!

Joe the Thursday night Blues/Soul/Funk flinger of funk bringer of bass guru of groove ripping rhapsodic rhythms and simultaneously slipping sultry synesthetic syllogisms of fabulously flipped out funkadelic fretboards and bodacious badass basslines

Since arriving in Haines in ’91 and Skagway in ’96, the land and the communities of the Upper Lynn Canal have been his home and passion. Mark has hosted the Flashbacks and Freshtracks, Blues/Soul/Funk, and Soundwaves shows playing everything from funk to punk.

I think I was born with the radio on! My first one was an old Philco, made of that bakelite plastic that came out in the 50’s. It got dropped and cracked and you could see the tubes inside when it lit up! I was hooked! Went to work at KHNS when it first signed on the air. The tubes are gone, along with the bakelite, but the songs live on! Been playing country music ever since. Keep yer powder dry!

I’ve been hosting shows on KHNS since 1998. I love music and giving back to my community which, to me, is all of the Upper Lynn Canal. I believe that to make this world a better place, we should touch those around us in a positive way…what better way than music!

Russ hosts Soundwaves on Tuesday mornings and other shows as needed. He’s a longtime fan of locally produced radio, and any good music that’s a little quirky, regardless of the genre.

Susie first joined the KHNS family of volunteers as DJ for the “Many Rivers” show.  Her journey in Haines brought her to marriage and motherhood, and Backcountry was an available slot, more conducive to family life.  A lover of music of all kinds, it is a true joy to share all the awesome music this genre has to offer.

I like to blend a mix of vinyl, CDs and I use Spotify as well. I host any of the daytime shows and typically with no playlist or agenda in place. I go by “Tsirku Sarah”, “Roarkabilly”, and my real name, depending on my mood and what show I am hosting. I never know what I’m going to play and so my shows are usually all over the place. I really enjoy spinning tunes for our listeners!

Calling Alaska home since 1993, Sandra Weiss has been enjoying her retirement as a volunteer deejay at KHNS since 2018. You can catch her on occasional Flashbacks & Fresh Tracks, Lynn Canal Weekend, and All That’s Jazz shows!

Tim Shields is a wildlife biologist and summer presence on KHNS. He loves good segues and long sets journeying between classical, classical rock, jazz, novelty and strange new music of all types. He thinks KHNS is the best radio station in the world and listens while in exile from Haines.

A transplant from Santa Clara CA, Tom came to Haines to escape the inevitable social disease.  He has been volunteering on KHNS since the early formative years doing Good Vibes and the Big Band Show.  Now he’s pockmarked into co-hosting Good Vibes and The Folk Show during times of seasonal darkness.

Jasper’s a nice enough guy, but he’s been way overthinking this bio, so let’s stick to the basics. He REALLY likes music (especially hip-hop and electronic), and he REALLY likes playing it on Friday and Saturday nights, which he’s been doing since 2016. He also makes a mean grilled cheese.