Phil Wilke
General ManagerPhil Wilke has been General Manager of North State Public Radio since the summer of 2018. After a career in daily newspapers, he started with Kansas Public Radio in fundraising and underwriting sales. He moved to KRWG Public Media, a joint NPR/PBS licensee, in Las Cruces, N.M., as Development Director, before taking the NSPR job.
He is quickly and joyfully adapting to the climate and pace of Northern California. He also enjoys movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood and Formula 1 racing. Although Phil loves was he’s doing now, his dream job is to be starting catcher for the New York Mets.
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The North State Public Radio signal in Redding, at 88.9 FM, is off air because a lightning strike at the antennae site atop Shasta Bally knocked out electronic equipment in the building housing its transmitter. -
So that we can give listeners more access to popular NPR shows, NSPR is announcing a few schedule changes effective Monday, June 27.
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In today’s show, we’ll hear from a couple who lost everything in the Bear Fire. We’ll also hear from the head of the North Valley Community Foundation…
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You'd be forgiven this week for having a sense of horrible déjà vu. Orange skies. Smoke. Fire. Evacuations. We’ll hear about major losses in Berry Creek…
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In today’s show, Butte County warns that a spike in COVID-19 infections will keep getting worse unless the community commits to social distancing and face…
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Today we're hearing from Shasta County, where the first COVID-19 case was discovered in the North State. Despite a recent uptick in cases, Shasta County,…
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This week we’re taking a closer look at COVID-19 outbreaks in a North State jail and prison. We'll hear from Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea and from an…
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This week we’ll be breaking down the North State’s case numbers for you, we’ll hear from Butte County’s public health director about the county being…
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Today we’re hearing about videos recently released by the Justice For Desmond Phillips team that bring up questions regarding conflicting accounts from…
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Today we’ll hear from Congressman Doug LaMalfa about a scathing letter signed and sent to California Governor Gavin Newsom by local republican lawmakers…
