Background
Founded by Jacqueline Debets and Cliff Berkowitz, KHUM signed on January 7, 1996. Part of the station mandate is to "superserve" the local community in an entertaining way.
KHUM has won numerous national awards for production and programming, including an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award, an NAB Crystal Radio Award for public service, as well as several awards for commercial writing and production.
The station began webcasting in 1997, making it one of the early adopters of streaming radio. The webcast ceased in 2000 due to changes in stream law, but returned in 2005. The station began podcasting talk features and in-studio performances in 2007.
Patrick Cleary is the general manager. The program/music director is Mike Dronkers. The assistant program director is Larry Trask. Cliff Berkowitz is the operations manager.
Former airstaff include Kevin L. Hoover, Hank Sims, Lila Nelson, Michael Moore, Pam Long, Matt Brunner, and Gary Franklin who was not only the afternoon DJ and very first employee of KHUM, but also Host of the first regular Humboldt County Grateful Dead show, Franklin's Tower. The airstaff also included "Digital" Dan Lawrence, who lost part of his throat to cancer and used a computer voice simulator during his two radio programs.
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