Life Behind the Microphone
February 20, 2007
Classic 102 - 4:00-5:30 pm

What is it like to work behind the microphone in radio today? What does it take to find success in the broadcast industry? Our panel of experts will provide practical insights into these questions and more. This program is free and open to the public.

Format: Each speaker will give an approximately 20 minute introduction followed by a panel-like question and answer session.

Featured Speakers:


Julie Kredens

A Chicago native (and Cubs fan by birth), Julie Kredens did most of her growing up in Louisville. A Western Kentucky University graduate (with a degree in theatre and history), she began her radio career more than ten years ago, first on the

WQMF morning show, Uncle Ron's Asylum, then as a news reporter for WHAS radio. Julie also spent time as editorial assistant for a newsletter on journalism ethics.

Julie left broadcasting for a period of years to work in public relations. But finding the radio bug hard to shake, she did occasional work for the old WFPK program ArtScene. Julie's second foray into Louisville radio came in September 1998, when she once again joined WQMF's Rocky and Troy morning show.

She began working part-time as a researcher for WFPL's State of Affairs, finally joining the PRP staff full-time in May 2000 as local host for Morning Edition. Julie now hosts State of Affairs.



Denton Randall

Denton Randall is a 40-year veteran of music and talk radio. Originally from Los Angeles, his career began as a "Top 40" disc jockey on a small station in North Carolina. He later helped to pioneer the so-called "Underground FM" revolution on such legendary stations as KPPC, Los Angeles, KMYR, Denver and WEBN, Cincinnati.

He served as Program Director at KLOL, Houston and KCFX, Kansas City, the first "Classic Rock" station in the country. He returned to the airwaves at WQMF, Louisville, but left music radio for News/Talk radio because "If I played 'Stairway to Heaven' one more time, I was going to take my own life!"

His talk radio career began as host of a morning news/talk show on WWKY, Louisville. In the mid-90's he joined the WHAS, Louisville news department. In 2000, he left full-time radio to the join the staff of Louisville's Dare to Care Food Bank, where he currently serves as Director of Community Relations. He has since hosted a Sunday afternoon talk program, "Denton Randall Radio Sundae, " and also does fill-ins and vacation relief on WHAS. He enjoys blues guitar, magic, and golf, and agrees with Bruce Springsteen's assertion that "It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive."

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