KONK Network: On-Air Personalities


Guy deBoer
Station Owner/ News Director
"Key West News Hour" (Mon-Fri 9am)

Michael Shields
"Art Waves" (Mon-Fri 11am)
Michael operates Java Studios, promoting "Media and Community Development" projects. Founder of the Key West Film Society, serves on the Boards of Leadership Monroe, the Monroe County Library, the Florida Keys Arts Council, Key West Art in Public Places and is the Executive Director of Art Behind Bars. "ArtWaves" discusses the arts and the artists in the creative community, the painters, poets, writers, filmmakers, sculptors, singers, musicians, actors, policy makers, educators and advocates alike.

Michele Meck
"The Mecca Party Show" (Wed. 7pm)
Michele Meck is an artist, dancer, actress, writer and music enthusiast based out of Key West. Every Wednesday Michele (with the help of Jena Gibson) brings you an hour of great music with special guests including artist, musicians, performers and more.

Victoria Leigh
"Amazing Lives" (Thu 10am)
Victoria holds a doctorate in Education from Boston University where she worked as Coordinator of Grants and Contracts. Later, she founded Micro Training and Development Corporation and was a private pilot and board member for a Massachusetts airport. She and her husband Tim moved to Old Town, Key West in 1986, where she volunteers with the Historic Florida Keys Foundation and is a tutor with the Literacy Volunteers of America. She also served as a board member for Last Stand and is a graduate of the Key West Ambassadors Academy.

Stephanie Kaple
"Fashion Fridays" (Fri 3pm)
An Ohio native, with a degree in psychology and a Master's in counseling… no joke-she actually studied addiction. Stephanie has become known as The Island Shoe Girl.  While the Keys are her idea of heaven, imagine her finding all the angels are wearing flip-flops!  She quickly earned a reputation for wearing heels to every event; from beach parties to hurricane evacuations - there are no excuses for flat shoes! "Fashion Fridays" helps keep you in style and ready for the weekend!

Kelly Friend
"Bubba Girl Talk" (Thu 1pm)

Steph Wishearth
"Sessions on White Street" (Wed 3pm)
Steph is from New York City where he was a product of the original art rock scene in lower Manhattan which bred the likes of Sonic Youth, Laurie Anderson and The Talking Heads.  He hosts a show which makes you feel like you're a part of the music.  He is connected to the local music scene like no other, bringing his gift of finding the most fun in town for the best value.

...no longer active, encore shows run occasionally...

Erika Biddle
"The ECOcentric View"
Raised in Germany, she participated in the formation of the Green Party after witnessing the acid rain destruction of the Black Forrest and chemical eco-disaster of the Rhine River. In her extensive travels, she has experienced awe at the natural beauty of the earth and also outrage at the human disregard for its preservation. "The ECOcentric View" brings awareness to the environmental issues facing not just the Florida Keys, but globally, and highlights solutions and action.

Donna Shields, MS, RD, LD
"Natural Living"
The focus is on health and wellness topics, spanning from conventional to integrative medicine and provide lots of real world, practical advice for living a more natural, healthy life. Guests range from local practitioners to national health experts and as a registered dietitian, you can count on a lot of food-as-medicine topics. A long time Key West resident, cookbook author and nutrition spokesperson, has a private practice as an integrative nutrition therapist.

Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker
"Spirit Talk"
"Rev Randy"is minister to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Key West, and has been a provocative explorer of all types of spirituality and religion for over four decades.  Radio personality, newspaper columnist, and local Interfaith Alliance president, Rev Randy promises that you will never think of religion in the same way after participating in Spirit Talk.

Larry Smith and Jenna Stauffer
"Live From the Groove Lounge"
Hosts Larry Smith and Jenna Stauffer bring a new music/entertainment/variety show that airs live from the Groove Lounge in the Bottlecap Café at 1128 Simonton St. Regular guests include The Southernmost Shrink Dr. Fred Coven, The Armenian Comedian Ron Marainian, Songwriter Alex Okinczyc, The Improvables Comedy Troupe, and Key West locals Parker Redding, Joanie Sullivan, Petra Sobeck, Gina Masseratti, and Adare Fritz.

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