KALA Operations Manager
Baker takes pride in helping students tackle new and existing media, which prepares them for the competitive and ever-changing Communication career field. When not at KALA, he enjoys time with his family.
Tunes follow Baker at work and home because he is an avid listener of all kinds of music, especially from vinyl records. He's also been an amateur radio operator since 1980 and enjoys talking with people all over the world using this global technology.
Education and Training
- BA, St. Ambrose University, Communication
Awards
- The Semper Fidelis/Iowa Association of Colored Women's Clubs (IACWC) Excellence in Media & Communication Award, 2011
- Hola America Award, 2005
- The Doris Pierre Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award, from the Mississippi Valley Blues Society, 2005
Previous Work Experience
The former Leader (Dispatch-Argus) newspaper
WQAD-TV
KALA-FM - started as a student
1988 - Galvin Fine Arts Center, Marketing Director; Assistant Operations Manager, SAUtv
1993 - Operations Manager, KALA-FM
Freelance Work
Citadel Broadcasting
WBAP (Dallas, Ft. Worth)
The USA Network
WTBS
WLRZ Radio (now WBZG, LaSalle-Peru, Illinois)