People

April was born and raised in Salt Lake City and came to Utah State as a college freshman in fall of 2008. Now a  graduate with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, April manages the website as well as the social aspect of UPR, sharing news...

Bryan Earl has been with UPR since 1993. He graduated from Utah State University with a degree in Journalism and completed an internship at KOIN-TV in Portland, Oregon, before coming to UPR full-time.  When not in his garden, Bryan loves to...

When his dad said “Don’t play with that old radio, you’re going to get shocked”, 10-year-old Friend Weller was certainly looking out for his own best interests. What was at the time an elementary-school-aged hobby soon turned into a life-long...

At the age of fourteen Kerry began working as a reporter for KVEL “The Hot One” in Vernal, Utah.  Her radio news interests led her to Logan where she became news director for KBLQ while attending Utah State University.  She graduated USU with a...

Matt started at UPR in 2007 as a student announcer for the Sunday evening shift. A year later he graduated from Utah State University with a degree in broadcast journalism. He spent five years at The Herald Journal covering crime, courts and...

Nora is an Illinois native who has made Utah home since 1981 and has been an important part of UPR since 1998. She is a big NPR fan and having the opportunity to host StoryCorp for UPR is one of her most special memories. Nora has a master's...

Shalayne Smith Needham has worked at Utah Public Radio since 2000 as producer of Access Utah.  She graduated from Utah State University in 1997 with a BA in Sociology, emphasis on Criminology.  A Logan native, she grew up with an appreciation...

Tam started out as an announcer at KUSU in 1985. She helped with the fund drives a couple of times after that and eventually was hired on full-time as the station's super important administrative assistant.

Teri has been an employee of USU since 2005, working first in the business school and coming to Utah Public Radio when the perfect position became available. She has worked as a professional in media, advertising and hospitality. She is a...

Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996.  He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts.)  He grew up in a family...