Grady Kirkpatrick
Program Director and Wyoming Sounds HostGrady has taken a circuitous route from his hometown of Kansas City to Wyoming. Sometime after the London Bridge had fallen down, he moved to Arizona and attended Arizona State University and actually graduated from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. ("He's a Lumberjack and he's OK……..!") He began his radio career in Prescott in 1982 and eventually returned to Kansas City where he continued in radio through the summer of 1991. Public Radio and the Commonwealth of Kentucky beckoned him to the bluegrass state where he worked as Operations/Program Manager at WKMS in Murray and WNKU in Highland Heights just across the Ohio from Cincinnati.
After 16 great years in Kentucky, Grady & Cheryl packed the family (2 kids, 2 cats, and a dog) and headed for Wyoming in the middle of winter to hire on as Music Director for Wyoming Public Media. He hosted Morning Music and now Wyoming Sounds and was also hired as Program Director. Besides radio, Grady has worked in construction and likes to play outdoors (camp, fish, bike, hike, ski, golf). He loves music, of course, traveling, stargazing and American history.
Email: wkirkpa1@uwyo.edu
Phone: 307-766-6624
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Musician Jared Rogerson from Pinedale has created a song about substance abuse.
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Through an ARPA - Wyoming Arts Council grant, a music therapist led songwriting workshops with healthcare workers at the Jackson hospital to address work related stress and burnout due to the pandemic. Four groups of health care workers shared stories and processed work-related trauma to write songs about their experiences. Four songs were officially released.
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Laramie seven-piece band Ten Cent Stranger played Wyoming Public Media
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You can vote for your favorite songs of 2022. Pick your top songs along with your favorite albums from Wyoming musicians.
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Grady Kirkpatrick talked with Americana Singer/Songwriter Michael Martin Murphey ahead of the 30th Anniversary of his Cowboy Christmas Tour.
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Laramie native and MOJA producer Carl Gustafson on Wyoming Sounds.Grady Kirkpatrick talks with project producer Carl Gustafson from Laramie about MOJA: A Music Saga. It's the story of African-influenced music through seven generations.
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Wyoming Public Media News Director Bob Beck sat in with Grady Kirkpatrick as guest DJ with stories of his early days in radio while spinning some of his favorite tunes on Wyoming Sounds Wednesday, October 5th.
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Steve Davis, winner of the 2022 Wyoming Singer-Songwriter competition, played a studio session with Grady Kirkpatrick on September 30, 2022.