Talk On The Rock Archives

Talk on the Rock: KSTK’s General Manager Cindy Sweat on what the rescissions package looks like for public media

by Colette Czarnecki | Jul 8, 2025 | Talk On The Rock | 0

Episode 59: Public media is facing a threat these days, as the House passed a rescissions package on June 12. It would eliminate $1.1 billion in approved funding for public media. That funding would normally go to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps fund many public media outlets, including ours here at KSTK. The station’s General Manager Cindy Sweat spoke with News Director Colette Czarnecki to give more of an idea of what defunding public media looks like and what it might mean for our rural communities.

Talk on the Rock: Mike Hoyt and Tony Harding on carving totem poles for the upcoming totem pole raising

by Colette Czarnecki | Jul 2, 2025 | Talk On The Rock | 0

Episode 58: The first totem pole raising event since 38 years ago will happen this month, July 18-20. Many people are traveling to Wrangell for the celebration, leaving little vacancy in the island’s lodging. Over the past year, the Wrangell Cooperative Association has brought in master carvers to help teach apprentice carvers. Two of them, Tony Harding and Mike Hoyt, who is also WCA’s totem pole project manager chatted with KSTK’s Colette Czarnecki on their carving experience, the history of totems on Wrangell and what to expect during the event.

Talk On The Rock: Solvay Gillen, Director of the Wrangell Sr. Center

by kstkadmin | Jun 10, 2025 | Talk On The Rock | 0

Episode 57: Solvay Gillen and her young assistant stopped by KSTK to talk about all of the...

Talk on the Rock: Krizz Kaliko on mental health and music

by Colette Czarnecki | May 20, 2025 | Talk On The Rock | 0

Episode 56: Latoya Adams first stopped in KSTK to talk about and introduce Kansas City’s hip-hop and country artist Krizz Kaliko. He’s putting on three keynote events with the Wrangell Cooperative Association’s Bouncing Back program in relation to mental health and the 2023 landslide that devastated the community. He also briefly chatted about his transition from hip-hop to country music and what that’s been like for him.

Talk on the Rock: Captain Chase Tomberlin-Green on The Salvation Army’s summer plans

by Colette Czarnecki | May 14, 2025 | Talk On The Rock | 0

Episode 55: The Salvation Army’s Captain Chase Tomberlin-Green chatted with KSTK’s Colette Czarnecki on what’s going on this summer for the organization. This includes a guided painting event to help raise funds for the Bible Bowl competition. They will also host summer camp for Wrangell teenagers to attend at King’s Lake Camp in Wasilla this summer.