Jerrod Knight
General ManagerJerrod Knight (TAMUC '05) joined 88.9 KETR in December 2008 as Director of Programming and was named General Manager in 2010.
Knight oversees station programming, news and sports operations, individual and corporate development efforts, business and budget planning and execution, and technical operations. In addition to being the station's webmaster, he is also a regular on-air and online news and opinion contributor, and serves as executive producer of the station's various local program offerings.
Knight also manages the relationships between KETR and external organizations like NPR, American Public Media, the FCC, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, among others.
Before 88.9 KETR, Knight's broadcast career included Susquehanna-Pfaltzgraff (now Cumulus,) Omni Communications, Inc., and LKCM Radio Group.
Knight served seven terms as the Non-commercial Director on the Board of Directors of the Texas Association of Broadcasters, elected by his noncommercial broadcast peers in Texas. A member of the Commerce Rotary Club from 2010 until late 2018, Knight was named Rotarian of the Year in 2012 and served as club president for the 2015-2016 Rotary year. He sat on the university's 2020 Strategic Planning Task Force (2014-2015) and later served on the A&M-Commerce Strategic Plan Assessment Committee until 2019. Knight has also previously led and contributed to teams in radio broadcasting that have won numerous awards in newscasting, production, and web design from the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters and the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters, and an NAB Marconi Award for Country Station of the Year (KPLX, 2003.)
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Julie Dove (Days of our Lives, The Office) remembers a murder that took place in her youth as a citizen of Princeton, Texas. Her exploration of that story has been nominated for a Webby award. -
KETR's Spring 2025 Pledge Drive runs through April 7th. Join us as we secure the future of local journalism and public media today! Your support during our Spring 2025 Pledge Drive will help us continue to deliver the high-quality content you rely on. Every donation, big or small, makes an impact. -
Texas State Senator Bryan Hughes and State Representative Cole Hefner ask the Public Utility Commission to look into Undine, LLC, regarding water usage and billing practices. -
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents approved changing the name of Texas A&M University-Commerce to East Texas A&M University at its Nov. 7 regular meeting. -
The worship building of the Royce City Methodist Church at 305 North Josephine Street in Royse City was found billowing smoke at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. -
88.9 KETR’s “Silent Drive” isn’t really silent - we’re just looking to do our year-end fundraising without significant interruption to the news and programs you love. This effort runs now through December 15th. -
Effective immediately, operation of the joint Community Recycle Center located on the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus has ceased. -
The station's terrestrial broadcast is scheduled to be interrupted on Thursday, May 11. -
On April 16, the second annual Texas Broadcast News Awards recognized the Texas television and radio broadcast stations that produced the top news content in 2022. -
Recently, KETR's Matt Meinke was recognized by the Staff Council at Texas A&M University-Commerce for 25 years of dedicated service to the institution, and in each of those years he's been part of 88.9 KETR's team. Also recognized for two decades of service this year was KETR's Operations Manager Kevin Jefferies.
