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Gavin Hunt is a KDLL summer 2023 news intern

Sage Smiley is KYUK's news director.

Bud Johnson began his foray into radio as a volunteer for a small community radio station in a remote Alaska village on the Yukon River. He was asked to host a four-hour jazz show, but after discovering a treasure trove of contemporary folk music in the station library, he decided to devote the first hour to his new passion and called it Acoustic Accents.

A huge part of music, although obvious, is listening. Really listening. Music isn’t just a commodity or surface-level entertainment. It is history, vast arrays of human expression, and the source of many people’s livelihoods. With that, I do see myself as a crate digger, whether physical or digital. I love the niche and the popular. I love the old and the new. I love to share music, curate playlists and relate music to how others and I feel.

Prior to joining KDLL's news team in May 2024, O'Hara spent nearly four years reporting for the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai. Before that, she was a freelance reporter for The New York Times, a statehouse reporter for the Columbia Missourian and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. You can reach her at aohara@kdll.org