Board and Programmers

Board Member

Arlene Sweeting
Station Manager

Arlene taught public school for 7 years in Manatee County and was a Candidate for the Florida State House of Representatives in 2000 and 2002, receiving the endorsement of the Sierra Club, the local Green Party, the Florida League of Conservation Voters, the Manatee Education Association, and the Florida Consumer Action Network.


Capt. Wayne Genthner

Earns his living as a charter fishing and Eco-touring boat proprietor. His business interests include promoting environmentally sustainable practices with an emphasis on regional water quality enhancements. Wayne has been intimately involved with radio from the age of two, when he first heard his dad on the air.


Ed Ericsson

Ed Ericsson started in radio in the mid 70s at the University of Florida.  He has worked on radio, television, and stage in Miami (his native city), Charleston, and Honolulu.  Ed has been an actor, voice over announcer, anchor, reporter, director, writer, and producer.  He taught Radio and Television production at State College of Florida and Hillsborough Community college.  Ed now says he is dabbling with retirement while serving his family.


Jason Boehk

Jason has a B.A. in History from Brown University (1991). His professional experience includes energy conservation auditing, environmental media production, and political campaign management.  A volunteer environmental health advocate, Boehk founded the Florida Alliance for Safe Foods, a grassroots advocacy organization that educates consumers on the hazards of genetically engineered foods.


Julie Morris
Chairperson

Julie Morris is the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at New College of Florida. She divides her time between general academic administration and work at the New College’s Environmental Studies Program, where she has coordinated and directed programs since 1981. Julie lives within walking distance of WSLR, and has been active in local community councils and advisory boards since the late 1970’s. She is married to Jono Miller, and they have a college-aged son, Corley.


Michele Demperio
Vice Chair

Michele Demperio is originally from Savannah, Georgia where she earned a Communications degree from Atlantic University. Michele’s focus has been on event production and coordination.  Michele and her husband (Lumpy Tunes programmer Rob Demperio) came to Sarasota in 1996 and since then she has used her event production skills on behalf of many local non-profit organizations, including the Ringling Museum of Art Children’s festival, E-fest, and the Alta Vista Neighborhood Association.


Tom Walker
Secretary

Tom grew up in Durham, NC, graduated from Duke University, and since 1965 has been a computer professional.

DJ
Adam Obando
Al Burton
Aleksandr 'Sasha' Gleyzer
Andrea Graddis
Andrew Ivan

Arlen Bensen & Hal Harmon
Co-hosts

See the "about" page at Arlen's blog, "Libraries, Balance, Creating and Zen," (www.abensen.wordpress.com/) for biographical background data, or check out either Hal's or Arlen's public profile on LinkedIn. We're both Information Professionals serving our neighbors by working for the Sarasota County Government. We're excited to offer Have You Heard on a volunteer basis outside of our job duties in order to discuss and promote reading, libraries, culture and community.

Beth "The Velvet" Hammer
Bill Ewell

Bill Stoner
Host of The Breakfast Bar Fridays 7 - 9 AM on WSLR

In the world of broadcasting I've  been called "one of those" and yes, I suppose it's true.   But how it came to be is quite understandable.  I grew up in the near cultural wilderness (back then) of South Dakota.  I stretched the limits of my radio usually late at night to pick up far-away stations (Chicago, Oklahoma City, Little Rock, Arkansas) to bring some rock and roll in to my life.   Some nights it didn't work, nothing came in.  I started to pester the local station to play some rock in the evening hours, after the old folks went to bed.

Bob Connors
Bryan Osgood
Carmela Pedicini
Cheryl Kindred
Chris Lambert
Daddeo
Danny C., Nay Nassar, Soul Man Jan
Dave Pedersen
Dave Wertman
David Beaton
DJ Cellus

DJ Magnus
Resident DJ / Radio Programmer

Ignite Dance Sessions a weekly Radio Show, every Thursday 11pm to 1am at WSLR 96.5 LPFM Magnus Johanson aka DJ Magnus has been the Resident DJ and Radio Programmer since 2009 at WSLR 96.5 LPFM Radio Station running his Ignite Dance Sessions, which is an Electronic Radio Show featuring top quality House music of all styles plus Nu Skool Breaks, Hard Dance & 70's / 80's Disco music!! In addition, Magnus promotes and invites to showcase talented local and international DJ's / Artists to appear on his I.D.S Radio Show.

Don Thompson
Dr. Nik
Dream
Ed Midler
Eve Plews
Francis Scherer
Frankie Piniero
Gary Inganamort
Gary O.
George Worthmore
Gerald Green
Haile Burke
Hawaii Bob
Hernando Gomez
Jackson Lochead
Jacquie Fockler
Jake Loomis
James Hawkins
James Hawkins and Ishmael Katz

HOWDY,

 

    Hey campers I hope all is well with you folks.  It looks like the tear is the year is well underway and the acoustic scene is still alive and growing here is Sarasota.  If you want to support acoustic music stop by the StarKeeper Cafe, Pastry Arts or The Sarasota Vineyards just to name a few. Check out the papers and come on out.

Jennifer Walker
Jill Hoffman-Kowal
Joe Hendricks
Joe Jacco
Joel Jaffe
Johannes Werner
John Haupt
John Lambie
John Osgood
John Welch
Kathryn Dow
Kay Saffe

Larry Knudsen
Program Host/Producer

Larry is a tribal member of the Ho Chunk Nation, Black River Falls, Wisconsin and currently serves as President/CEO of Two Buffalo LED Lighting Solutions.


Laura Gilkey

Laura Gilkey has birthed two healthy ten pound babies at home in Sarasota, Florida, with the support of her family and her husband Michael and guided by the expert gentle care of Licensed Midwives. She serves on the Executive Board of Directors for the Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County and is the marketing director for Ina May Gaskin’s Safe Motherhood Quilt Project, intended to raise awareness about American maternal mortality.

Luke Rosebaro
Marco Ciceron

Mark Binder

Mark is one of the original programmers here at WSLR. He is also the "de facto" archivist for most of the live music events of WSLR, recording and archiving them in the studio so that programmers might feature portions of them on other shows.

Mark Zampella
Marty Fugate
Matt Dakan and Jamiel Livingston
Matt Rothschild
Midnightte
Mike Finly
Mr. Bill
Mr. Boombastic
Mush Doctor
Nay Nassar
Nisey Carbone
Normen Schindowski
P-Man
Pablo Brescia
Pam Marwede

I work as a freelance designer and painter.

 

Perette Cannady
Radio Dave

Rich LaPenna
Rich LaPenna host of "aerial Boundries" the all inclusive guitar music show

originally from the borough of Conshohocken, www.conshohockenpa.org/  a one square mile town just minutes away from Philadelphia, Pa. Moved to Florida 1977 after a four year run in the USN.


Rob Demperio aka The Head Lump
 
 
Ron Smith
Russ Yodice
Ryan Stanley
Sal "White Horse" Serbin
Stella
Steve Lemke
Steve McAllister
Steve Norris
Sven
Ted
The Rabows
Tom Darby
Tracy Hostetler
Vinny Cannizzaro
Staff
Matt Cutler
Tyler Whitson