Kate Hutchens
On-Air HostKate Hutchens has been a host, reporter, producer, and general "doer of things" at KMUW since 2007.
She first joined KMUW as a news intern after studying writing and journalism at Southwestern College. After learning to report breaking news at KFDI, she landed at KMUW as operations assistant and local host of NPR’s All Things Considered. In 2009, Kate moved to Portland, Oregon, where she worked as Oregon Public Broadcasting's radio operations coordinator. Her favorite moments at OPB include giving Dr. Lonnie Smith directions to a "diner with great breakfast,” being a background extra during a Rick Steves TV taping and yarn-bombing the radio interview room with fellow knitters. She jumped at the chance to work with her friends at KMUW again as Morning Edition host, which she did until March 2017.
When Kate hosted her first shift at KSWC "The Jinx" in 2001, she was almost too afraid to open up the microphone (that’s radio jargon for turning the mic on). Since then, Kate has hosted every air shift on KMUW, and she enjoys slicing and dicing audio to make promos, music beds, and everything in-between. When she's not at the station, you can find her drinking coffee with her husband or playing at the splash park with her son, Artie.
Kate can be reached by email at hutchens@kmuw.org.
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