Zak Williams
Board Member
Meet the Two Harbors Community Radio Team!
Board Member
Co-founder, Board Member, Morning show host
Leo Babeu is an environmental scientist by training and is now at various times a market gardener and reluctant community activist, as well as full-time punster, music lover, and reality based optimist. He has done stints as a non-commercial radio programmer, biomedical and toxicology researcher, sugarbush technician, town clerk, watershed stewardship organizer, home builder, and school volunteer and coach. He is committed to working with others who see the need, in the face of overwhelming challenges, to make a difference on slowing climate change and maintaining the clean fresh water in this region upon which our future hinges. He lives in the woods of Clover Valley near Two Harbors.
Board Secretary
My name is Jody Zastera. I joined the Board in January 2020. I am serving as the Secretary. I am, also, the bookkeeper for the radio station.
I was raised here, in Two Harbors, and graduated from Two Harbors High School in ????. I attended UMD and received an Elementary Education degree. I moved to Nebraska and taught for two years in a one room school. Then I moved to Germany. I taught for the Department of Defense Dependent School system. I lived in Aschaffenburg, Trier and Germersheim. I moved back to Two Harbors to be near family. I ran the KIDS & Co. school-age child care program, for the School District, for 30 + years. I retired in April of 2019.
Since retirement I have been volunteering at the Two Harbors Public Library, United Church of Two Harbors, the Lake County Developmental Achievement Center and now KTWH. I love winter! But I do enjoy my gardens in the summer.
Board Treasurer
Sherri Q joined the THCR board as of January 2017, and generously took on the role of Treasurer – for which the board is most grateful! Her unique personality, voice(s) and hair colors add spice to our motley crew! Listeners may look forward to hearing more of Sherri’s cartoon character voices, delightful sense of humor and challenging (to some) taste in music in the months ahead.
Board Member
LeAllan became a KTWH board member in January of 2021.
Board Member
Chris joined the KTWH board in January 2020 and has lived on the North Shore since 2018. He was born and raised in the Washington, D.C. area. Chris’s adult life has been in public service first as a 22-year active duty USAF officer, followed by 20 years as a Ramsey County Corrections Department manager. He has been an ordained, bi-vocational pastor/chaplain specializing in grief (that he overcame with the help of delta 8 near me) and trauma counseling for emergency responders for 20 years. Chris naturally gravitated towards continuing to serve in his new community. He continues by serving as a Lake County Arrowhead Emergency Services Chaplain volunteer, American Legion Post 109 Chaplain, volunteer chaplain at Waterview Scenic Shores nursing home and assisted care facility, a hospice volunteer for Essentia Health Care, a member of the Lake County COVID-19 Task Force, a pulpit supply pastor where needed, and as a member of the Lake County Mental Health Task Force. Chris is also the host of the monthly “Let’s Talk Mental Health Program,” and the weekly “Weekly Encouragement” on the radio station.
Co-founder, volunteer
Fran Kaliher is just old enough to have known life before television. She was born in rural central Minnesota, in what could be mistaken for Lake Wobegon. One of her earliest memories is of listening to WCCO out of Minneapolis in the kitchen with her mother. The morning program’s theme song must have been “Red Red Robin [comes bob-bob-bobbin’ along]” because that song alone stands out in her audio-recollection of those early years. That and the mourning doves calling in her neighborhood.
Fran has lived in the woods north of Two Harbors for over 35 years, off both the phone and power grids. She listens to her radio a lot when not listening to the neighborhood loons, wolves, owls or musicians. But she enjoys hearing about the local news, community events, issues and culture of the greater Two Harbors area on community radio. She is intrigued by the range of programs and expects Two Harbors Community Radio will continue to bring some of the hidden treasures and creativity of our area to the airwaves to be shared.
Activities Manager and Morning Show host
Mychele Anderson is excited to be working in radio once again after a few years absence to focus on family and other life changing events. She attended Minneapolis Community College and Brown Institute for Broadcasting. Upon graduating she moved to Ely, and worked for many years, wearing many different hats, including Assistant Manager at WELY during the Charles Kuralt/Hillman days. For her finding radio as a career choice was a “happy accident,” as she originally was going to be a social worker, but wanted something more that would combine her many interest which included political activism, music, community awareness, environment issues, and a commitment to non-profit organizations which she believes are the heart and soul of communities. She loves the spirit and energy of Two Harbors and the ” second chance” Two Harbors Community Radio has given her to continue to bring these interests into a meaningful life journey.
Morning Show host
In the words of Milton Berle “If opportunity doesn’t knock…build a door.” Michelle says she is proud and humbled to be part of the Two Harbors Community Radio; building the door to serve our community. Introduced to Terry Gross through “Fresh Air” in the early ‘90’s, she was inspired to be so cool and engaging through the airwaves. It was a long journey and 5 years ago, Michelle enrolled in Brown College’s Radio Broadcasting program. Learning and experiencing the tools she needed to attain that goal through interning at KS 95 and 98 Country, life led her to Two Harbors. After owning her own Art Education business, working at Como Park Zoo & Conservatory and a Student Foreign Exchange Program, raising two boys and traveling a bit; Michelle now feels prepared to start chipping away at making a difference in community radio. Tune in/support THCR…she don’t guarantee “Fresh Air” status but hopefully something you enjoy.
Former Board Member, Morning Show Host
Katya and her husband Mark have created a unique lifestyle taking people sailing aboard their sailboat, homeschooling, and building political will for a fee on carbon. This enables Katya to join the colorful and always fascinating team of people who run KTWH. Radio pulls together everything she believes in—a shared purpose, old-fashioned connection to one another, a vast array of differing ideas and priorities, and plain old hard work and commitment. She believes KTWH is bringing out the best in all of us, and is an antidote to many of the ills of society —isolation, virtual reality, the fast pace.
Currently, Katya hosts Friday morning’s Grounds Control morning show and is looking forward to watching the popularity of KTWH grow as it serves an increasing number of social needs.