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Jill Riley (MPR)
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Jill Riley is an American
disc jockey
for 89.3 The Current
in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. She previously worked for KVSC
-FM, the Saint Cloud State University college and community radio station. While she attended SCSU, she was KVSC's production director and assistant news director.
Up until 2006, Riley was mainly the graveyard shift
D.J. for The Current. Later she had more mainstream timeslots, although she was often on the air past midnight. Since MPR
's The Morning Show ended in December 2008, Riley has co-hosted weekday mornings with Steve Seel
from 6am to 10am.
Riley also competes on the Minnesota RollerGirls
' Garda Belts team under the name Savage Animal.
United States
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disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
for 89.3 The Current
KCMP
-WCAL:The station began with physics experiments in 1918 when five students and a professor built a small radio transmitter at St. Olaf College. Using a wire antenna strung between the campus chapel and the college's "Old Main" , signals from these experiments were picked up as far away as New...
in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. She previously worked for KVSC
KVSC
KVSC 88.1 FM in Saint Cloud, Minnesota is part of Minnesota's Independent Public Radio network. It is operated by St. Cloud State University and broadcasts a freeform radio format...
-FM, the Saint Cloud State University college and community radio station. While she attended SCSU, she was KVSC's production director and assistant news director.
Up until 2006, Riley was mainly the graveyard shift
Graveyard shift
A graveyard shift means a shift of work running through the early hours of the morning, especially one from midnight until 8 am. See shift work.Graveyard shift may also refer to:In movies, television, and video games:...
D.J. for The Current. Later she had more mainstream timeslots, although she was often on the air past midnight. Since MPR
Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio , is the flagship National Public Radio member network for the state of Minnesota. With its three services, News & Information, Classical Music and The Current, MPR operates a 42-station regional radio network in the upper Midwest serving over 8 million people...
's The Morning Show ended in December 2008, Riley has co-hosted weekday mornings with Steve Seel
Steve Seel
Steve Seel is an American disc jockey for 89.3 The Current in the Twin Cities, Minnesota.Seel began his radio career at WUSF in Tampa, FL as a classical music host before moving to WNED-FM in Buffalo, NY where he hosted weekday afternoons and also created the experimental music program Present Tense...
from 6am to 10am.
Riley also competes on the Minnesota RollerGirls
Minnesota RollerGirls
Minnesota RollerGirls is an all-women amateur flat-track roller derby league based in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area of the U.S. state of Minnesota...
' Garda Belts team under the name Savage Animal.