After 35 years at the helm of this NPR station, our current manager Rick Stockdell will pass off the baton to Leigh Wood, who will take on the role beginning August 1.
Stockdell's tenure at KUAF began in 1980 when he was hired as a broadcasting professor and supervisor of a 10-watt student radio station. By 1985 he founded KUAF as an NPR station. He'll continue his role as a professor at the School of Journalism and Strategic Media after he steps down as station manager.
"The staff, our listeners and our supporters have all made KUAF one of the best public radio stations of our size in the country," Wood said. "I'm honored to be able to build on such a strong foundation."
Wood has an accumulative 8 years at KUAF working on membership and development, as well as experience raising funds for KUT 90.5 in Austin, Texas and for Heifer International in Little Rock.
Learn more in this University of Arkansas newswire release here.