John E Krauss
General Manager

On January 6, 1969 when WRVO first went on the air, John Krauss was the first person heard on 89.9. During his 38 year tenure, John has filled just about every job at the station. Since 1997 he has been WRVO's General Manager and has led the WRVO team to great heights - The WRVO Station's enjoy the broadest listener support and largest audience ever. John was instrumental in expanding our facilities in Utica, Watertown and is working on future expansion opportunities.

John spends his spare time playing with trains of all sizes, from full size to very small. John enjoys reading, roaming and radio. He holds amateur call sign W2RVO and is know to listeners as the long time host of The WRVO Playhouse.
E-mail John at gm<at>wrvo.fm

Pam Cantine
AGM for Business

A graduate of SUNY Oswego, with a degree in Broadcasting, Pam joined WRVO in 1996. She is responsible for maintaining smooth operation of the WRVO offices and keeping the staff in line.  Pam takes care of the administrative files, bookkeeping tasks and badgers the general manager. She also maintains The WRVO Stations website, puts together our quarterly newsletter Listen! and old-time radio schedule Yesteryears.

Pam's experience in radio includes work at commercial station WGES-WSGO in Oswego. In addition, she holds Extra Amateur radio license with the call KC2PAM.  She is also a past member of the 174th NY Air National Guard.

Pam and her husband Tom enjoy spending their spare time at a private camp in the Adirondacks.  They are both involved with many hobbies, including amateur (ham) radio, classic sport cars, photography, downhill skiing, target shooting and Pam is on her way to making her first million dollars selling on eBay!
E-mail Pam at pam<at>wrvo.fm

Jeff Windsor
Chief Engineer

Jeff has worked for WRVO since January of 1995 when he was a student at SUNY Oswego. After graduation he was hired as one of two Production Supervisors for WRVO, a position that he held for a year before transferring to the Engineering department as the Assistant Chief Engineer. He was named WRVO's Chief Engineer in 2003 and took over the management of WRVO's entire technical plant upon the retirement of Bob Hanson.

Originally from Norwich, NY Jeff began his radio career at WCHN AM and WKXZ FM while in high school in the late 80s. While a number of years have passed since then, Jeff still enjoys broadcasting and is looking forward to many more years in the field.

Jeff lives in Oswego with his wife Jennifer, son Ian, and dog Buddy.
E-mail Jeff at windsor<at>wrvo.fm

Matt Seubert
AGM for Development

Matt Seubert has served as WRVO's Listener Support Coordinator since 2000. Matt has held various positions during his tenure at WRVO. He's been a program host, producer, operations director and listener support coordinator. In his current position, Matt oversees the Development side of WRVO and raising the necessary funds to keep WRVO strong.

Matt is a Central New York native and started his radio "career" in high school. While pursuing a degree in Broadcasting and Mass Communication, he began working part-time at WRVO. Upon his graduation, he joined WRVO full-time. He has since returned to the classroom and graduated with a degree in Political Science.

In his free time, Matt tries to figure out three letter "Q" words as he prepares for the professional Scrabble circuit. He's also been known to strike a golf ball 80+ times in an afternoon. Thankfully, Matt has good insurance as he also enjoys mountain biking. Matt's dog Libby, a Siberian Husky, enjoys taking him for runs. Matt's bookshelf is laden with dog hair and books about politics.
E-mail Matt at seubert<at>wrvo.fm

Liz Christensen
Membership Manager

Elizabeth Christensen is WRVO's Membership Manager.  Formerly part of WRVO's news team, she has worked at the station for close to a decade.

When she's not at work, she can usually be found fixing SOMETHING around her new house, being bossed around by her dogs, Samantha and Zeus, or hanging out with her husband, Mark.

She has the dubious distinction of being the staff member who lives farthest away from the station and she uses her hour and fifteen minute commute to ponder life's mysteries... and drink lots and lots and lots of coffee.
E-mail Liz at liz<at>wrvo.fm

Mark Lavonier
Program Host

Kate Percival
Producer

When Kate first worked at WRVO, she was Kathleen DeForest, working as a part time board op, from fall 1994 until her graduation from SUNY Oswego in May 1996.  After living in Florida, getting married and having a son, Kate came back to WRVO in May 2002 as a part-time board op.  She has since moved up to full time Announcer and Producer.  In March 2006, Kate took a 3 month maternity leave, after giving birth to a daughter. You can hear Kate on the air most weekdays, and when she's not "professionally talking", chances are she's at her desk doing paperwork, or chatting at the water cooler with Jeff Windsor! Originally from Endicott, Kate now happily lives in Fulton, with husband Gary, son Aidan, daughter Moira, and the rest of the Percival circus: 2 dogs, a cat, and a tank of fish.  The little free time she has is spent hanging out with her family or creating scrapbooks with the many pictures she's taken of her kids.

E-mail Kate at kate<at>wrvo.fm

Fred Vigeant
Program Director

Fred Vigeant has been with The WRVO Stations since May of 2000. He started at WRVO as a student board operator working part-time shifts on the weekends. In May of 2002 Fred graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego. After a minor stint working for Target Corp. he returned to the WRVO Stations on the full time roster as a producer. In 2003 Fred was promoted to Operations Director and just recently moved up the ranks yet again to Program Director. 

Whether it’s Fred’s good nature or the fact that he’s a sucker, he also is regarded as having two unofficial titles at the station. He is the stations’ Tour Guide, but also the Scapegoat. If anything goes wrong, breaks, wrong program airs, crummy weather, etc…it’s all Fred's fault!

In his free time (if he gets any), he loves to ski during the cooler months. In the few days of summer in Oswego, Fred can be found around Oswego walking, or biking. In-between all that and work, he also plays tuba in a local brass quintet.
E-mail Fred at fred<at>wrvo.fm

Bill Gowan
Corporate Support Representative

Bill works from his Syracuse-based office and is one of WRVO's Corporate Support Representatives.  He has worked in the media field for more years than he can remember (and more than he would want us to say here).  Bill is one of the best in the business and we are glad to have him as part of the WRVO staff.

Hobbies for Bill include anything that involves his family - camping in the Adirondacks, sports and various community activities.  We also acknowledge Bill as WRVO's "best dressed" staff member.
E-mail Bill at bgowan<at>twcny.rr.com

Bonnie Prime
Member Services

Bonnie's background comes from the banking industry, with over 20 years experience. After giving up her suits and dry cleaning bills, Bonnie decided to try something totally different - something fun, with no stress and a  casual dress code (Bonnie states "no more pantyhose and heels for this girl-although I do miss those shoes!")  A few years ago, Bonnie came in as one of our phone volunteers during an on-air fundraiser and as luck would have it, an opening came up at WRVO.

So, here she is! Starting her new career in radio in January of 2005, Bonnie is WRVO's Listener Supporter Associate, Financial Membership Wizard, Data Entry Manager, Lip Balm Specialist and Den Mother. 
E-mail Bonnie at bonnie<at>wrvo.fm

Jasmyn Belcher
News Reporter/Producer

Jasmyn graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego in 2006, with a degree in Broadcasting and Studio Art. After working part time in the WRVO News Department for a summer, she joined WRVO as a full-time News Reporter and Producer in January of 2007.

Jasmyn’s radio experience began with production work for 20 different language speaking DJ's, hosting the American show at community station Sound Radio 1503AM in London, England... and a production internship for seven commercial stations in Orlando, Florida. As a student, she held several positions at SUNY Oswego’s WNYO and created the station's News Department.

Jasmyn's work has been honored by the Associated Press and The Syracuse Press Club.  Her reports have been aired on many other NPR member stations including KUOW, NHPR, WMNF, WILL, WAMC, and Iowa Public Radio. She has contributed to National Public Radio's Weekend Edition and All Things Considered and received a scholarship from NPR, to attend their 2008 Regional Fly-in, in Boston.

A big advocate of the arts, she is the founder and Artistic Director of The Indie Series, an organization that works to bring independent musicians to the Central New York area. She also served on the Board of Directors for the Oswego Opera for a number of years. Jasmyn is a cellist, crafter and painter and she occasionally participates in local art shows.
E-mail Jasmyn at jasmyn<at>wrvo.fm