KP Whaley has been involved in public and community broadcasting for nearly two decades. He joined 103.3 Asheville FM as the first paid General Manager in 2017, after nearly four years as a senior talk producer at Wisconsin Public Radio. He also co hosts a queer talk show on Asheville FM called Sweet Tea. He started his radio career as a volunteer and then News and Public Affairs Director at WORT Community Radio in Madison, Wisconsin in 2005. Between those two gigs he has also worked in community television, community food cooperatives, and as the manager of MAIN-FM (WPVM) in Asheville for a year. Once upon a time he worked in the private sector in a variety of supervisory, management, and project management roles. KP and his husband also own and operate Tiny Bridge Farm in Hendersonville, NC, a small diversified organic vegetable farm for csa members, farmers markets, and wholesalers.
