Dan Skinner

WKSU GM returns to Kansas roots

WKSU radio executive director and general manager Dan Skinner will become general manager of Kansas Public Radio and the Audio-Reader Network, starting Nov. 9.

Skinner grew up in Hutchinson, Kansas. Kansas Public Radio is based in Lawrence, Kansas, home of Kansas University.

The Wichita State University graduate’s other stops were as president and general manager for Texas Public Radio in San Antonio, and in administrative roles at WBAA AM and FM, affiliated with Purdue University, and WBST, affiliated with Ball State University.

Skinner replaces former KPR general manager and Audio-Reader director Janet Campbell, who retired in 2014 after 26 years in the position.