Personalities 

CRAIG AUKES, General Manager - Iowa born and raised, Craig and his wife Cara live in Sioux Center and are parents to three grown children.  After his college days and a short stint in the Army, Craig spent 10 years in retail management before officially starting his radio career some 20 plus years ago. Craig has been the general manager at KSOU/ KIHK since 1996.  He's best known and loved as the daily host of our trading program and hence has donned the nickname in the community as "Mr. Swap Shop" himself!

E-mail Craig - caukes@nrgmedia.com

DALE BAKKER - Host of Precious Memories, Sunday afternoons on KSOU.  The request program starts at 1:30pm. Dale celebrated his 600th show on February 10th, 2008. Wow how old is this guy?? Dale and his wife Kathy live right here in Sioux Center. The Bakkers have 3 children, Andy 17, Amber 13, and Alex 10, plus Lucky their pet Dachshund. Sports keep this family very busy between football, track, basketball, and soccer, there is not much quiet time here! Kathy is an LPN at Royale Meadows Care Center in Sioux Center. Dale also works full time as Assistant Manager at Wal-Mart in Sioux Center. Tune in every Sunday and relive Yesteryear with "Precious Memories".

DAN BONNEMA - Sales Manager at KSOU. Dan began in radio as an announcer at KISD in Sioux Falls SD, in 1969. His next stop was the U.S. Army, followed by more announcing at KQAD in Luverne, MN. He migrated to KSOU turf, then KVDB, back in February of 1975. (How old is this guy anyway?) Dan loves the creative side of commercial advertising, and has a lot of experience in making radio advertising work for his clients. Dan and his wife Carol make their home in Hull.

E-mail Dan - dbonnema@nrgmedia.com

DOUG BROEK - Sports and News Director here at KSOU. Doug began his career here at KSOU (then KVDB) as an evening announcer in 1987 after graduating from Iowa Central Community College, Fort Dodge, IA. Before coming back to KSOU, he worked at KIDA in Ida Grove, IA and KBOE in Oskaloosa, IA. In 1997, Doug returned as the new News and Sports Director at KSOU. Currently, he lives with his wife and three kids in Ireton, IA. Doug keeps our listeners informed with local sports and events year-round.  To see a list of upcoming games aired on KSOU and KIHK, click here. For the scores and team news, Doug's the one to count on!

E-mail Doug - dbroek@nrgmedia.com

SCOTT FRANCE - KSOU Music Director/Morning Announcer since January of 1999.  Scott started his radio career in 1993 at KCIM in Carroll, IA, after graduating from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, IA.  Scott has been honored by the Iowa Associated Press and the Iowa Broadcast News Association for his play-by-play work in previous stops as a sportscaster in Algona, IA and Sioux City, IA. An Omaha native, Scott is an avid Nebraska Cornhusker fan. Despite that fact, corn is the one food that makes him nauseous. Scott is also a displaced Cheesehead, cheering for the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers and Bucks. He DOES like to eat cheese. Scott and his wife Teri have a son, Ethan, who was born in May of 2000, and a daughter, Avery, who was born in May of 2006. Listen to Scott, weekday mornings on KSOU!

E-mail Scott - sfrance@nrgmedia.com

RACHEL TIMMER - Administrative Assistant. Rachel helps around the office doing a little bit of everything, from answering phones to production. She was born and raised in LeMars, and now happy to call Sioux Center home. Rachel and her husband Cody Timmer recently started their life together and are enjoying the married life! In her spare time she spends a lot of time with her family, friends, and her big baby dog Skye!

 E-mail Rachel - rtimmer@nrgmedia.com    

SHIRLEY WIERDA - Bookkeeper and Local Event Announcer. Shirley came to KSOU in 1970, then KVDB, almost at the very beginning of the station. Through the years, she has seen many changes and many improvements to the station. Before serving on the staff at KSOU, she worked at the Sioux Center News office.

E-mail Shirley - shirleyw@nrgmedia.com

Last Updated: 02-01-07