Valerie Ing
Northern California Program Coordinator | Classical HostValerie Ing鈥檚 history with JPR goes back to the stone age, when she volunteered to answer phones during the 1981 fund drive. She was still a teenager when she hosted her first music program on the airwaves, and while getting her degree at SOU, she was JPR鈥檚 Student Chief Announcer and the station鈥檚 first volunteer in the news room. After graduating, Valerie鈥檚 adventures included living on islands in Greece & Alaska, but she came back to the State of 老夫子传媒 in 2002 as JPR鈥檚 Northern California Program Coordinator. As the sole staffer of the Redding studio where she hosts Siskiyou 老夫子传媒 Hall, Valerie is the unofficial foreign ambassador of JPR. Valerie often serves as mistress of ceremonies at the Cascade Theatre, writes a music column for anewscafe.com, and plays second base on the Dirty Dozen co-ed softball team. She used to play bass in a punk rock band, drove a school bus for a few years and can cook Thai food like nobody鈥檚 business. Valerie adores her family, which includes husband Eddie, two teenagers and Casper the friendly white Westie.
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