About Kris K
I was born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota. One of the best memories I have, as a child is when I went to Hawaii with my grandparents and great grandmother. I was so excited to see real, live dolphins in their natural habitat, jumping out of the ocean, chasing the boat we were on, that I almost fell over the side! It was a trip I will never forget.
I've always loved music. My dad is a musician, so as a child, I got to see him perform and that kind of set the stage for me. When I was about 5 or 6 years old, I asked my mom if she'd video me telling my favorite joke so we could send it to America's Funniest Kids. I love to talk and make people laugh, but I enjoy meeting new people and hearing about them, too. It's amazing that we're really all alike in so many ways.
My mom remarried when I was 10 years old. I get kind of confused sometimes about how I'm "supposed" to act because I've been the youngest child. My dad had 3 kids when he married my mom. I've been an only child, when my parents divorced. And, I'm now the oldest child because I have three younger sisters. I like to think that I'm well rounded and versatile. I am a go with the flow type girl. I'm also fortunate to have a mom, dad and step dad who love and support me.
Once out of high school, I worked in Optometry for several years and became a mom. I have a beautiful and often too smart for her own good, daughter, named Justice. Trying to figure out a job that I would love to go to every day was easy for me. So, after I got maxed out on the pay scale in Optometry, I attended Brown Institute for Radio and Television Communications in Mendota Heights, and earned a AS in Broadcasting and then it was off to my first job in Watertown, South Dakota. I worked as a drive time announcer on a Country station and really got to find out what I was really made of. After 6 months, I took a job in Fargo at another Country station doing middays. Fargo was too cold for me! It's a fun town, but I couldn't stay there. We were there about 9 months and then I took a job in Decatur, Illinois at yet another Country station. I was further from "home", but the weather was nicer. Not nice enough to fend off the missing home blues, however. So after a year and a half in Illinois, I started looking for something within two hours from the Twin Cities and found Z99! I'm home and not planning on going anywhere anytime soon, so keep listening!
I've always loved music. My dad is a musician, so as a child, I got to see him perform and that kind of set the stage for me. When I was about 5 or 6 years old, I asked my mom if she'd video me telling my favorite joke so we could send it to America's Funniest Kids. I love to talk and make people laugh, but I enjoy meeting new people and hearing about them, too. It's amazing that we're really all alike in so many ways.
My mom remarried when I was 10 years old. I get kind of confused sometimes about how I'm "supposed" to act because I've been the youngest child. My dad had 3 kids when he married my mom. I've been an only child, when my parents divorced. And, I'm now the oldest child because I have three younger sisters. I like to think that I'm well rounded and versatile. I am a go with the flow type girl. I'm also fortunate to have a mom, dad and step dad who love and support me.
Once out of high school, I worked in Optometry for several years and became a mom. I have a beautiful and often too smart for her own good, daughter, named Justice. Trying to figure out a job that I would love to go to every day was easy for me. So, after I got maxed out on the pay scale in Optometry, I attended Brown Institute for Radio and Television Communications in Mendota Heights, and earned a AS in Broadcasting and then it was off to my first job in Watertown, South Dakota. I worked as a drive time announcer on a Country station and really got to find out what I was really made of. After 6 months, I took a job in Fargo at another Country station doing middays. Fargo was too cold for me! It's a fun town, but I couldn't stay there. We were there about 9 months and then I took a job in Decatur, Illinois at yet another Country station. I was further from "home", but the weather was nicer. Not nice enough to fend off the missing home blues, however. So after a year and a half in Illinois, I started looking for something within two hours from the Twin Cities and found Z99! I'm home and not planning on going anywhere anytime soon, so keep listening!
25 Random things about me:
- I love antique shopping!
- I have always wanted to learn to hip-hop dance.
- I was a hockey cheerleader my freshman year in HS.
- I have had 8 piercing in my life.
- I sing all the time…and not just out loud!
- I am obsessed with blankets.
- I had gastric bypass 5 years ago. So know I have a coin purse for a stomach.
- I am deathly afraid of toilets!
- Chicks dig me!
- The food network is on my TV all day long!
- OCD is middle name!
- I’m a dude magnet!
- My phone was just upgraded to a Blackberry Pearl.
- Texting is my favorite thing. Greg thinks it’s 500 a day!
- I broke my ankle as a kid by getting my foot stuck in the spokes of a bike!
- Cherry dipped anything is my favorite at DQ.
- I had a mullet as a kid. My mom has pictures to prove it!
- I have always said I would marry the person who learned and sang publicly the song Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton.
- My daughter saved my life!
- My biggest downfall is frozen cheesecake on a stick covered in chocolate!
- Hush puppies are better then Icee’s!
- Fall is my favorite season. I love the sweatshirt weather, pumpkins and Halloween is my favorite holiday!
- I LOVE Britney Spears!
- My favorite job other than radio was working for a flower shop!
- I’ll love you forever is my favorite book of all time.
