Beau Baker
Newscast Editor and ProducerEmail: beau.baker@kunc.org
As the Newscast Editor and Producer, I provide listeners with news and information critical to our region.
I grew up listening to public radio in rural Idaho and those airwaves made a deep impression on me. Radio is a dynamic medium that brings people comfort, comradery and consciousness. It’s always been a privilege to work in the broadcast ranks.
My background is in environmental and natural resource journalism and small-scale agriculture. Before moving to Colorado with my wife, I worked as a Reporter, Producer and Morning Edition Host at Montana Public Radio. I also spent a few summers commercial fishing in Alaska. More recently, I served as a reporter for the Mountain West News Bureau.
When not on the air, I’m eating, biking or on the hunt for LPs.
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Boulder is holding a Day of Remembrance event this weekend to honor the victims killed in a mass shooting on March 22, 2021. -
Xcel Energy will preemptively shut down power to thousands of customers along the Front Range Saturday because of dangerous fire weather conditions in the forecast. The utility is still working to get the lights back for hundreds of customers after another wind even Thursday knocked out power. -
Workers at the JBS plant in Greeley are planning to strike starting Monday. The meatpacking giant has stopped all processing at the plant and is shipping cattle to other facilities. -
A bill sponsored by Senator Cathy Kipp of Fort Collins died at the capitol last week. It was trying to close a loophole that gave Colorado State University the ability to step around local noise and billboard ordinances. CSU had paused its electronic billboard build-out before the proposal was axed. -
The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) is swinging through the Front Range this weekend for its third World Cup event of the season featuring nearly 100 athletes from around the world. -
Heavy snow and wind this week is creating some of the most dangerous avalanche conditions of the season. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is warning recreators to stay out of harm's way. -
The YMCA of Northern Colorado recently announced it would end fitness and recreation services at its Longmont location. The nonprofit says federal cuts and scant membership returns are to blame. -
An "evening bat" was found with an injured wing. The species mostly lives in the southeast and central parts of the U.S. -
Calls for local action around federal immigration enforcement are growing in Front Range communities. Residents are seeking assurances from leaders and law enforcement over how they'll handle ICE. -
The representative body for academic faculty and a local chapter of the American Association of University Professors have both raised objections to Colorado State University's search process for Tony Frank's replacement. CSU maintains the internal search is the best way to find a qualified candidate.
