Project Description

“You have to love your job. And being a service to the public? That’s what I like about being here.”

-Mike “Moose” Powers

Since 1968, the Caddell family has owned 580 WKSK, West Jefferson’s local radio station. Jan Caddell is something of a local legend, and his son Graham has been following in his footsteps for years. Graham, along with fellow disc jockeys Nathan and Mike, delivers news and music from Carrie Underwood to Johnny Cash without fail every week. In this story all about community and legacy, the people of WKSK play an integral role in forming a community, inside the station and out.

A group of six stands in a field in front of large satellite dishes
A man in a white polo shirt wears headphones and speaks into a microphone
Two monitors track left and right audio levels
A control board has colorful switches and buttons
A microphone sits poised to be used in front of a control board
A microphone has a logo for a radio station called "The Farm" with a yellow background and moose cartoons
A clock points to 12:03 in a town square
Two satellite dishes are positioned towards the sky
A red and white radio tower rises above mountains

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