Jon Kasprick – Educator of the Year

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Jon Kasprick has been named by the SBE Chapter 16 Educator of the Year by the Chapter Board of Directors in August.  Jon will be presented his award at the Chapter’s Annual Picnic August 21 at the KIRO-AM transmitter site on Vashon Island.

Jon has been a long-time member of the Seattle SBE Chapter and has served on the chapter’s Board of Directors in several capacities including Chapter Chairman.  Jon is a SBE Certified Broadcast Engineer, Certified Audio Engineer and Digital Radio Broadcast Specialist.  Jon is also a Washington State licensed Professional Engineer.

Jon teaches audio editing/production and broadcast operations at Green River College and Mercer Island High School. He also trains the trainers for all in-studio operations and is called upon as a guest speaker for technical focus sessions in other broadcast journalism courses.

Jon is the engineer, chief operator, and technical operations manager for KGRG AM/FM and KMIH.