Jerrod Knight
General ManagerJerrod Knight (ETAMU '05) joined 88.9 KETR in December 2008 as Director of Programming and was named General Manager in 2010.
Knight oversees station programming, news and sports operations, individual and corporate development efforts, business and budget planning and execution, and technical operations. In addition to being the station's webmaster, he is also a regular on-air and online news and opinion contributor, and serves as executive producer of the station's various local program offerings.
Knight also manages the relationships between KETR and external organizations like NPR, American Public Media, the FCC, and the Public Radio Satellite System, among others.
Before 88.9 KETR, Knight's broadcast career included Susquehanna-Pfaltzgraff (now Cumulus,) Omni Communications, Inc., and LKCM Radio Group.
Knight served seven terms as the Non-commercial Director on the Board of Directors of the Texas Association of Broadcasters, elected by his noncommercial broadcast peers in Texas. A member of the Commerce Rotary Club from 2010 until late 2018, Knight was named Rotarian of the Year in 2012 and served as club president for the 2015-2016 Rotary year. He sat on the university's 2020 Strategic Planning Task Force (2014-2015) and later served on the A&M-Commerce Strategic Plan Assessment Committee until 2019. Knight has also previously led and contributed to teams in radio broadcasting that have won numerous awards in newscasting, production, and web design from the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters and the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters, and an NAB Marconi Award for Country Station of the Year (KPLX, 2003.)
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1 high school football scores from across Northeast Texas, including Commerce, Greenville, Sulphur Springs, Paris, Bonham and other KETR-area teams -
Commerce opens the 2026 football season Friday against Lone Oak after its first district title since 2001. KETR’s Kevin Jefferies says the Tigers have the talent to make a run at a state championship. -
Greenville City Council weighs an $8 million road project, rising fire truck costs and city reserves as it prepares to adopt its 2026-27 budget Sept. 8. -
East Texas A&M University will open its observatory Thursday night as a partial lunar eclipse covers about 93% of the moon, with peak viewing around 11:12 p.m. -
TxDOT plans I-30 closures, FM 36 bridge repairs and other road work in Hunt County and across Northeast Texas for the week of Aug. 24. -
Coming off back-to-back 10-win seasons, Sulphur Springs enters 2026 with a rebuilt roster, a new district and standout quarterback Deuce Timmons returning. -
East Texas A&M President Mark Rudin says fall enrollment could surpass 14,000 as the university pursues research growth, Dallas expansion and a new “Lion Made” campaign. -
Commerce High School earned an 88 in Texas' 2026 accountability ratings, while Commerce Middle School and A.C. Williams received F ratings. Superintendent Steve Drummond says the district has work to do. -
Video: Royse City photographer Shalimar Diaz De Leon talks with KETR about capturing the grit, texture and authenticity of Western life through her lens. -
NPR religion correspondent Jason DeRose joins KETR’s The Lede to discuss James Talarico’s use of Christian faith in his U.S. Senate campaign and how Texas voters are responding.
