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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Commerce ISD will again provide free breakfast and lunch to every student this school year. New Food Services Director Carrie Clements explains how the program works. -
Find 2026 first-day-of-school dates for Commerce, Greenville, Sulphur Springs, Bonham, Paris and other public school districts across Northeast Texas. -
Photos from the 2026 Wolfe City Rodeo capture the action, families and Western tradition of the annual event, photographed by Shalimar Diaz De Leon. -
Commerce approved $8.5 million in new financing, primarily for water and sewer projects. Here’s what the borrowing means for city taxes, utility rates and debt. -
Greenville Fire-Rescue is asking residents to use Community Connect, a voluntary registry that gives firefighters household information during emergencies. -
East Texas A&M is helping more than 800 international students understand new federal visa rules that change how many students remain in the U.S. while earning degrees. -
Why does Northeast Texas have so many lakes? KETR explores the history, geography and water planning that turned the region into one of Texas' most important sources of water.
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The death of a 19-year-old North Texas soldier has brought the realities of a conflict half a world away much closer to home. -
Hear the sounds of a summer night in Delta County with this immersive audio postcard from the 77th annual Cooper Rodeo in Northeast Texas. -
Head coach Clint Dolezel and two Lion veterans discuss an overhauled roster, a revamped coaching staff, and the season-opening nationally televised matchup against Mercer.
