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 Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 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 officials address questions about Officer William Rhodes’ hiring after a past Oklahoma incident surfaced online. -
SNAP funding remains halted as the shutdown drags on, cutting $3 million in monthly aid across Northeast Texas and deepening food insecurity. -
Sen. Cornyn sidesteps GOP to back a bill to keep SNAP benefits flowing for 3.5 million Texans as the federal shutdown threatens to halt food aid starting Nov. 1. -
After a 64-0 win over Eustace, Commerce climbs to No. 7 statewide in Class 3A Division I — fans can hear every Tigers game live on 88.9 KETR. -
A new petition launched by the Commerce Chamber of Commerce is calling on Hunt Regional Healthcare to reopen the city’s emergency room, which closed earlier this year alongside the ER in Quinlan. -
Commerce ISD has been awarded a $500,000 federal grant through the DOJ’s School Violence Prevention Program to enhance security and campus safety. -
Federal cuts and Texas’ refusal to expand Medicaid are squeezing rural hospitals, explaining why Commerce and Quinlan ERs closed as Royse City expands. -
Hospital records released to KETR show fewer than 15% of visits to the Commerce and Quinlan ERs were low-acuity, clarifying how the facilities were used. -
Texas 2025 ballot explainer: 17 constitutional amendments, what they mean, and how a yes or no vote affects current law. -
Legal experts say using a shutdown to cancel programs Congress created could blur the line between enforcing laws and rewriting them.
