Lora Black
Lora Black retired after 30 years in Nebraska public radio, working all the shifts, but was hired for weekend mornings (7 years), then moved on to Afternoon Concert, Classics by Request, and All Things Considered. In retirement, she loves to travel, spend time in her garden, play with grandkids, and now, she’s 'baaaaccck' as an on-call sub, as needed. Her love of classical music and all things public radio will never disappear from her life.
Cathy Bradberry
Cathy Bradberry joined the team at Nebraska Public Media in 2025 as the Radio Network Director. She began her career as a weekend board operator at South Carolina Public Radio in Columbia, where she fell in love with radio and worked her way up through the public media industry. In addition to her experience producing fresh, engaging local radio stories, she has managed national radio productions. Bradberry comes to Nebraska by way of Athens, Ga., where she was the Senior Business Manager and Traffic Director. When she’s not listening to the radio, Cathy enjoys watching movies at home with her husband, Robert, and snuggling with their dogs, Bob and Rosie.
Andy Hermann
Andy Hermann joined Nebraska Public Media in 2023 after a long career as a radio producer at WGN Radio in Chicago and a television promotions coordinator at Nexstar Media in New York. He’s happy to be back in the Midwest learning all he can about Nebraska and its unique status as an urban, farming and ranching state. Andy serves as a versatile utility player at Nebraska Public Media; he developed the monthly series Curious Nebraska, and produces and hosts whenever and wherever he’s needed. His past non-commercial media work includes time spent at WOUB in Athens, Ohio and at WLUW in Chicago.
Dave Hughes
Dave Hughes started as a volunteer programmer at KZUM Community Radio in Lincoln in March 1984, before working part time as an announcer at KUCV in October 1987. Union College then donated the station to Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission in July 1988 to start the statewide public radio network. Dave has done every on-air shift as an announcer for what is now known as Nebraska Public Media, and has helped produce programs like “Nebraska Nightly,” “Late in the Evening,” “Early in the Evening,” “Nightmusic,” “Friday Live,” “The Verge,” “Nebraska Concerts,” and others. He is a UNL grad, a Husker fan and lives with his wife Donna Carnes and their two dogs, Lilah and Hazel, in Lincoln.
Penelope Morrow
Penelope Morrow is the afternoon host at Nebraska Public Media, bringing you classical music on "Afternoon Concert" and "Classics by Request." She also writes and produces "The Verge: Arcade," a monthly segment exploring the stories and music of video games. From watching her father play DOOM at probably too early an age, to uncontrollably weeping at the end credits of Undertale at 26, Penny has a somewhat-healthy relationship with the artistic medium of games. She grew up in Kenesaw, Nebraska, and now lives in Lincoln with her fiancé Mack and their cat, Casta.
Annette Murrell
Annette Murrell is a jazz singer, writer, grandmother and former weekend morning host for 18 years. Now retired, she fills in occasionally for her fellow announcers because she still loves working in radio!
Genevieve Randall
Genevieve Randall is Music Director, Senior Producer and Announcer for Nebraska Public Media. She is host of The Verge and Friday LIVE, as well as Morning Concert. She is a graduate of the UNL School of Music, where she studied flute, and of Southeast Community College, where she studied business administration with a focus in accounting. She has used her bookkeeping skills in the past with the Nebraska Flute Club, Meadowlark Music Festival and her own studio. In addition to announcing and programming for Nebraska Public Media, she performs with the Lincoln Early Music Consort, Coro di Flauti and more. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, traveling Nebraska, baking cakes, reading, eating dark chocolate, camping and spending time with family both human and canine.
KJ Teder
KJ Teder joined Nebraska Public Media in 2024, working primarily on social media, podcast editing and The Verge. She now focuses on writing interviews for Friday LIVE and assisting with audio production. She is also the host of Electrica, a special series on The Verge about electroacoustic music, and is taking an increasing number of on-air shifts. KJ is a junior double-major in music composition and marketing at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. In her free time, she enjoys writing and playing music, cooking, and looking at maps.