Kevin Kniestedt
Announcer and Producer
About
Kevin Kniestedt is the producer of Week in Review and an announcer. You can catch him on the air from 7 to 11 AM on the weekend. Prior to joining KUOW in 2021, he spent 17 years as a host and producer at KNKX in Seattle, as well as a year as the local Morning Edition host at WFAE in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Outside of work, Kevin enjoys camping, tennis, independent film, and a good neighborhood bar.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Podcasts
Stories
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Week in Review: Manny Ellis, Microsoft, and AI
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Geekwire’s Mike Lewis, South Seattle Emerald’s Lauryn Bray, and KUOW’s Joshua McNichols.
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Week in Review: Amazon, crime, and homelessness
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with political analyst and contributing columnist Joni Balter, PubliCola’s Erica Barnett, and KUOW’s David Hyde.
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Week in Review: A new drug ordinance, SPD bodycam controversy, and wildfires
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with science journalist Jane C. Hu, health journalist Joanne Silberner, and Seattle Times Amanda Zhou.
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Week in Review: police, drug laws, and AI regulation
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Seattle Times David Kroman, host, writer, and producer Angela Poe Russell, and KUOW’s Dyer Oxley.
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Week in Review: Seattle Police Department, I-5, and Joe Kennedy
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with independent health journalist Joanne Silberner, Insider’s Katherine Long, and Seattle Channel’s Brian Callanan.
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King County's hotel shelters help address one crisis while potentially hiding another
Seattle and King County have been experimenting with using hotel rooms to house people rather than directing them to crowded homeless shelters. But some service providers fear the hotel rooms could be hiding another crisis: drug overdoses.
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Trial starts Monday for Tacoma officers charged in the killing of Manny Ellis
Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, was walking home from a convenience store when he came across police officers. A struggle ensured, and Ellis died at the scene.
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Week in Review: Amazon, Sound Transit, and cannabis
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Seattle Times Jonathan Martin, PubliCola’s Erica Barnett, and Puget Sound Business Journal’s Alex Halverson.
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Week in Review: Tokitae dies, Seattle faces another shooting, and one county gets a 32-hour work week
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Seattle Times Claudia Rowe, The Stranger’s Vivian McCall, and Geekwire’s Mike Lewis.
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Week in Review: fire, heat, and high-speed trains
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Seattle Times Patrick Malone, Wild West newsletter author Eli Sanders, and KUOW’s Mike Davis.