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The Staff

Merrill Piepkorn, Host

Merrill was born in Stanley, ND, raised in Fargo, and attended Concordia College in Moorhead, earning a BA degree in Speech, Communication and Theatre Arts. For several years after college Merrill performed professionally with several musical groups, the most notable of which was Skunk Hollow. Following his career in entertainment, (he still performs occasionally), Merrill worked in broadcasting and advertising.

In addition to working at several commercial radio stations, he put in a stint as host of Morning Edition while attending graduate school at NDSU. As you listen to Merrill host Hear It Now, you may recognize his voice from various radio and television commercials.

Merrill spends much of his free time with his son, Max. Tennis is high on the list, too. Merrill, his wife Connie and Max live in North Fargo.

Skip Wood

Skip Wood, Producer

Skip was the news producer at Channel 4 in Fargo/Grand Forks for 22 years. He left to pursue various independent projects, including "The Next Governor," a television documentary for Prairie Public. Skip agreed to help us out when the Hear It Now producing job became vacant and he found the work so interesting, he decided to stick around. Skip lives in Moorhead with his wife Stacy.


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