Well-known arts advocate named to top job at non-profit station CKUA
After scouring the country for eight months, CKUA has hired Edmonton’s Marc Carnes as the non-profit station’s new chief executive.
Carnes replaces interim director Katrina Ingram, who held the post after longtime CEO Ken Regan retired in February. Carnes takes the bridge Monday.
“I am honoured to be joining CKUA at such a special time in its history,” Carnes said in a news release. “As we celebrate 90 years of contributions to Alberta’s cultural community and look ahead to CKUA at 100, I am excited to meet the listeners, donors and friends of the station and listen to stories of how music shapes their lives.”
Carnes, an arts advocate, previously worked as fundraising chair on the Don Iveson for Mayor campaign, director of community relations for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and Winspear Centre, and was board president of Fringe Theatre Adventures for six years. He’s also managed a 30-person team of volunteers for the Edmonton Comic & Entertainment Expo, was a faculty member at MacEwan University and was a campaign adviser for Liberal candidate Randy Boissonnault’s successful election to Parliament.
Originally located at the University of Alberta, CKUA now broadcasts from its homes on Jasper Avenue in the Alberta Hotel and in one of the legs of Calgary’s National Music Centre.
Heavily reliant on listener donations, the station specializes in jazz, roots and eclectic music and is found at 94.9 FM and online worldwide at ckua.com.