Straight Talk

Wayne Roth worked in public media for more than 40 years, including thirty years as the President & General Manager of KUOW Public Radio. He was elected to three terms on the National Public Radio Board of Directors (NPR), two years as Chair. He co-founded and was the managing director of the Northwest News Network (N3), a regional consortium that produces news reports and features for public radio stations in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Mr. Roth serves as a director of Ballantine Communications, a Colorado newspaper publisher serving the Four Corners area. He served on the boards of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association and the Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council. He helped establish the Marge Williams Office Center in 1999. Mr. Roth is married with three children and four grandchildren. His son Ben graduated from BHS in 2007. He has an MA degree in communications and a BA degree in English.   Join us as we discuss the issues relevant to his re-election ca