Jillene Khan

About

Jillene Khan’s passion for storytelling, natural curiosity, and love of music has led to a successful career in media and broadcasting. Born and raised in the Twin Cities, Jillene’s fascination with the conversations she heard on the radio led her to pursue this career path. From an early age, the power of radio greatly impacted her. When she was a pre-teen, Jillene's family was the recipient of a “Christmas Wish” from the Dave Ryan Morning Show on legendary Twin Cities station, KDWB. Around the same age, she met syndication superstar, Delilah, at an appearance. Jillene studied radio broadcasting at Brown College in St. Paul, MN. After graduating, she had the opportunity to further her education by working with one of her idols and reknowned Twin Cities personality, Tony Fly at KTTB (B96) in Minneapolis. During her time there, Jillene strengthened her foundation of skills in all areas of radio including on-air, production, promotions, events, and digital marketing. She has kept her Midwestern roots as a host on radio stations in Minneapolis/St. Paul (KTTB, KHTC, KSJN); Davenport, Iowa (WLLR); Milwaukee, WI (WKTI); and Madison, WI (WMGN). She has received local and national recognition for her work as an on-air and digital personality. Jillene is a Gracies Award winner, and has been recognized multiple times by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association as Best Radio Show, and Best Online Personality; and received honors for Best Interview, Live Broadcast, and Sports Coverage for her work with the voice of the Green Bay Packers, Wayne Larrivee. Jillene was Afternoon Host at WLLR when the station was recognized as Best Small Market Radio Station from the Country Music Association in 2013. A graduate of the Mentoring & Inspiring Women in Radio's (MIW) "Rising Through The Ranks" training in 2017, Jillene was chosen as one of four women to participate in the MIW’s Mildred Carter Mentoring Program the following year. She currently serves on the volunteer-led MIW Marketing and Social Media committees. Jillene is heard on over 200 radio stations across the country as overnight host on American Public Media’s Classical music service, YourClassical ("Classical 24"). She’s based in the Twin Cities and can be heard locally on YourClassical Minnesota Public Radio (KSJN).