About Radio Rotary

What Is Radio Rotary?

Radio Rotary is an independent nonprofit organization created by Rotarians from the Hudson Valley and supported by many Rotary clubs as well as by commercial sponsors. Its product is a half-hour radio program and podcast that promotes the goals of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation: “Service above Self” and “Doing Good in the World.” 

Guests interviewed by seasoned co-hosts typically work for programs that address such issues as poverty, education, health, the environment, addiction, and housing. Programs range from covering organizations and events in the Hudson Valley, including some sponsored by Rotary clubs, to the activities of national and international organizations. 

Woven throughout is the spirit of Rotary, the belief that humanitarian endeavors that build goodwill and better friendships in our community, nation, and world contribute to peace and understanding.

Listen

​Sundays at 7:30 am
WBPM 92.9 FM, 96.5 FM, 1260AM and 1420 AM
OR online at wbpmfm.com OR ask Alexa or Google Assistant to play "WBPM"

Sundays at 7:00 am
Magic 92.5 WGHQ-AM 920 AM and 92.5FM
OR online at www.hvbeacon.com OR ask Alexa or Google Assistant to play "WGHQ"

Previous programs anytime
Online at RadioRotary.org or on podcasts

Podcasts
Listen to all Radio Rotary programs on any of these podcast platforms:

Radio Rotary Team

DAVE KRUGER

​President and Co-Host
(Pleasant Valley Rotary)

DON VARITY
Vice President
(Highland Rotary)

KATHY KRUGER
Treasurer and Program Producer 
(Pleasant Valley Rotary)

BRYAN BUNCH
Director
(Millbrook Rotary)

​ELLEN K. TRIEBWASSER
Director

JONAH TRIEBWASSER
Co-host
(Red Hook Rotary)

TODD BOWEN
Director
​(Wappingers Falls Rotary)

Radio Rotary Hosts

Jonah Triebwasser

 RadioRotary Co-host Jonah Triebwasser is an 18-year member and past president of the Red Hook Rotary Club. His radio career began in college as a disc jockey and continued with hosting the award-winning “Point of Law” on WGHQ, announcing comedy weather forecasts on WHRW, and recording voice over and commercial work. He has extensive experience in film, TV, and theater and has made a cottage industry of portraying President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As with many performers, he has kept his day job of more than 50 years in the criminal justice system as a police officer, prosecutor and judge. He is past president of the Red Hook Rotary Club.​ Learn more about Jonah.

Kathy Kruger

Co-host Kathy Kruger, is a retired RN. Kathy has been a Pleasant Valley Rotarian since 2000. Through Rotary, Kathy has been able to use her nursing skills and experience to coordinate and participate in Rotaplast missions in several countries, helping children and adults to receive cleft lip and palate surgeries. Rotary enabled Kathy to go on a medical mission to Haiti where many families received physicals, medication, and important medical information to make their daily lives healthier. Kathy also enjoys volunteering at the local Pleasant Valley Ecumenical Food Pantry and with the Pleasant Valley Historical Society. Kathy and her husband Dave both served on the Board of Trustees of the Pleasant Valley Free Library, and were instrumental in the rebuilding of the library after a devastating fire in 2018. Kathy has been the Producer of RadioRotary since 2013 and enjoys arranging and interviewing an interesting variety of wonderful guests.