Aki Jonasson grew up in the land of the ice & snow: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Raised by hippies, most of her earliest memories include drawing, painting, or teaching herself how to play whatever musical instrument happened to be hanging around. At age 6, Aki spent half a year in a straw hut on a remote Fijian island (survived a hurricane), drove all the way around New Zealand, and scootered all the way around the Cook Islands. Right after surviving Y2K at age 10, she needed a change of scenery and visited the bright, flashy Las Vegas, barren Arizona deserts, Los Angeles overpass jungles, Disneyland (where they charge $8 for a water bottle), and then road-tripped home in a 1970's motorhome via Route 66 back up to Whitehorse.  

In high school, Aki was known to be a great artist but never took a “proper” art class until her last year. After being told her artistic "technique" was wrong, she focused on photography and experimented with antique cameras and pinhole cameras she made. Her other main focus was music. She stayed after school most days to play in a jazz band where she switched between piano, organ, drums and percussion, bass guitar, rhythm guitar, clarinet, and occasional accordion (all self-taught). During her last year, she helped create a credited course in her high school that concentrated on studio recording and sound.   

The rest is history, and here she is finishing her third semester of NAIT’s Radio program. She has taken a liking to Production, and tries her best to apply her musical knowledge to her produced spots. She loves searching for “a sound” and experimenting with it. Discovering hundreds of records and a portable turntable in her attic at an early age, Aki took a liking to 1960s and 70s psychedelic and garage rock. Ever since then, her hobby is collecting obscure songs, underground recordings and forgotten albums... and playing accordion on the side.

Every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., catch her playing the music she grew up with and spent years collecting on her show, Strychnine.

 When Brett was growing up, he had five siblings to get around just so he could his parents attention for a few seconds, so he had no choice but to be loud and outgoing. 

 Here’s a cool fact, he has a twin sister and that isn’t a lie, along with two other sisters and two brothers. He was born and raised on a farm by beautiful Sangudo, Alberta and has always had a passion for radio. One day, after pondering on what to do with life, he happened to be listening to one of his favourite stations, 96.7 The Rig in Whitecourt, thought that being on the radio would be a sweet gig, and it was decided that he wanted to do radio.     

Brett graduated from Sangudo High School with a whopping 15 people in his class and is currently taking the Radio program at NAIT. After working as a beekeeper for five years, then at a Best Buy, for a handyman and then a landscaper, Brett feels he made the right decision in going into radio. He also volunteered on the street team for Lite 95.7 this summer. 

When Brett isn’t doing something radio related, you can find him listening to music, hanging out with friends, watching movies or classic Doctor Who episodes or reading a good book, probably something by Hunter S. Thompson. You can also watch Brett as the Ook Mascot at almost every NAIT Ooks game. Catch Brett’s show, The Epitome of Rad, every Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. on NR92.

Gram Mosimann, he may look like an overweight super hero from a crummy 1970’s B-Movie, but in reality? He is a starving NAIT student working his tail off for a reference; in the off chance someone will pity him enough to let him on-air one day. Self described as a rejected Muppet, he is equal parts geek, nerd, sports guy, and you will find Gram often watching the Eskimos, whilst sporting a Star Wars T-Shirt.

He made his earliest childhood dream come true by becoming a Zamboni driver! He has been apart of minor hockey as a player or referee for seven years, so working as a Zamboni driver is his wayof giving back to the sport that has been such a huge part of his life. Beforestarting at NAIT, he dabbled in acting and has appeared in eight different stage productions.

He started out at NAIT wanting to become a CFL colour analyst, but he was swayed over by the music side of radio! As an avid lover of all kinds of rock, you can expect to pick up all sorts of somewhat quirky factoids on the music he loves while listening to him on NR92. You can tune into Gram’s ramblings on his solo show “The Other Side” lighting up Internet radio from the scenic NR92 Studios, Monday's 8 to 10.

Gram (hereafter refered to as "The Personality") is not responsible for any loss, damage, theft, dysentry, or combustion that may occour to the listener whilst listening to the The Personality.

Matt Bugg, host of Bugg Bytes on NR92, is an Alberta boy, born and raised. He began his professional media career as a reporter for a small prairie weekly at the age of 16, and has since contributed to print, radio and electronic media services. His work has been featured in The Hockey News, on CTV News Channel and in the McKeen’s Hockey Yearbook. Matt has covered events such as the NHL Entry Draft (2011, 2010, 2007), the CHL Top Prospects Game and the 2012 World Junior Championships. In addition to serving as a WHL Eastern Conference correspondent for McKeen’s, Matt is the managing editor of DobberProspects (dobberprospects.com). Contact Matt at bugg@dobberhockey.com

Who is this gorgeous creature you might be asking yourself? Where does he come from and how can I get to know him better? Be patient. All will be explained in good time.
Matthys (pronounced [mah-TYSE]) is small town guy. He grew up just outside of Drayton Valley in rural Alberta. His father grew up not far from there, around a hamlet called Tomahawk. The prettier half of his parental pairing grew up down south around the Crows Nest Pass area. Matthys went to a Catholic school from kindergarten to grade nine. He then switched to the public high school called Frank Maddock High School where he graduated from.
While in high school Matthys was an active part of the campus life. He acted in plays and musicals, and also did the DJ work for the school dances. This led to a part time gig DJing weddings, Christmas parties etc. Working late nights DJing, Matthys also had an awesome alter-ego of lifeguard/instructor at the local swimming pool. DJing is what really started the passion for radio, while shouting at small children all day got the vocal cords well developed into the loudmouth he is today. After high school, Matthys wasn’t immediately accepted into the Radio and Television program, so he went to work in the oilfield as an instrumentation apprentice until January, when he finally was accepted into NAIT.
Now that you know who Matthys is, check out his after-hours request show on NR92.com on Saturdays at 4 p.m.until 6 p.m.. Find it on Facebook under the name “Whatever Floats Your Boat.” Also follow him on twitter @matthyspischke.

What can you say about Scott Hackman... A recent study conducted at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology has said that the best course of action is to say nothing at all, for Scott will quickly correct any statement, regardless of truth.

The man was born of humble means. Raised in a farming community, Scott quickly learned to cultivate both his personality and the fields that he tended to. Music was identified as a talent for the young man, as by the age of seven, Scott had mastered I’ll make love to you by Boyz II Men on the piano.  Elected as the president of his high school’s student council, it was evident early on that Scott was born to serve and lead his peers. Despite his talent, charisma, and intoxicatingly gorgeous appearance; Scott manages to carry himself to this day with the highest degree of class and humility.

Scott has fostered his desire to communicate through the medium of radio. Amongst other endeavours, Scott currently is an announcer on NR92.com, NAIT’s campus radio station. Hosting two shows, his talents are reflected through a mix of opinion (although Scott mentions that it’s not opinion if it’s truth), musical talent and knowledge of worldly topics. Scott has also been called the next prime minister of the global community, and his campaign platform can be found on twitter - @scottthatcounts. He really is the Scott that counts. Period.