Monday Evening 05/19/2025

By Josh Krohn

Published May 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM AKDT

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The Trump administration’s 2026 budget proposal calls for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts, which provides funding to art institutions nationwide; and Homer’s Johnny B returns to the Porcupine Theater to perform live piano for Charlie Chaplin’s 1925 silent film, “The Gold Rush,” set to cover the 1896 gold rush in Alaska and the Canada Yukon Territory.

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Josh Krohn

Josh is a graduate of the University of Nebraska with a degree in communications and broadcasting, and a Certified Audio Engineer through the Society of Broadcast Engineers. At 13, he got his first taste for public radio when he interned at KBBI, an experience that shaped his career. Josh returns to Homer after twelve years with Classical 90.7 KVNO, in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was senior audio engineer and production coordinator. Previously he was station manager/general manager of KUHB-FM, St. Paul, Alaska, in the Pribilof Islands.

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