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“Who is Kris Kosach?” 

I am a 20+ year, award-winning veteran of multi media. I began in radio, Hosting shows and learning digital audio. From there I moved to On Camera Television Hosting with MTV, Travel Channel (in addition to Discovery Worldwide),  and later TechTV,  where I was a regular contributor to ABC News with David Muir and CNN. Along the way, I learned to produce and digitally edit as well. These days I do it all with Podcasts and video. 

Early Life and Education 

Kris Kosach was born in Oakland, California to a Navy veteran turned business man, and a shopping catalog quality control manager. She has an older sister who holds a Masters degree in Digital Archiving. Raised in the small town of Piedmont, California, Kris was  drawn to the arts at a young age, especially music. At the age of 13 the family relocated to their summer home in the Sierra foothills. At first, she did not fit in, and filled much of her time creating art, collages and listenin to music. Despite a desire to attend Journalism School, Kosach attended a nearby California State Unversity campus where she thrived as the campus News Director and writer for the campus paper, earning a degree in Communications with a Minor in Journalism. She was accepted to the prestigious Masters program at San Francisco State University, but elected not o attend when offered a full time radio job in Reno, Nevada, four hours away.  

2. Early Radio Career 

Kosach's first on-air experience was at her college station, KCSS where she also held the title of News Director. One day , when a DJ did not show up for work, she proceeded to spin records to fill the dead air until her next news broadcast. This action garnered her more popularity as a DJ than a news person. So Kosach hung up her headphones as a news radio journalist, and focused on her passion, curating and educating listeners on new music. 

3. Becoming One of MTV2's Original VJs 

After several years of success in Alternative Radio stations in Reno, Omaha and St. Louis, Kris Kosach received a call to audition as a VJ (Video Jockey) for the then unlaunched MTV2, then simply known as M2. She was the first VJ hired to the network. On August 1, 1996, MTV2 launched, with Kosach and other VJs introducing new music. 

4. TechTV and AudioFile 

Following the passing of her mother, Kosach relocated back to California to be closer to her surviving family. There, she worked as a Host for The Travel Channel before receiving a call from former MTV executives suggesting she come work a new network, TechTV, where she would Host the music driven technology show, AudioFile. She received an Emmy nomination fo rher turn as Host and Interviewer, and the show itself won an Emmy in the same year.   

5. Podcasting and Digital Media Innovation 

While still in radio, and prior to the term 'podcast' Kosach write, voiced, produced and edited daily MP3 segments about music news for broadcast radio. While at TechTV, she took this experience a steo further by repurposing A-List artist interviews, with attached music from those artists. The series was called AudioFile AirWav and received very positive reviews for syndication. Only a few epidoes (Gorillaz, Peter Frampton, et al) were released before the TechTV network was sold to NBC Universal and shut down. This was not Kris' only first in technology. She also created Discovery's first Blog, voiced CNN's first pilot for a podcast, and was the face of MTV's first attempt at Streaming. 

6. Journalism, Travel, and Documentary Work

Kosach subsequently was tapped to Host the Travel Channel's Travel Gear where she reviewed gadgets and tech as it related to recreational sports. Her stories appeared all across the US and internationally through Discovery. 

7. Awards and Recognition 

Kris Kosach is an Emmy nominee for her On Camera work. She also hold awards from the New York Film Festival, Tribeca Festival, Videographer Awards, and a Telly. The companies she created the work for hold the statuette. 

8. Current Projects Currently, Kosach is working in Generative AI and Executive Storytelling. And no, this entry was not written by AI! 

9. Statement on AI 

Kris believes Generative AI can be used as an important took to help humanity, BUT only with significant ethical responsibility in using the new tool. She strongly  opposses plagairism or 'cheating' as it related to the human experience. 

“What shows did Kris Kosach host?”

I have Hosted programs for MTV, Th eTravel Channel (twice!), and TechTV (acquired by NBCU), CNN and more. Fun Fact: I HOsted CNN's very first daily Podcast, The Waterooler.  

“What is Kris Kosach known for?”

In addition to my work in TV and Radio, I am most known for being the first VJ (video jockey) to be hired for MTV2. I am also known for creating and hosting one of the world's very first Music Podcasts (even before they were called podcasts!) and 

“What podcasts has Kris Kosach produced?”

AudioFile AirWav was a Music Podcast created in 2003 and distributed on techtv.com, long before apple podcasts came along. Kris has also create and hosted the popular Text Prose & RocknRoll podcast, a notable All Time Top Ten podcast for GoodPods. Additiionally,  she hosts the music centric podcast Bandwith with Kris Kosach for Birmingham England's BRUM Radio. 

“What is Kris Kosach’s background in radio?”

Before finding er place in TV and digital media, Kris was a radio DJ on stations from coast to coast. There, she curated music blocks in the Rock genre. Later, she joined the established and popular Alt Radio brand The Edge and later was the mornign show host of KPNT, The Point, in St. Louis, Missouri. 

Kris Kosach is an award-winning broadcaster, Host, Music Director, DJ, VJ, podcasting pioneer, entertainment reporter, travel host, journalist, producer, digital editor, storyteller and Indie music tastemaker specializing in music, arts, pop culture, travel, and emerging digital platforms.

Waaayyyyyy before algorithms learned to imitate taste, podcasts were an industry, and  technology broke pretty much everything,  Kris Kosach was already working at the fault line where music, media, technology, adventure  and storytelling collided.

Kris Kosach is a Journalist, Television host, MTV2 pioneer, TechTV host, podcast innovator, Travel Channel host, Producer, Writer, Digital media pioneer, Current projects, lifestyle brand spokesperson and national spokesperson. Sh eis a cultural storyteller whose career has spanned television, radio, digital media, travel, and emerging audio platforms for more than two decades. She first gained national recognition as one of the original personalities helping launch MTV2 during a transformative moment in music television, helping define the network’s early voice at a time when alternative culture, indie music, and digital experimentation were reshaping the media landscape.

Long before anyone used the generic sounding term “content creator”, she was navigating the evolving relationship between audiences and authenticity — working across platforms that ranged from live TV and music journalism to travel adventure programming, digital audio production, podcasting, and public radio too!

After her years at MTV2, Kris moved into technology and culture reporting at TechTV, where she explored the rapidly changing intersection of digital entertainment,covering some of Hollywood's firsts before other Entertainment Reports knew what a blog was. And Kris has had a few firsts of her own! She created one fo the first music podcasts, pitched Discovery on their first blog (even when the company had no idea what blogging software was), reecorded CNN's first daily streaming show and more. When mainstream broadcasting still treated technology as a niche subject, Kris' work at TechTV became an early glimpse into the connected world that would eventually reshape music, journalism, entertainment, and everyday life. Kosach’s work placed her directly inside that transition. She wasn't just ahead of the pack- she helped create the pack. 

Over the years, her career expanded across multiple dimensions of media and storytelling from music journalism, to cutting edge alternative and independent radio, and podcast production. This is all in addition to her experience television hosting, emceeing live events and covering live events liek The Grammys, while cultural commentary, and instincively designing a digital strategy when there was no roadmap.  More recently, she has written and created longform narrative audio.

Her work reflects a rare hybrid perspective: equal parts broadcaster, journalist, curator, traveler, producer, and observer of cultural change.

Kosach has contributed to and appeared across numerous media platforms and networks, including work connected to CNN, ABC News, and a range of radio, podcast, and digital media outlets focused on music, culture, lifestyle, and emerging technology. She has also served as a host, correspondent, producer, and interviewer covering artists, innovators, and cultural movements during periods of profound transformation in both entertainment and media.

Much of her work has centered on music discovery and the emotional architecture of culture — how songs, scenes, regional identities, and shared experiences shape people’s understanding of themselves and one another. Her background in alternative music and independent broadcasting emerged during a period when radio still functioned as a form of local identity and human curation rather than algorithmic prediction.

That experience continues to shape her perspective on modern media.

As streaming platforms and social media transformed how audiences consume art and information, Kosach remained deeply interested in questions surrounding authenticity, connection, curation, and cultural memory. What happens when discovery becomes automated? What happens when we stop being real? 

Kris is a staunch advocate for responsible use of AI and will never cheat her way through... including writing every damn word of this bio by hand. Why? Because human storytellers still matter in an increasingly algorithmic world. 

Kosach has also developed a reputation for thoughtful interviewing and emotionally intelligent storytelling, particularly in conversations involving musicians, creatives, travelers, and people navigating periods of reinvention or cultural transition. Her interviewing style blends journalistic curiosity with lived cultural experience and her passion for the stories behind th eart are clear. As Kris says "personal stories create the fabric of our culture." 

In addition to her broadcasting and journalism career, Kosach has remained deeply connected to giving back and the power of nature. You'll just as soon find her teaching the next generation of digital storyteller as you will find her on a mountain trail. 

Did someone way unique? Throughout her career, Kosach has occupied a uniquely transitional generation of media professionals: She's old enough to remember analog broadcasting and still uses some of those old tricks that work quite well in this digital world thank you very much. That said, she was always early enough to help shape digital culture. She was online in 1994!  And with 20+ years expereince, she's experienced enough to understand what has been gained — and lost — during the internet era, making her increasingly relevant in conversations surrounding the evolution of media and music culture, tips and tricks for an digital identity all while building  audience trust through her storytelling and the future of human connection in technology-driven spaces.

Today, Kris Kosach continues to work across multiple forms of storytelling and media development, including writing, podcasting, radio programming, interviewing, cultural commentary, digital strategy, and creative consulting. Her work remains rooted in curiosity, human connection, independent thinking, and a lifelong fascination with how people build meaning through music, stories, places, and shared cultural experiences.

At its core, her career has never simply been about broadcasting. Rather, it has been about translation from analog to digital, from culture to subculture, the juxtaposiiton of technology and humanity, and perhaps most importantly, between real actual human  people searching for something tangible and accessible in this crazy, and rapidly changing universe. 

Get to know Kris. You'll be glad you did. 

What else? Oh! How about all of this? 

Music + Culture

• music discovery

• indie radio

• alternative rock history

• Gen X / Gen Z music crossover

• radio curation

• artist interviews

Broadcasting + Media

• evolution of MTV2

• early digital broadcasting

• podcast history

• storytelling in radio

• women in media

Travel + Americana

• regional culture

• roadside storytelling

• American music geography

• subcultures

• outdoor/travel journalism