MEET THE CREW
Behind The Scenes
CASEY CHAPMAN
Radio Personality
Casey started her radio career at Lampasas Radio in 2018, after doing a commercial voiceover for her current employer. She went on to become the other half of "The Ken and Casey Morning Show" after growing her career over the last 4 years Casey has joined in on the decision to make a permanent move over to Hill Country Radio.
KEN GONTAREK
Radio Personality
Started his radio career in the early 90's as a traffic reporter flying over Austin in a Cessna 172. After a 4 years of airborne reporting, he left to move into the studio working at CHR top 40. After moving to Lampasas, TX in 2011 he went to work for Lampasas Radio where he started "The Ken and Casey Morning Show" now in his 3rd decade of broadcasting, he has made the huge decision to make his permanent move over to Hill Country Radio!
Staff meteorologist
Steve Hamilton is originally from Gloucester County, New Jersey, near Philadelphia. He’s been a weather enthusiast since 1972 when Hurricane Agnes roared across his home town. He began to write to TV weather forecasters in Philadelphia, asking for weather maps and satellite images so he could study them. Steve graduated from Colorado State University with a BS in Communications. Then he embarked on a career in Radio before going back to school in 2005 to study meteorology at Mississippi State University. He graduated three years later, and earned his American Meteorological Society Seal Of Approval in 2008. Steve is also a storm chaser and has been on hundreds of solo chases, witnessing nearly 40 tornadoes and countless severe thunderstorms. Now on The Storm Report Team, Steve has merged his two passions: Radio and Meteorology. And he’s not just a “weather reader”. He really gets into forecasting, and weather analysis, and enjoys using cutting-edge technology to achieve a look at weather, “from the top, down” as he says. Once that’s done, he says it’s much easier to predict local conditions, and give listeners a clear, accurate picture of what to expect and how to prepare.
Jennifer is a Midwest girl, originally from Beech Grove, Indiana. Her interest in weather came in middle school. She was living in Central Florida at the time and became fascinated with hurricanes and tracked every storm on the tracking charts you get at the grocery store. Her family moved to Pennsylvania when she was in high school and Jen went to the Pennsylvania State University (Go Lions!) and received her Bachelor of Science in Meteorology in 1995. Jennifer landed a job in the radio department at The Weather Channel in 1997 and has been with The Storm Report Radio Network since 2012! Jen is also the owner of Tornado Talk, a dynamic, information packed website all about tornado history. She has written over 400 summaries and has a growing social media/discord community. In her spare time, Jen is an avid tennis player. She plays on competitive leagues year round.