▁and ▁became ▁a ▁major ▁supp orter ▁of ▁expansion ▁of ▁the ▁station . ▁The ▁last ▁of ▁these ▁" strong er " ▁advis ors ▁was ▁Joe ▁Z es b augh , ▁who ▁helped ▁professional ize ▁the ▁operation . ▁Z es b augh ▁left ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁to ▁run ▁public ▁television ▁at ▁Arizona ▁State ▁University . ▁His ▁short - term ▁successor ▁left ▁under ▁unclear ▁circumstances , ▁at ▁which ▁time ▁student ▁broad c aster s ▁reg ained ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁station . ▁Station ▁man agers ▁during ▁this ▁period ▁included ▁Michael ▁( M ic key ) ▁Dean , ▁Frank ▁Nov iel lo , ▁Phil ▁Glen de , ▁Dave ▁T uen ge , ▁and ▁Tom ▁Living ston . ▁Program ming ▁m ature d ▁dram atically , ▁featuring ▁locally ▁produced ▁public ▁affairs ▁programming , ▁a ▁news ▁operation , ▁and ▁music ▁including ▁jazz , ▁classical , ▁folk , ▁and ▁other ▁" altern ative " ▁music ▁not ▁otherwise ▁available ▁in ▁the ▁D ul uth / Super ior ▁radio ▁market . ▁K UM D ▁also ▁experiment ed ▁with ▁live ▁sport sc ast ing ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁including ▁several ▁remote ▁broadcast s ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁basketball ▁games . ▁these ▁broadcast s ▁were ▁anch ored ▁by ▁Eric ▁E sk ola , ▁who ▁subsequently ▁worked ▁as ▁announ cer ▁for ▁D ul uth ' s ▁CBS ▁radio ▁affili ate ▁( K D AL ) ▁and ▁eventually ▁moved ▁to ▁W C CO ▁radio ▁in ▁Min ne apolis ▁as ▁its ▁legisl ative ▁and ▁political ▁rep orter , ▁and ▁the ▁co - host ▁of