Christopher Gabriel

Christopher Gabriel is a multimedia artist who wears the hats of radio talk show host, voiceover talent, writer, humorist and classically trained actor.

Host of The Christopher Gabriel Program and named one of America's rising radio personalities, CG serves up a unique blend of current events, pop culture, sports and humor with guests and contributors from across the nation.

Christopher began his radio career at 100.3 KTLK in Minneapolis. Within the first 18 months he was hosting his own weekend show and filling in as a host on other KTLK programs. He was associate producer of The Pat Kessler Show, and producer of The KTLK Morning Show and The Fox Morning News. He produced and was co-host of Chowhounds with Andrew Zimmern (also hosted the show when Zimmern shot Bizarre Foods for The Travel Channel).

Christopher also worked at 107.1 WFMP in St. Paul. He produced The Andrew Zimmern Show and was a frequent guest host for several weekend shows.

Christopher has been a voiceover talent for more than 30 years and has recorded hundreds of spots for clients nationwide.

As a writer Christopher has been published by major news groups / publications including Reuters, Sun-Times Media and the Chicago Sun-Times. He's been a weekly columnist for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and his audio satire The Farmland Almanac with Harrison Beillor is a regular feature on his radio program.

In the 26 years prior to coming to radio his theatrical resume included more than 100 plays performing Off Broadway, at regional theatres in the U.S. and in the Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland. In that time he had the privilege of working with acclaimed actors, writers and directors such as James Earl Jones, Julie Harris, Mitch Albom, Jeffrey Hatcher, John Houseman, Duncan Ross and John Barton. He's also worked with a donkey possessing overactive bowels, a psychotic bird with an attitude and two angry Yorkshire Terriers.

A native of Chicago, Christopher is delighted to call Fargo, North Dakota home with the three loves of his life: His beautiful wife and two amazing daughters.

The Christopher Gabriel Program is an entertaining mixture of lively conversation, engaging interviews and original audio satires and characters.

With a broad range of local and national guests, an eclectic group of regular contributors and weekly in-studio musical artists, the program offers observations, insights and the occasional rant on current events, pop culture and sports.

Recent and past guests include U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Mayor of Atlanta and longtime colleague and friend to Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Young; JFK Secret Service agent Clint Hill; New York Times best-selling authors Bob Woodward, Jeffrey Sachs, Mitch Albom, Colonel Oliver North, Mignon Fogarty, Kurt Andersen and Gretchen Rubin; Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Sheryl WuDunn; Bob Costas; Roxana Saberi; author and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff; Academy Award nominated producer Elise Pearlstein; two TIME 100 recipients, scientist Dr. Jill Tarter (2004) and astronomer Dr. Mike Brown (2006); former Time Magazine Jerusalem bureau chief and best-selling author David Aikman; Pulitzer Prize nominated columnist and author Jim Klobuchar; Otis Williams, original member of The Temptations; Emmy Award winning comedienne Paula Poundstone; comedian Jeffrey Ross; actor James Denton; award winning host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods, Andrew Zimmern; Grammy winner Henry Rollins; Grammy nominated drummer Sammy K; Dr. Julie Anderson, primatologist on the National Geographic Channel; Governor Tim Pawlenty (MN); Senators Al Franken (MN), Byron Dorgan (ND) and George McGovern (SD); Carl Babb from the Nuclear Energy Institute; ABC News Radio’s Aaron Katersky; Qasim Rashid, national spokesperson for Muslims for Peace; the founder of BoingBoing.net Mark Frauenfelder; Invisible Children filmmaker and co-founder Jason Russell; President of the National Center for Public Policy Research Amy Ridenour; U.S. luge silver medalist (1998) and three-time Olympian Gordy Sheer; U.S. curling bronze medalist (2006) Pete Fenson; Minnesota Twins president Dave St. Peter; University of North Dakota president Robert Kelley, athletics director Brian Faison, men’s hockey head coach Dave Hakstol, football head coach Chris Mussman; University of Tennessee athletics director Mike Hamilton; Sam Houston State head football coach Willie Fritz; Concordia College’s late president Dr. Pamela Jolicoeur; Moorhead State University Minnesota president Edna Szymanski and athletic director Doug Peters; North Dakota State University athletics director Gene Taylor; North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm and many more.

Wonderful musical artists, from local to internationally known, have played on the program including Latin Grammy winner and Grammy nominee Nestor Torres, Wycliffe Gordon, Sony Holland, Charlie Parr, Haley E & the Rydells, Little Winter, Amanda Standalone and the Pastry Shop Girls, Flatlands, Eden Parker, Michael Pink and the Johnson Family Band.

The program’s regular contributors are USA Today columnist Sandra Block, syndicated media / tech writer Brad Spirrison, entertainment journalist Jeanne Wolf, news and sports anchor Marty Lenz (KCBS, San Francisco), Forum writer John Lamb, syndicated green living writer and 1800recycling.com columnist Wendy Gabriel and WDAY Meteorologist Daryl Ritchison.