Jill Riley (MPR)

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Jill Riley


Birth name Jill Riley
Born February 2, 1982 (1982-02-02) (age 26)
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Show Freeform music
Station(s) 89.3 The Current
Time slot Tuesdays-Thursdays 11 p.m.
Saturdays 7 p.m.
Sundays 3 p.m.
Country United States
Previous show(s) Wednesday Morning Show
Website mpr.org

Jill Riley (born February 2, 1979) is a disc jockey for 89.3 The Current in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. She previously worked for KVSC-FM, the Saint Cloud State University college and community radio station. While she attended SCSU, she was KVSC's production director and assistant news director.

Up until 2006, Riley was mainly the graveyard shift D.J. for The Current. Currently she has more mainstream timeslots, although she is often on the air past mid-night. Riley has a wide spectrum of music genres especially compared to other Current D.J.s'. Once she said, "That's right. I'm going to play Phish on the Current."

Riley is also known to talk much less then the other Current personalities, namely Mark Wheat and Mary Lucia.