About Us
Welcome to the only daily LGBTQ news program on the radio in the United States.
The Gaily Show
We approach our stories with verifiable facts first and then provide Progressive perspectives and analysis.
And we don't just report specifically on LGBTQ stories. We report on the issues that deeply affect queer life. When Trump invaded Minnesota with three thousand ICE and Federal Border Patrol agents, that was a queer news story. When the Minnesota Secretary of State said he directed his office to plan for Trump interference in the 2026 election, that was a queer news story. When Trump tanked the economy with tariffs, that was a queer news story.
Originally, The Gaily Show premiered in December 2023 as a weekly LGBTQ culture and entertainment. A co-production with AM950 Radio (KTNF Minneapolis/St. Paul) it aired every Saturday afternoon.
But in January 2025, AM950 Radio promoted The Gaily Show to a daily one-hour news program. Airing from 2pm-3pm CST, it was -- and still is -- the only daily LGBTQ news program on the radio in the country.
In April 2025, The Gaily Show was picked up by WCPT 820 (Chicago). In 2026, three new stations picked up the show. On daily basis: 92.7 FM WMDX in Madison, WI. On a weekly basis: Seattle's 1150 KKNW and Amherst, MA's NewsTalk WHMP started airing the show weekly on Saturdays.
Since the beginning, we've partnered with AM950 Radio (now part of Heartland Signal) to co-produce The Gaily Show. They provide all of the technical logistics while we create the programming, book the guests, and write the journalism. We work closely together to secure advertising and to uplift LGBTQ and progressive nonprofits, organizations, and businesses. We also work closely to provide breaking news coverage for AM950 Radio and to support special programming (such as election night broadcasts!).
That being said, it is important to note that we are editorially independent from Heartland Signal and our views are our own. Opinion or news coverage on other programming does not necessarily reflect our own editorial viewpoints and our journalistic choices. Heartland Signal has no control over the editorial of The Gaily Show.
Our Company
Our People
John Parker
John spent a decade in television broadcasting in a variety of roles from audio, graphics, photog, and assignment editor. As an adjunct instructor, he taught journalism at Northwest Michigan College where he also advised the college newspaper, the White Pine Press. John is the founder and owner of Keep It Queer Media which produces (in addition to The Gaily Show), This Queer Book Saved My Life, and the Queer Armenian Library (the world's first library devoted to works by, for, and about Queer Armenians). He earned a GLAAD Media Award nomination for This Queer Book Saved My Life.
John is Armenian-American and a founding board member of the International Armenian Literary Alliance. He has partnered with Oxford Univesity's Bodleain Library to ensure the Queer Armenian Library is part of their official archive of books.
Jim Pounds
Jim's career has spanned 27 years in advertising agencies (both in LA and the Twin Cities), 12 years in marketing for higher education, and 15 years teaching a capstone marketing class at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
Jim served on the Board of the Advertising Federation of MN for four years and was part of the team that won a Grand Effie Award from the American Marketing Association for the first campaign to elect Paul Wellstone to the US Senate in 1990.
Jim is also an actor and has performed professionally since 2004. In 2024, he received a GLAAD Media Award nomination for This Queer Book Saved My Life.
