Dan “Ox” Ochsner, host of KNSI’s Ox in the Afternoon, hails originally from Fargo, ND. Ox lives in south St.Cloud with his wife Jan “Ox” Ochsner. They have no kids but treat their west highland terrier like actual offspring. Ox began his radio career in 1991 as a rock DJ in Fergus Falls and signed on as News Director with Leighton Media’s KDLM in Detroit Lakes in 1998. He came to KNSI in St. Cloud in 2001 starting “Hot Talk with the Ox” as a three-hour morning talk show covering politics and local current events with a humorous slant. His current show, Hot Talk With the Ox weekdays from 8a-to-11a, adds the elements of good old-fashioned Central Minnesota afternoon fun and remote, on-location broadcasts from the region and world. The Ox is well known in St.Paul and Washington, featuring congressmen and senators from all over the state and country as frequent show guests. Ox’s humor, sincerity, and personality build new friendships with every broadcast.

Listen to Hot Talk with the Ox anytime with our intriguing, thought-provoking and informative audio tidbits. Some you’ll hear on-air, others we record just for the web!

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Ox’s angle on the issues forcing you to think “Outside the Box”. Listen live at 5:11AM, 7:11AM, approximately 9:50AM, and at 5:33PM.

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The Ox will spend 2025 traveling the country to cover the news and events important to you, the KNSI listener. He’ll be broadcasting and covering the events that are most important to the future of our country.

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Join us live from the Pioneer Place Theater downtown St. Cloud on Fridays from 10-11am. Start your weekend with a roundtable discussion of the week’s top issues featuring political, business, and community leaders with the added twist of “happy hour”!

Falcon National Bank presents Business Profile on KNSI. Hear how local deposits in your local bank help local businesses expand in your local community. Hear how Falcon National Bank’s preferred status with the federal SBA loan program keeps decisions local to speed up your loan. Hear how their leasing services get you the equipment you need to best serve your customers. Hear Business Profile the second Wednesday of each month from 10:36am – 11am on KNSI presented by Falcon National Bank, Member FDIC. Equal housing lender.

On Wednesdays from 10:06am – 10:27am, the OX will team up with Ray from the Boulder Tap House to ask “Why not?” to a variety of questions/scenarios and during this segment, we’ll also give away some amazing prizes from the Boulder Tap House! Listeners can call-in and receive a gift card as a participating prize.

In today’s world of volatile financial investments, it is good to be updated from the leading experts, Bloomberg.  Thanks to Kelm and Reuter, you can hear those updates Monday through Friday, at 5:20 AM, 6:20 AM, 7:20 AM, 8:52 AM, 9:52 AM, 10:52 AM, AND 3:22 PM!