Joe Moravchik (Mohr-rahv-chick) is the creator, researcher, writer, and host of College on the Radio. He is also a hockey broadcast analyst alongside Gordon Moore and play-by-play announcer Jimmy LeRue for the Raider Hockey Radio Network on KYMN.

 

Joe's love for radio traces back to his childhood, when he listened to ball games with his father on broadcasts from Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay, and gathered with his brothers at night to hear mystery theater programs based out of Chicago. Those early experiences inspired an interest in thoughtful conversation and compelling storytelling, characteristic features of his show today.

Joe was a distinguished police officer, where he had experience in patrol, field training of new officers, the major crimes division, a specialty unit called Target Enforcement, as a sergeant, and then as an (acting) commander of two shifts. He was a multi-time recipient of the prestigious Exemplary Officer Award – ceremoniously presented by the Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin. He is retired from service, but is an integral part of training the new generation of law enforcement. 

 

Now, Joe is a highly regarded instructor and teacher of courses on Constitutional Law (Bill of Rights), Minnesota and Wisconsin Statutes, Ethics, Search and Seizure Law, Criminal Procedure, Tactics and De-escalation, Criminology, and The History and Current State of U.S. Policing, among other topics, primarily to police, sheriff, and state patrol cadets, but also to students in continuing education and professional studies programs. He currently offers popular classes open to the public at the University of Minnesota’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and Northfield’s Cannon Valley Elder Collegium. Additionally, he partners with St. Olaf College to provide students meaningful opportunities to learn about, and work in, the media. 

 

In his free time—for over two decades—Joe has coached or administered youth and high school athletics, primarily girls hockey. He has been a three time keynote speaker at the annual Minnesota Hockey Excellence in Leadership Conference on the topic of building girls hockey programs, and has been featured in Minnesota Hockey, Let’s Play Hockey, and USA Hockey magazines.

 

About his education, Joe earned a J.D. from the William Mitchell College of Law. There, he was awarded a scholarship, was a member of the Constitutional Law Moot Court Trial Team, won a CALI Award for Academic Excellence, and was runner-up for the Student Award of Merit, nominated by faculty and presented to the law student that demonstrates significant contributions to the betterment of society.