Career
Seel has been absent from the Current since early March, 2015. On June 5, 2015, Seel announced that his absence had been due to health-related issues, and that he would be returning to The Current as well as Classical Minnesota Public Radio. Seel began his radio career at WUSF in Tampa, Florida as a classical music host before moving to WNED-FM in Buffalo, New York where he hosted weekday afternoons and also created the experimental music program Present Tense. Seel joined Minnesota Public Radio in 1999 originally as a host for the nationally syndicated classical service Classical 24.
He has been a Current DJ since its launch in 2005.
After Minnesota Public Radio"s The Morning Show ended in December 2008, Seel has co-hosted weekday mornings with Jill Riley from 6am to 10am. He popped off for a bit March 2015, is no longer on the breakfast show on the Current but is said to be on at other times and says he will also be back on the Classical service.