Rip Avina was a longtime Pueblo radio programmer and on-air personality best known for his work at KDZA.
Contemporary trade material documents Avina at KDZA from at least the late 1970s through the 1980s. A 1979 industry photograph identifies him as the station music director, while later reporting identifies him as program director and 9 a.m.–noon personality and describes him as a 15-year KDZA veteran. A 1983 Radio & Records classified listing also directed announcer applications to Avina at KDZA.
Southern Colorado station: KDZA.
Roles: Music Director; Program Director; on-air personality.
Sources: contemporary radio trade publications including Radio & Records and industry music reporting.
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Rip Avina documented at KDZA
Contemporary Gavin Report music reporting identifies Rip Avina at KDZA, providing direct evidence of the station's programming personnel and playlist activity during the mid-1980s.
Gavin correspondence preserves Southern Colorado programmers
Gavin Report correspondence identifies Rip Avina at KDZA Pueblo, Charles Darwin at KVRH Salida, and an Irwin/Howard programming team at KVUU Colorado Springs, preserving names often omitted from station histories.
Rip Avina remains documented at KDZA
Rip Avina continued to appear in contemporary trade reporting for KDZA, evidence that his programming role extended through at least 1987.
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