Shawn Lucero is a Colorado radio host and programmer whose career started in Colorado Springs and later reached across the state, and if you grew up on the Springs’ rock stations, there is a good chance you have heard her.
Lucero got her start in 2002 as an intern and weekend-morning host at 94.3 KILO. She went on to work in promotions at 98KUPD in Phoenix, then joined 101.5 K-Rock/KMKF in Manhattan, Kansas in 2006 as promotions director and morning host and eventually became its program director. In 2015 she came back to KILO as music director and midday host.
In 2019 she became program director of KRXP/X103.9, where she also hosted on air and developed music-focused digital content, and where she promoted midday host Aubrey Bishop to promotions director in 2022. She remained a major part of the Colorado Springs alternative-radio scene until April 2023, when Colorado Public Radio hired her as a host and promotions coordinator for Indie 102.3 (KVOQ-FM) in Denver. She joined Indie on May 1, with weekend afternoon shifts starting in mid-May, and also coordinates the station’s work with promoters, venues and artists across Colorado. At KRXP, Carly Evans stepped up to program director after her. Evans called Lucero one of her best friends of a decade.
Sources: Colorado Public Radio biography of Shawn Lucero; Colorado Public Radio hiring announcement, April 25, 2023; RadioInsight, April 25, 2023 — Shawn Lucero joins Indie 102.3; RAMP, May 18, 2023 — Evans Elevated At X1039/Colorado Springs; RAMP, May 27, 2022 — Aubrey Elevated @ X103.9/Colorado Springs.
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Shawn Lucero begins her radio career at KILO
Shawn Lucero began in radio in 2002 as an intern and weekend-morning host at Colorado Springs’ KILO-FM / 94.3 KILO. Colorado Public Radio later documented this as the start of her broadcasting career.
Shawn Lucero becomes KRXP program director
In 2019, Shawn Lucero joined Colorado Springs alternative station KRXP-FM/X103.9 as program director, adding station leadership to her Colorado Springs radio career.
Shawn Lucero joins Indie 102.3 in Denver
Shawn Lucero began as host and promotions coordinator at Colorado Public Radio’s Indie 102.3, KVOQ-FM, on May 1, 2023, moving from program director of Colorado Springs’ KRXP.
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