Bob Lynch

Bob Lynch was a member of the original air staff of KBCO when the Boulder station began broadcasting in 1977. Working the overnight shift, Lynch was part of a small group of programmers and personalities who helped establish an unusually eclectic music service that would eventually become one of Colorado’s most influential radio brands.

KBCO’s founding staff included program director Dennis Constantine in mornings, music director Judy McNutt, production director Richard Ray, evening host Jon Steele and Lynch overnight. The station’s early programming philosophy allowed its announcers substantial freedom in music selection and presentation, distinguishing KBCO from more tightly formatted commercial stations of the period.

That creative environment produced programming such as the elaborate annual Intervention Day broadcasts, which later won the 1987 International Radio Festival of New York Grand Award for Best Entertainment Program of the Year. Lynch’s place on the original staff connects him directly to the formative period in which KBCO developed the identity that later helped influence the adult album alternative format nationally.

Available historical records establish Lynch’s role in KBCO’s launch-era lineup, but do not provide enough reliable information to reconstruct his later career without risking confusion with other broadcasters who shared the same name.

Sources: Broadcast Pioneers of Colorado — Denver Radio history; Broadcasting Yearbook — KBCO era reference.