Tammy Oakland is a Colorado radio personality, voice talent and producer whose Southern Colorado career included KATM, KKCS, KKPK, KATC-FM and KKLI/Sunny 106.3.
Oakland has said her radio career began at KATM 100.7 The Kat, first working as the station mascot before getting a chance to fill an overnight on-air shift. She later attended the Colorado Institute of Art, where she studied Music and Video Business with an emphasis in audio engineering.
By the mid-1990s, Oakland was at KKCS. Her later professional history lists KKCS from 1996 to 2000, and she has described working there as a part-time Production Assistant under General Manager Bob Gourley, whom she credited as an important early mentor. Country Airplay Monitor reported in January 2001 that KKCS had moved Singer and Sherry to mornings, replacing Oakland, who had exited.
Oakland’s professional history then places her at KKPK 92.9 The Peak from approximately August 2001 through December 2010. Her work there included on-air duties and extensive community involvement; the Colorado Broadcasters Association named her the 2009 Major Market Radio Broadcast Citizen of the Year.
She later worked in the Cumulus Colorado Springs group, including country station KATC, before becoming a familiar personality at KKLI/Sunny 106.3. She remained part of KKLI’s local lineup when K-Lite became Sunny 106.3 in 2014 and later served as Assistant Program Director and midday host.
Oakland received additional Colorado Broadcasters Association recognition over multiple years, including the 2021 major-market Community Service Campaign award for an International Women’s Day project. She moved to KOSI 101.1 in Denver for middays in late 2024.
Southern Colorado stations: KATM, KKCS, KKPK, KATC-FM, KKLI.
Sources: Shoutout Colorado interview, Dec. 18, 2024; Country Airplay Monitor, Jan. 19, 2001; Radio Online, Dec. 2024; RAMP, Dec. 31, 2024; Colorado Broadcasters Association Awards of Excellence; professional-history listings.
Awards & Recognitions
Documented awards, honors, and finalist or nomination recognition associated with this station or broadcaster.
- 2017Silver winnerThe Gazette — Best of the SpringsRadio PersonalityTammy Oakland with Captain Dan JacksonThe Gazette: Captain Dan returns
Stations They Worked At
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Career Moments
2001: Tammy Oakland exits KKCS mornings
January 2001 — Tammy Oakland exited the morning show at KKCS. Country Airplay Monitor reported that Singer and Sherry moved from afternoons to mornings as her replacement.
2001: Tammy Oakland joins KSPZ 92.9
August 2001 — Tammy Oakland joined KSPZ Oldies 92.9 after previously working at KKCS. She remained with the 92.9 facility through its 2006 transition to KKPK/Peak FM and continued there until 2010. Oakland later received the Colorado Broadcasters Association's 2009 Major Market Broadcast Citizen of the Year honor.
Woody Powers is on Peak FM by 2009
By March 2009, Woody Powers was established on 92.9 Peak FM. A Colorado Springs Gazette account of the annual radio-chef culinary competition identifies Peak's team as Tammy Oakland, Joe Cicero and Woody Powers, documenting Powers at KKPK well before the later Goose & Woody ratings run.
2014: K-Lite 106.3 becomes Sunny 106.3
November 2014 — iHeartMedia rebrands longtime Colorado Springs adult-contemporary station KKLI/K-Lite 106.3 as Sunny 106.3. The station immediately begins its annual Christmas-music presentation before returning to adult contemporary after Christmas.
2024: Tammy Oakland leaves Colorado Springs for KOSI/Denver
December 2024 — After a long Colorado Springs radio career, Tammy Oakland joined KOSI 101.1 in Denver as midday host. She came from KKLI/Sunny 106.3, where she had been APD/midday talent.
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Photo · 1998
1998 CBA Awards
KKCS-FM morning show at the 1998 Colorado Broadcasters Association awards ceremony.
Photo · 1997
1997 CBA Awards
KKCS-FM staff brought home several Colorado Broadcasters Association awards including 1997 Station of the Year.
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