Rick Barber was a Colorado radio newsman best known for three decades at KOA.
Colorado radio career
Barber started as news director at KLOV in Loveland, then reported news at KBTR from 1971 to 1973 and at KDEN 1340 from 1973 to 1976. He also hosted evening talk on KWBZ. After working as a DJ, talk host and program director in Albuquerque from 1978 to 1981, he returned to Denver and joined KOA in 1982.
At KOA Barber was the newsman on All Night Live with Joey Reynolds and stayed with the station until 2012. He was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Colorado Hall of Fame in 2013.
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1982: Rick Barber joins KOA news
After stops at KLOV, KBTR, KDEN and KWBZ and three years in Albuquerque, Rick Barber joined KOA's news staff in 1982. He became the newsman on All Night Live with Joey Reynolds and stayed at KOA for 30 years.
2012: Rick Barber ends 30 years at KOA
Newsman Rick Barber's KOA tenure, which began in 1982, ended in 2012. He was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Colorado Hall of Fame the following year.
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