Andrés Neidig is a pioneer of Spanish-language broadcasting in Colorado, with more than 50 years on the air and deep involvement in the state’s Spanish-speaking community. In 2014 he became the first Spanish-language broadcaster inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Colorado Hall of Fame.
Colorado radio career
Neidig started in 1961 at age 18 at Paco Sanchez’s KFSC 1220 in Denver, working as a news translator, copywriter and on-air talent, and was the station’s general manager within a year. In the early 1970s he produced the Paco Sanchez Hour, which grew into the live television program El Show de Andrés.
In 1975 he moved to Pueblo and the Spanish-language “Radio Mexicana” operation on 690 AM, which became KRMX in 1981. He bought the KRMX AM and FM stations in 1984. In March 1989 he returned to Denver and purchased KJME 1390 AM, “La Jota Mexicana,” which he ran until 2004. He later hosted a weekly Mexican oldies program on KNRV 1150.
Off the air, Neidig taught free U.S. citizenship classes to his listeners and received Mexico’s Ohtli medal from President Ernesto Zedillo.
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1961: Andrés Neidig joins KFSC
Eighteen-year-old Andrés Neidig joined Paco Sanchez's KFSC 1220 in Denver in 1961 as a news translator, copywriter and on-air talent. Within a year he was the station's general manager, the start of a Spanish-language broadcasting career that would span more than 50 years.
1975: Andrés Neidig moves to Pueblo radio
Andrés Neidig moved from Denver to Pueblo in 1975 to lead the Spanish-language “Radio Mexicana” operation on 690 AM, then KAPI. The station took the KRMX call letters in 1981, and Neidig, by then its manager, bought it in 1984.
1984: Andrés Neidig buys KRMX AM and FM
Manager Andrés Neidig acquired Pueblo's KRMX 690 AM and KRMX-FM 107.1 in 1984. The FM had brought nighttime Spanish-language radio to Pueblo for the first time when it signed on as KAPI-FM in 1979. Neidig's ownership of the FM was brief; it switched to English as “Super X FM 107” in April 1985 and was sold that September.
March 1989: Andrés Neidig buys KJME 1390 in Denver
Andrés Neidig moved back to Denver in March 1989 and bought KJME 1390 AM, “La Jota Mexicana.” He operated the Spanish-language station until 2004.
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