Bob Rubin had a 47-year career across Colorado radio and television as a disc jockey, sportscaster, salesman, station co-owner and manager.
Colorado radio career
Rubin started on the night shift at KYOU in Greeley, then joined KMYR in Denver. From April 1, 1960, to April 1, 1965, he co-owned KMOR with Bob Martin and Tim O’Connor, a station aimed at Denver’s south suburbs. He went on to sell advertising for KTLN and serve as national sales manager for KOSI.
In the early 1970s he covered weekend sports on KOA-TV and sports on KOA radio, then became KOA radio’s program director and later operations manager for KOA radio and television. He left KOA in 1979 and later ran the Resources Communications Center at the Colorado School of Mines.
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April 1, 1960: Bob Rubin becomes co-owner of KMOR
Former KYOU and KMYR announcer Bob Rubin became a co-owner of KMOR on April 1, 1960, along with Bob Martin and Tim O'Connor. The station targeted Denver's south suburbs, and Rubin's ownership ran exactly five years, to April 1, 1965.
1979: Bob Rubin leaves KOA
Bob Rubin, who had risen from KOA sports reporter to KOA radio program director and then operations manager for KOA radio and television, left the station in 1979.
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