Craig Coffey

Craig Coffey is a Colorado Springs broadcaster whose career moved from cruise-ship entertainment and South Florida radio to a seven-year run at KVUU 99.9 and, beginning in 2008, a long tenure as a FOX21/KXRM television anchor and executive producer.

Radio career

After college, Coffey worked as a cruise director before entering radio. By the late 1990s he was on the air at Mix 102.3 in West Palm Beach, Florida. He arrived at KVUU 99.9 in Colorado Springs around July 1999, initially hosting nights.

Contemporary Billboard/Airplay Monitor coverage documented his move to morning drive in March 2000, when he joined Casey Page and Jim Coda. Archived KVUU pages preserve the show’s evolution: Jim Coda, Casey Page and Craig Coffey in 2001; Casey and Coffey in 2002; and Coffey and Alisha in the Morning by early 2005. When the station changed from K-View 99.9 to My 99.9, Coffey remained its morning anchor. Darren McKee joined the show in May 2005, and the station was promoting Coffey in the Morning by the end of that year.

Coffey’s years at KVUU also included highly visible community work. After Hurricane Katrina, he began broadcasting from a downtown Colorado Springs restaurant balcony on Sept. 1, 2005 while My 99.9 pursued a $99,999 relief goal. Industry coverage reported that he stayed aloft for more than eight days, taking listener donations and distributing Mardi Gras beads.

In August 2006, Coffey left KVUU after roughly seven years to join Entercom country station KKWF/100.7 The Wolf in Seattle. His final Colorado Springs morning team included Darren McKee and Coba. In April 2007, industry reporting placed him temporarily in mornings at sister station KBWF/95.7 The Wolf in San Francisco.

Television career

Coffey returned to Colorado Springs in January 2008 and joined KXRM-TV/FOX21. He became a morning anchor and executive producer, bringing the conversational instincts of radio into local television. A 2019 Colorado Springs Gazette profile noted that he had already spent nearly twelve years informing area viewers. His current professional profile continues to identify him as an anchor and executive producer at KXRM and sister station KXTU.

Awards and recognition

Coffey has been recognized by the Colorado Broadcasters Association as both an anchor and a member of the FOX21 morning team. Verified honors include the 2020 Award of Excellence for Best News Anchor or Team, the 2021 Award of Excellence for Best Regularly Scheduled Newscast, and a 2022 Award of Excellence for Best Single or Series Program or News Magazine for a Waldo Canyon anniversary special. The FOX21 morning team also received a 2022 Certificate of Merit for Best News Anchor or Team. The Gazette reported that Coffey received its 2019 “gold” recognition for morning television news anchor. Professional profiles also identify him as an Emmy, Edward R. Murrow and Associated Press award recipient, though exact categories for those honors were not available in the sources reviewed.

Where is he now?

As of October 2026, Coffey remains active at FOX21/KXRM in Colorado Springs as an anchor and executive producer.

Sources

• Colorado Springs Gazette: “5 Simple Questions with Fox 21 morning anchor Craig Coffey” (2019)
• Colorado Broadcasters Association: 2020 non-metro television awards
• Colorado Broadcasters Association: 2021 non-metro television awards
• Colorado Broadcasters Association: 2022 non-metro television awards
• Muck Rack: Craig Coffey professional profile
• Billboard/Airplay Monitor, March 17, 2000; Radio & Records, May 20 and Sept. 16, 2005 and April 9, 2007; Radio Ink, Sept. 19, 2005; archived KVUU pages via the Internet Archive.