Ed Scott was a Denver-born announcer who went from network radio in Chicago to TV’s “Sheriff Scotty” to co-owning KLAK in Lakewood.
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Scott graduated from high school at 16 and was already running a teen record show. After leaving the University of Washington he went full time at KING in Seattle, made his network debut at CBS’s WBBM in Chicago at 19, and voiced network radio shows including People Are Funny, Sky King, The Gene Autry Show and The Quiz Kids. He came home to Denver in 1947, working at KOA and then KLZ, and from 1953 he spent nine years as host and producer of Sheriff Scotty on KLZ-TV Channel 7.
KLAK owner
In 1961 Scott pooled his resources to buy into KLAK, which by 1966 was a state-of-the-art operation; KLAK-FM signed on that year. He started the Accent Sound background-music company in 1970, bought KFEZ in Kansas City in 1971, and sold his businesses in 1976.
He later served on the Englewood City Council and became Colorado’s youngest mayor, wrote a Denver Post column carried by 63 papers in 30 states, and hosted There Was A Time, which won a Telly Award. He was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Colorado Hall of Fame in 2000.
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1947: Ed Scott comes home to Denver radio
1947 — After network work at WBBM in Chicago and KING in Seattle, Denver native Ed Scott returned home to announce at KOA and then KLZ.
1961: Ed Scott buys into KLAK
1961 — TV’s “Sheriff Scotty,” Ed Scott, pooled his resources to become an owner of KLAK in Lakewood. By 1966 it was a state-of-the-art operation.
1966: KLAK-FM signs on
1966 — KLAK added an FM station under co-owner Ed Scott.
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