Florence Hernández-Ramos is the reason Denver has KUVO. She took Hugo Morales’ idea for a Hispanic public radio station and turned it into the station that signed on in 1985.
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A University of Colorado Boulder graduate with legal training in civil rights, Hernández-Ramos met Morales of Radio Bilingüe in 1982 while working as a paralegal in the Colorado attorney general’s office. She did the research, landed the grants, arranged the equipment purchases, assembled a board and set up training programs. KUVO signed on August 29, 1985, and since 1994 has broadcast from the Five Points Media Center on Welton Street.
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August 29, 1985 — KUVO signed on, owned by Denver Educational Broadcasting. It came out of Hugo Morales' plan for a Hispanic public station in Denver, brought to life by Florence Hernández-Ramos, and became Denver's jazz station.
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