Ginger Havlat, known on the air simply as Ginger, is a longtime Colorado music-radio personality and music director most closely identified with KBCO-FM.
KBCO career
Ginger’s broadcasting career lasted more than four decades, with most of it spent at KBCO. Across multiple tenures she became one of the station’s defining voices, hosting middays, serving as music director and helping shape the station’s “World Class Rock” identity.
Her work placed her at the center of Colorado’s album-oriented and adult-alternative music culture. Listeners knew her for an understated, knowledgeable presentation and for an unusually long relationship with both KBCO’s audience and the artists the station championed.
Retirement
Ginger retired from regular KBCO duties at the end of 2022. Contemporary accounts described 38 years of association with the station and approximately 34 years on its staff, reflecting a career that included a period away before she returned.
Sources
- Denver Gazette — Ginger reflects on 38 years at KBCO
- Westword — longtime KBCO host Ginger retires
- Radio Online — retirement announcement
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