PRESERVING RADIO HISTORY ACROSS COLORADO
Bill Welsh was a sportscaster and broadcaster who worked at KFEL in Denver before building a long career at KTLA in Hollywood.
In 2019 the Broadcast Pioneers of Colorado gave him their Lowell Thomas Award, which honors broadcasters with Colorado roots who made significant contributions to broadcasting nationwide.
This is a short stub. The Broadcast Pioneers page gives no dates for his KFEL years. If you remember him or have dates, send them in with the suggestion form.
Mackenzie “Mack” Dodge is a Colorado broadcaster tied to KEKB.
The Colorado Broadcasters Association’s Awards of Excellence list gives Mackenzie “Mack” Dodge of KEKB-FM as the Harry W. Hoth Public Service Award winner for 2013 and, as MacKenzie Dodge, for 2009.
This is a short stub. The CBA page doesn’t give his role or career dates. If you know the story, send it in with the suggestion form.
Brian Gary is a Colorado broadcaster tied to KUAD-FM in Windsor.
The Colorado Broadcasters Association’s Awards of Excellence list gives Brian Gary of KUAD-FM as its Rex Howell Broadcaster of the Year for 2015.
This is a short stub. The CBA page doesn’t give his role or career dates. If you know the story, send it in with the suggestion form.
Ryan Warner is a Colorado Public Radio host whose station home is KCFR in Denver.
The Colorado Broadcasters Association’s Awards of Excellence list gives Ryan Warner of Colorado Public Radio as the Harry W. Hoth Public Service Award winner for 2018.
This is a short stub. The CBA page doesn’t give his on-air role or career dates, and I’m linking KCFR as Colorado Public Radio’s Denver flagship. If you know the story, send it in with the suggestion form.
Mark Pimentel is a Colorado Springs broadcaster tied to the KRDO radio and TV group.
The Colorado Broadcasters Association’s Awards of Excellence list gives Mark Pimentel of KRDO-AM/FM/TV as the Harry W. Hoth Public Service Award winner for 2019.
This is a short stub. The CBA page doesn’t give his job title or career dates. If you know the story, send it in with the suggestion form.
Neil Best is connected to community radio in northern Colorado, where KRFC in Fort Collins is the station.
The Colorado Broadcasters Association’s Awards of Excellence list gives Neil Best, of Community Radio for Northern Colorado, as the Harry W. Hoth Public Service Award winner for 2020.
This is a short stub. The CBA page names his organization, not his job or years there, and I’m linking KRFC on the assumption that Community Radio for Northern Colorado is KRFC’s operator. If you know his story, send it in with the suggestion form.
Roger Ogden is a Colorado broadcaster linked to KYSL in Frisco.
The Colorado Broadcasters Association’s Awards of Excellence list names Roger Ogden of KYSL-FM as its Rex Howell Broadcaster of the Year for 2021. The CBA also lists him in its 2026 Hall of Fame class, with an induction ceremony set for October 23, 2026.
This is a short stub. The CBA pages don’t say what his role at KYSL was or give a career timeline. If you know the story, send it in with the suggestion form.
Tom Green is a Denver sportscaster and anchor whose work has crossed TV and radio, including time on 104.3 The Fan.
The Colorado Broadcasters Association biography says he began his Denver career in 1982 as a sportscaster for KUSA-TV, hosted and anchored at 104.3 The Fan, Fox Sports Rocky Mountain and KMGH, and spent 16 years as a news anchor at KWGN before returning to KUSA-TV in 2017 to anchor morning and evening newscasts. It also credits him with play-by-play for the Denver Broncos, college football and the Colorado Avalanche, and with hosting ESPN’s Sports on Tap, Olympic Zone and Denver’s Parade of Lights.
He was named to the first Colorado Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame class, announced in September 2025.
This is a short stub. The CBA biography doesn’t give years for his time at 104.3 The Fan or his play-by-play roles. If you worked with Tom or have dates, send them in with the suggestion form.
Carl Akers ran the newsrooms at KLZ radio and TV, and spent years making KLZ the place Denver went for the news. If you listened to or watched KLZ news in the 1950s and early 1960s, you were getting his product.
The Broadcast Pioneers of Colorado say he graduated from the University of Missouri in 1948 and moved to Denver to work for KLZ Radio in 1953, the year KLZ-TV, Channel 7, went on the air. He briefly became the 10 PM news anchor, decided after a week to go back to radio, and went on to “make Channel 7 the long running Number one News station in Denver.” He retired in 1966 to travel in Europe, then by 1967 started a second television career at KBTV, Channel 9, where his news and management skills helped Channel 9 become the number-one-rated newscast in 1975.
This is a short stub. Exact dates and titles at KLZ and KBTV aren’t on that page.
Sources: Broadcast Pioneers of Colorado, Hall of Fame 2000 — Carl Akers.
Harry Behler founded the station that started out as KGEK in Yuma, out on Colorado’s eastern plains. If you grew up listening to the Sterling-area station that is now KSTC, his is the name behind where it all began.
Wikipedia says the station “was founded in 1938 by Harry Behler” and was first licensed as KGEK in Yuma, about 60 miles southeast of Sterling, before it moved to Sterling in the 1950s. Other sources spell the name “Beehler” and give different years, so the dates are still being sorted out.
This is a short stub. We’re still working on the full story.
Sources: Wikipedia, KSTC (AM); Broadcast Pioneers of Colorado (Hall of Fame 2005 entry cited in our timeline; not re-checked).