PRESERVING RADIO HISTORY ACROSS COLORADO

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  • Nate Wilde

    Nate Wilde is a Colorado rock-radio host, music writer and musician. If you listen to rock in Northern Colorado on KPAW-FM, or caught the statewide KBPI rock service, you’ve likely heard his name.

    Colorado radio

    Nate was part of the on-air lineup announced in December 2017 when iHeartMedia reorganized KBPI into a 107.9 FM network serving Denver, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs/Pueblo. The lineup also included Uncle Nasty, Alicia and Willie B’s Garage.

    He later became a host and digital contributor for KPAW in Fort Collins, writing about rock music, concerts and Colorado culture. He has also produced Nate’s Wild Ride Cast, with episodes on Colorado music and history.

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  • LaLaine Larson

    LaLaine Larson, known simply as LaLaine on the air, is a Denver radio personality. Ever had KOOL 105.1 on around midday during the week? That was her voice keeping you company.

    Right now

    She hosts the weekday midday shift, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on KXKL-FM (KOOL 105.1). You’ll also spot her at station promotions and community events around town.

    Her Denver years

    Her radio work goes back to at least the 1990s, and one early stunt is still talked about: she went off a crane on a bungee cord during a live broadcast, with her microphone fastened to her hand by tape. She’s lived in Denver since 1996 and grew into a familiar voice in the market.

    Before Colorado

    LaLaine was born in Sweden and spent part of her childhood there, and her heritage is both Swedish and Filipino. Her family’s moves took them through Luxembourg and Tokyo and ended in the Florida Panhandle. Colorado’s mountains and an active, outdoorsy lifestyle are what pulled her here.

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  • JR (Jeffrey Ramsey)

    Jeffrey “JR” Ramsey is a Top 40 radio personality who joined KPTT-FM (HITS 95.7) in Denver as afternoon-drive host in November 2021. If you drive home in Denver with the radio on, JR may be the voice keeping you company.

    From Maine to Nashville

    JR is originally from Maine, and the radio career began at WJBQ (Q97.9) in Portland. Four years at WNFN (Hot 106.7) in Nashville came next. JR hosted nights there at first, then took over afternoon drive in May 2020.

    HITS 95.7 in Denver

    Beginning November 8, 2021, iHeartMedia put JR on the air weekdays from 3–7 p.m. at HITS 95.7. Program director John E. Kage cited JR’s Top 40 background and social-media skills as reasons for the hire, while JR described the goal as getting to know people around Colorado and turning Denver into a new home.

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  • Sean Swallow

    Sean Swallow is a Colorado radio personality and media producer who has been on the air at KALC-FM (Alice 105.9). If you tune in to Alice in Denver, you may know the name, and if you like podcasts, you may know it from there too.

    Finding radio

    A Colorado native with a lifelong love of music and performance, Sean made a career change into broadcasting, attending the Colorado Media School and going after a job in radio. That led to an on-air spot at Alice 105.9.

    Beyond the dial

    Sean’s media work has also included production-assistant duties at KDVR/Fox 31 and co-hosting the EverythingSwallow podcast with Shaina Swallow.

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  • Beardo

    Beardo is the on-air name of Kyle James Marshall, a rock-radio personality on KBPI. If you’ve been to a KBPI event or a summer store appearance, or you just crank the station on your drive, you’ve probably heard his voice.

    On the air at KBPI

    You’ll find Beardo on the air at KBPI, and he turns up all over the station’s local promotions and events. Archived station pages have him there by 2017, including a summer retail appearance that was promoted under his air name.

    Beyond the mic

    Music is a huge part of Beardo’s life, and so are the Colorado Avalanche, the Denver Broncos and tattoos. His station bio tells the (self-deprecating) story of how he got the Beardo name. He also hosts Beardo’s Sink Full of Dishes Podcast.

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  • Justin Sasso

    Justin Sasso has led the Colorado Broadcasters Association since 2011. If your local station has a seat at the table when AM radio’s future in cars comes up, he’s the one pulling up the chair.

    From the station side

    In his words, radio has been “the heartbeat of my life.” His operating career ran 25 years with several broadcast companies along the Front Range, and for a time he owned and ran a radio station in Northern Colorado. A 2008 business directory lists him as owner and general manager of NewsTalk 1310 KFKA.

    Colorado Broadcasters Association

    He worked his way up at the CBA, holding the roles of secretary/treasurer, vice chair and board chair before taking over as president and CEO. These days he speaks for Colorado’s radio and TV stations on public policy, emergency information and workforce issues, including the effort to keep AM radio in new vehicles.

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  • Bryan “B-Dub” Washington

    Bryan “B-Dub” Washington is an award-winning country-radio programmer and personality whose Denver work included KWBL-FM (106.7 The Bull) and the nationally syndicated B-Dub Radio on KYGO-FM. If you’ve caught a high-energy country show on Denver radio at night, you may have heard B-Dub.

    106.7 The Bull

    In early 2018, shortly after iHeartMedia launched 106.7 The Bull, Washington joined KWBL as assistant program director, music director and afternoon-drive host. He came to Denver after programming and on-air roles at country stations in Portland and Phoenix. Washington spent about two years at The Bull before returning to the Pacific Northwest for afternoons at KNUC in Seattle.

    B-Dub Radio

    Skyview Networks began nationally syndicating B-Dub Radio, a high-energy country program built around Washington’s on-air style. KYGO added the program to its weeknight and Saturday-night lineup in 2021, bringing B-Dub back to Denver listeners.

    The show has earned two Academy of Country Music awards for National Weekly On-Air Personality/Show.

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  • Josh Griesemer

    Josh Griesemer is a Denver radio producer and on-air host whose career has developed within the Kroenke Sports & Entertainment radio group, first in sports radio and later at KIMN-FM (Mix 100). If you’ve been listening to Mix 100 mornings lately, you’ve heard Josh go from behind the glass to the microphone.

    From intern to morning host

    Josh began in radio as a KSE intern after college and worked his way into production and on-air roles. His first years with the company included its sports-radio operation before he moved to Mix 100.

    He became the producer for Mix 100’s morning show and joined Jeremy Padgett and Katy Mitchel on air when Jeremy, Katy & Josh in the Morning launched in October 2024.

    Where is Josh now?

    As of October 2026, Josh is co-host of Denver’s Morning Show with Nina and Josh, which Mix 100 launched in September 2026 with Nina Blanco.

    Colorado roots

    Josh is a 2014 graduate of Valor Christian High School, and an alumni profile followed his path from station intern to Mix 100 on-air host.

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  • Jeremy Padgett

    Jeremy Padgett is a longtime Denver radio personality best known for more than two decades at KIMN-FM (Mix 100). If you started your workday with Mix 100 in the 2000s or 2010s, odds are you started it with Jeremy.

    Mix 100

    Padgett spent most of a 23-year Denver radio career with Mix 100. For many years he co-hosted mornings with Dom Testa, and a 2018 Westword profile described Dom and Jeremy as one of Denver’s most popular radio duos.

    When Testa left the daily show in September 2024, Padgett kept the morning chair. The station paired him with Katy Mitchel and producer Josh Griesemer as Jeremy, Katy & Josh in the Morning, a version of the show that ran from October 2024 until September 2026.

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  • Dylan Sprague

    Dylan Sprague is the programmer who ran two of Denver’s most distinctive stations at once. If you listened to Alice 105.9 or 99.5 The Mountain around 2008 to 2013, he was calling the shots on what you heard.

    Before Denver

    Dylan started at WNCI in Columbus while still in college, then worked nights at KJYO in Oklahoma City. He moved to afternoon drive at KYIS/KATT, then to Kansas City, where he became music director at KMXV. His first program-director job came at WWWQ (Q100) in Atlanta.

    Alice and The Mountain

    Dylan arrived in Denver in January 2008 to program hot AC KALC (Alice 105.9), then added classic-rock KQMT (99.5 The Mountain), so he was responsible for two very different Entercom brands. In a 2009 industry interview, he talked about bringing a more unified sound to Alice and guiding The Mountain through a stretch of ratings growth.

    His Denver staffs included big personality-driven shows like BJ, Howie and Erica in mornings and Slacker and Steve in afternoons on Alice. A 2013 industry directory still listed him as programming director for the Entercom Denver group.

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