PRESERVING RADIO HISTORY ACROSS COLORADO

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  • Joe Bevilacqua

    If you listened to Denver’s Clear Channel FM stations in the mid-2000s, Joe Bevilacqua, better known as Joe Bev, was one of the people behind what you heard. He is a radio producer, performer and programming executive.

    Programming Denver’s FMs

    Clear Channel in Denver put Joe in the job of Denver regional programming VP in 2005, and he was later listed as director of FM programming for the cluster. His Colorado work was mostly behind the scenes, shaping programming across several FM brands.

    Beyond station management

    Outside the programming office, Joe is known for radio theatre, comedy and long-form audio production.

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  • Nerf

    Nerf (Jeb Freedman) is one of the defining voices of Denver alternative radio. If you’ve ever been to Big Gig, Keggs & Eggs or Hometown for the Holidays, you’ve been to one of the concert traditions he helped build at KTCL.

    Channel 93.3

    Nerf joined KTCL-FM, Channel 93.3, and worked as both its program director and its afternoon personality. Under his leadership the station posted big ratings wins, and Westword readers named him Best Radio DJ in 2023.

    Where is Nerf now?

    As of 2026, Nerf is a vice president and program director at KBCO-FM, after taking on broader iHeartMedia responsibilities in events and strategic partnerships.

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  • Greg Foster

    Greg Foster was a senior programming executive in Denver radio through the Clear Channel and iHeartMedia years. If you listened to news, talk or sports in Denver over the last couple of decades, a lot of what you heard went through Greg’s hands.

    Programming Denver’s talk and news brands

    Greg oversaw the company’s news, talk and sports brands and served as program director of KOA, including responsibility for major local sports broadcasts. His work put him behind many of the programming and personnel decisions on KOA, KHOW and the rest of the Denver cluster.

    Where is Greg now?

    Greg left iHeartMedia in 2022 after roughly two decades with the company and its predecessor.

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  • Nick Cage

    Nick Cage was on the air at Denver alternative station KTCL-FM, Channel 93.3. If you were tuned in to 93.3 around lunchtime in 2012, you probably heard Nick.

    Middays and Throwback Lunch

    A 2012 Clear Channel Denver lineup placed Nick in middays and tied him to the station’s “Throwback Lunch,” part of the locally focused sound Channel 93.3 had in that period.

    Public biographical information about Nick is limited, and this page only covers the Colorado assignment. It doesn’t assume that similarly named personalities in other markets are the same person. If you worked with Nick or have more to add, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • T.J. Kizuka

    T.J. Kizuka is a Denver radio and podcast personality tied to Mix 100.3. If you’ve heard Mix 100 out and about at a Denver event, T.J. may have been the one holding the mic.

    Mix 100 around town

    T.J. showed up as a Mix 100 representative at Denver-area community events, including the Studio 5280 benefit for National Jewish Health and Morgridge Academy.

    Mile High Theatre Guy

    T.J. later created and hosted Mile High Theatre Guy, a Denver-based podcast covering local and international theatre.

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  • John Fullam

    John Fullam is a longtime radio executive who ran major station groups in Denver and later came back to the market as interim leader for Audacy. If you listened to Alice 105.9, KS107.5 or any of the sister stations in the 2010s, he was the boss upstairs.

    Running Denver radio

    As senior vice president and market manager for Entercom, and later Audacy, Denver, John oversaw a group that included KALC-FM, KQKS-FM, KQMT-FM, KAMP-AM and related digital brands. He retired from full-time management at the end of 2019.

    He returned in July 2021 as interim senior vice president and market manager and stayed through March 2022, when Micah Goldberg was promoted to lead the Denver market.

    Coaching

    After roughly three decades in media management, John built an executive-coaching practice focused on leadership, employee engagement and high-performance organizations.

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  • Eddie Haskell

    Eddie Haskell is a country-radio personality and programmer whose Colorado work included KYGO-FM in Denver and a big role at iHeartMedia’s Fort Collins station group. If you listen to country radio in Northern Colorado, you’ve heard Eddie’s handiwork even when you didn’t hear the name.

    Colorado radio career

    Eddie was program director of KYGO-FM before being named senior vice president of programming for iHeartMedia Fort Collins in 2018. That job covered programming, promotions and digital strategy across the Northern Colorado cluster, including KPAW, KSME, KXBG, KCOL and KIIX.

    Where is Eddie now?

    After more programming leadership work outside Colorado, Eddie landed in Albuquerque as midday host on KRST-FM in 2022.

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  • Mike Peterson

    Mike Peterson is a Denver radio programmer and operations executive whose Colorado career has included KOSI-FM, Alice 105.9, KS 107.5 and 99.5 The Mountain. If you’ve listened to Alice, KS 107.5 or The Mountain in Denver over the last decade, you’ve heard stations he helped steer.

    Colorado radio career

    Mike’s on-air and programming background included KOSI-FM. He later joined the Entercom Denver cluster, serving as operations manager from 2012 while also programming KALC-FM. In 2015 he was promoted to vice president of programming and operations.

    His Denver responsibilities covered KALC-FM, KQKS-FM, KQMT-FM, Comedy 103.1, KEZW-AM and KRWZ-AM. The role included ratings strategy, content development, digital expansion and management of on-air talent.

    In September 2019, when Sam Hill left as program director of KQMT/99.5 The Mountain, Mike took over those program-director duties.

    Industry service

    Mike’s wider work has included radio fundraising initiatives for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Children’s Miracle Network, as well as service with country-radio industry committees.

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  • Liz Young

    Liz Young is a longtime Denver radio marketing and promotions pro. If you’ve won a prize, shown up at a station event or heard a big giveaway on Alice 105.9 or KOOL 105, Liz and her team were likely behind it.

    Alice 105.9 and KOOL 105

    Liz was marketing director in the early days of KALC-FM‘s Alice 105.9 format. She later became the marketing and events contact for KSE Radio Ventures and KOOL 105.

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  • Cha Cha

    Cha Cha is a Colorado radio personality who showed up on two big Denver FM brands: Alice 105.9 and KOOL 105. If you listened to either one from the mid-1990s on, you may remember the name.

    Alice 105.9

    Cha Cha was part of the original airstaff assembled for KALC-FM when the station launched the Alice 105.9 identity in the mid-1990s.

    KOOL 105

    KOOL 105 schedules also put Cha Cha in the afternoon-drive lineup on KXKL-FM, so if you drove home with KOOL 105, you probably heard that voice.

    This is a short page built from station-history listings, and we only have the on-air name. If you worked with Cha Cha or have more to add, we’d love to hear from you.

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