PRESERVING RADIO HISTORY ACROSS COLORADO

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  • Jim Coda

    Jim Coda is a Southern Colorado classic-rock voice who is remembered for helping bring The Eagle to the air. If you cranked 103.9 or 98.1 in the Springs between the late ’90s and the 2000s, you heard his work.

    The Eagle

    The Eagle’s classic-rock format debuted on KYZX 104.5 in May 1998. After Bahakel Communications bought KYZX and its Pueblo sister stations, it moved to 103.9 in 1999 and carried on as 103.9 The Eagle. Local recollection has Jim coming to Southern Colorado to help launch it.

    Morning drive on KVUU

    In March 2000 Jim and Casey Page, then the morning team at classic-rock KXZZ, were paired with Craig Coffey for mornings on adult Top 40 KVUU, replacing Rich and Michelle. The lineup was short-lived.

    KKFM

    Jim later worked at KKFM 98.1 during its classic-rock era. In 2003 he was music director under program director Bobby Irwin at Citadel Broadcasting, and by 2008-09 he was listed as KKFM’s program director.

    Sources

    • M Street Journal, May 1998 and May 1999 (print)
    • Broadcasting & Cable, January 4, 1999 (print)
    • Billboard / Airplay Monitor, March 17, 2000 (print)
    • Radio Power Book, 2003 (print)
    • M Street Radio Directory, 2008-09 (print)

  • Brenda Egger / Brenda Goodrich

    Brenda Egger, who started in Colorado radio as Brenda Goodrich, spent decades on the business side of the stations you listened to. If you tuned in to Colorado Springs or Denver stations in the last 30 years, she was likely leading the team behind them.

    Citadel in Colorado SpringsIn 1997, after serving as regional sales manager for KKMG, Brenda was named vice president and general manager of Citadel's Colorado Springs stations. A 2002–03 radio directory still listed her as general manager there. She later became market manager for KSE Radio in Denver.

    iHeartMedia DenverIn December 2019, Brenda was named president of iHeartMedia's Denver region, overseeing stations in Denver, Colorado Springs and Fort Collins.

    Where is she now?In April 2026, trade reports said Brenda had left iHeart during an executive restructuring. No new position had been announced yet.

    Sources• Radio & Records, August 8, 1997

    • Broadcasting & Cable, September 1, 1997

    • M Street Radio Directory, 2002–03

    • Radio Ink, December 20, 2019

    • RAMP, April 9, 2026

  • Jack Regan

    Jack Regan was a veteran Colorado broadcaster who spent time on the air and behind the scenes in both Denver and Colorado Springs. If you listened to Denver radio in the 1980s, or to the Springs in the 2000s, there’s a good chance you heard Jack.

    Denver years

    Jack’s Denver stops include KXKX, KIMN, KTLK and KOAQ/Q103. By 1985 he was program director and morning personality at Q103.

    Colorado Springs

    Jack later worked in Colorado Springs, including KSPZ during its Z93 era, and by 2005 he was at KKPK 92.9 The Peak.

    Where is Jack now?

    As of a 2009 career update, Jack was doing weekend work on KKPK while also working in voice-over.

    Sources

    • Cash Box, July 20, 1985 (print)
    • 440 International radio-personality archive (print)

  • Danger Dean / Dean Nedens

    Dean Nedens, better known as Danger Dean, is the rock voice of the evenings in Colorado Springs. If you crank 107.9 KBPI South at night, you’re hearing him, and if you’ve watched a local pro wrestling show, you may have heard him call it.

    Getting started

    Dean says he began his radio career with iHeart in Colorado in 2003, after attending the Ohio Center for Broadcasting, now Colorado Media School. He has also wrestled professionally around Colorado since 2008 and does commentary for wrestling shows around the state.

    Awards

    At 107.9 KBPI South, Danger Dean won two 2024 Colorado Broadcasters Association Awards of Excellence, Best Evening Show and Best Station Personality in major-market radio. He was also credited for KBPL-FM‘s “Snip or Treat,” which won Best On-Air Contest for a Station, and for KKLI-FM‘s “First & Main Summer Concert Series,” which won Best Station Sponsored Community Event. In 2025 the “Big Bad BPI Night Show with Danger Dean” took Best Evening Show again.

    Where is he now?

    As of October 2026, KBPI South lists Danger Dean on weekdays from 7 p.m. to midnight, and the station still ties him to Colorado Springs.

    Sources

  • Jim Berry

    Jim Berry is a Colorado broadcaster best known around the Springs for his run on KSPZ 92.9. If you woke up to Colorado Springs radio in that era, you might remember him on mornings with Tammy Oakland.

    Getting started

    Jim is a Trinidad native, and he says he got his start in radio there in 1985. From there he worked in Cañon City, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Nebraska and Nevada before coming back to Colorado Springs as a program director and morning personality.

    KSPZ and on to Denver

    At KSPZ, Jim co-hosted mornings with Tammy Oakland. He later moved to Denver’s KOOL 105, KXKL, where he became program director and afternoon personality.

    Sources

    • Jeremy’s Journey: Jim Berry interview (May 31, 2017)
    • KOOL 105: Jim Berry personality biography

  • Steve Sandman

    Steve Sandman was a Colorado Springs radio sales executive in the early-2000s Clear Channel era. If you ever heard a local ad on the Springs’ Clear Channel stations back then, his team was selling it.

    Sales at Clear Channel Colorado Springs

    Station directories from 2002 and 2003 list Steve as sales manager for Clear Channel’s Colorado Springs operation, working under general manager Bob Gourley. The group included adult-contemporary KKLI-FM and KVUU-FM, along with the company’s other Southern Colorado stations serving Colorado Springs and Pueblo. It was a management role on the commercial side, not an on-air job.

    This is a short page. We don’t have exact start and end dates for Steve. If you worked with him or have more to add, we’d love to hear from you.

    Sources

  • Bob Gourley

    Bob Gourley ran the business side of Colorado Springs radio for decades. If you listened to KKCS, KIKX, K-Lite or any of the Clear Channel stations in the Springs, he was the boss behind the building.

    KIKX and KKCS

    By September 1992, Bob was general manager of KIKX 102.7 “The Max.” Later that year, KIKX and KKCS entered a sales-only LMA, and Bob, then KKCS general manager, replaced KIKX GM Dennis Lamme. The 1993 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook lists him as KKCS GM, and mid-’90s directories still had him managing the KIKX operation while Wiskes/Abaris ran KKCS AM/FM from the shared Centennial Boulevard building.

    Clear Channel

    By 2002, industry directories listed Bob as general manager of Clear Channel’s Colorado Springs operation, including KKLI and KVUU.

    A mentor

    Tammy Oakland remembers Bob as her GM at KKCS when she was a part-time production assistant, and credits him with sending her to training seminars and giving her an early foundation in radio.

    Remembering Bob

    The Colorado Broadcasters Association’s tribute says Bob died in 2019 after 43 years in Colorado radio. It lists him as general manager of KKCS, KCCY, KKLI, KKMG and KIBT, and as owner and president of KSLV in Monte Vista (San Luis Valley Broadcasting) from 1979 to 2019. His honors include an NAB Crystal Radio Award for KKCS, CBA Station of the Year for KKCS in 1997 and the CBA Harry Hoth Award. He’s also in the Colorado Broadcasters Association’s 2026 Hall of Fame class, which will be honored at a celebration on October 23.

    Sources

    • Colorado Broadcasters Association — Bob Gourley tribute
    • FMQB Colorado Springs Market Snapshot, September 25, 1992 (print)
    • Billboard, November 7, 1992 (print)
    • Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook, 1993 (print)
    • Radio Business Report Source Guide; Radio Power Book 2002 (print)
    • Shoutout Colorado interview with Tammy Oakland

  • Kevin Godwin

    Kevin Godwin is a radio executive who ran Citadel’s Colorado Springs stations for a short stretch in 2006–07, between two chapters in Boise, Idaho. If you listened to KKFM, KKMG, Cat Country 95.1 or KVOR in those years, he was the boss behind the scenes.

    Getting started and Boise

    Kevin got his radio start at Washington State University, as an account executive and general sales manager at the student-run station KUGR-FM. According to the National Association of Broadcasters, Citadel employed him from 1994 until 2007. By 2002–03 he was general manager of Citadel’s Boise stations, and a 2003 University of Idaho announcement identifies him as vice president and general manager of the Boise cluster of six stations: KBOI-AM, KQFC-FM, KKGL-FM, KIZN-FM, KZMG-FM and KTIK-AM.

    Colorado Springs

    Citadel relocated him to Colorado Springs in 2006. Trade coverage that summer described him as the Colorado Springs general manager, freshly promoted to a Citadel regional vice president role after his time as Boise market manager. He was in charge of KKFM, KKMG, KATC / Cat Country 95.1 and KVOR during a period of big changes, including the debut of Cat Country on 95.1.

    Back to Boise and the NAB

    His Colorado Springs stay didn’t last long. In 2007 he left Citadel and went back to Boise as senior vice president and market manager of the newly formed Peak Broadcasting, which took over stations there through Citadel’s ABC Radio deal. Peak was acquired by Townsquare Media in November 2013, and Kevin remained, eventually becoming a senior vice president overseeing performance, operations and business development for the West Region of Townsquare Media. In 2022 he was chosen for a director seat on the NAB Radio Board. His degree from Washington State University is in business administration and marketing.

    Sources

    • M Street Radio Directory, 2002–03
    • University of Idaho Athletics / Citadel announcement, June 12, 2003
    • Radio & Records / Country Aircheck, July 5, 2006
    • National Association of Broadcasters executive biography, 2022
    • Radio Ink, NAB Radio Board appointment, August 2022
    • Boise State University / Peak Broadcasting announcements, 2008

  • Brian Taylor

    Brian Taylor is a country-radio personality and programmer who has turned up all over the Colorado Springs country dial. If Y96.9 or Cat Country 95.1 has ever been playing in your car, you’ve likely heard him.

    Y96.9

    At KCCY-FM, Brian wore three hats: assistant program director, music director and evening host. He stepped away in August 2018, following a stretch of over five years at the station, so he could put his energy into Hillbilly Live, an online country-music service he ran together with Amber Parker.

    Back on the air at Cat Country

    Cumulus announced in July 2021 that Brian was returning to Colorado Springs radio, as the afternoon host on KATC-FM Cat Country 95.1, on the air weekdays from 3 to 7 p.m. So far, that’s the latest move we’ve found for him.

    Sources

  • Scooter B. Stevens / Brett Stevens

    Scooter B. Stevens, later heard as Brett Stevens, spent years programming Colorado Springs radio. If you listened to Magic 98.9 in the early ’90s or to Christian AC 102.7 in the 2000s, you were hearing stations he guided.

    KKMG 98.9

    By July 1990, Hitmakers listed Scooter B. Stevens as program director of KKMG, with Trevor Grey on mornings. In September 1992 he was still PD, working in a Citadel structure where Chris Baker was director of programming for the Colorado Springs operation. He stayed hands-on with the air staff: job ads in November 1993 and August 1995 sent applicants for a morning sidekick and a creative morning personality to Scooter at KKMG, and a 1996 directory still had him as PD of the Pueblo-licensed CHR station aimed at Colorado Springs.

    KBIQ 102.7

    Brett Stevens then turned up as program director of Christian AC KBIQ 102.7, listed that way in February 2007 with Jack Hamilton as music director. He was still conducting KBIQ on-air interviews in March 2011, including one with author Leslie Leyland Fields.

    Archive contributors identify Scooter B. Stevens and Brett Stevens as the same broadcaster. If you worked with him and can fill in the story, we’d love to hear from you.

    Sources

    • Hitmakers, July 20, 1990
    • FMQB, Colorado Springs market snapshot, September 25, 1992
    • Radio & Records, November 19, 1993; August 25, 1995; February 2, 2007
    • Radio Business Report Source Guide & Directory, 1996
    • Leslie Leyland Fields speaking schedule (March 2011 KBIQ interview)
    • Wikipedia — KBIQ
    • Wikipedia — KKMG