PRESERVING RADIO HISTORY ACROSS COLORADO

Archives: People

  • Howard Myers

    Howard Myers was a longtime KCSJ staff member in Pueblo who moved from promotion into commercial management. If you listened to KCSJ in the 50s or 60s, Howard was part of the team behind what you heard and the ads that paid for it.

    From promotion to sales

    The 1957 Broadcasting Yearbook lists Howard as KCSJ’s promotion manager. By 1966 he was the station’s commercial manager, working under general manager Cliff Hendrix. Those two snapshots, nine years apart, show him moving into sales and commercial leadership during KCSJ’s full-service era.

    This is a short page built from two directory listings. If you worked with Howard or have more to add, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • Larry Caldwell

    Larry Caldwell was news director at KCSJ 590 in Pueblo in 1966. If you followed Pueblo news on KCSJ in the mid-1960s, Larry was leading the newsroom.

    News at KCSJ

    The 1966 Broadcasting Yearbook lists Larry as news director during Cliff Hendrix‘s time as general manager. KCSJ was a full-service local station then, with plenty of news, public-affairs, sports and community programming.

    This is a short page built from one directory listing, so we don’t have the full length of Larry’s time at the station. If you worked with Larry or have more to add, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • Chopper Harrison

    Chopper Harrison was the guy who stayed on the air for almost four days straight to launch Eagle 103.9. If you listened to classic rock in Colorado Springs in 1999, you may remember that marathon.

    Eagle 103.9

    In 1999, KYZX moved from 104.5 to 103.9 FM and refocused its signal on Colorado Springs. The trade publication Rock Airplay Monitor named Chopper as program director and morning host. He came from afternoons at WRQC in Minneapolis and was identified in the trade press as a cancer survivor.

    To promote the relaunched “Eagle 103.9,” Chopper stayed on the air for roughly 94 hours in a marathon broadcast that raised money for the American Cancer Society.

    Moving on

    By July 1999, Rock Airplay Monitor reported that Chopper had left KYZX, with assistant program director and midday host Jason Jane taking over as program director. The 103.9 facility later changed from KYZX to KRXP in 2008.

    About the name

    His real name is documented as Dave Martin. A 2005 memorial message he wrote for a longtime friend was signed “Chopper Harrison (Dave Martin),” which connects his air name and real name.

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  • Don Jantzen

    Don Jantzen was a Colorado Springs rock radio guy. If you were cranking 94.3 KILO in the late ’90s, back when it ran active rock, Don was helping pick what you heard.

    Programming KILO

    By 1998, station listings had Don as KILO‘s assistant program director and music director. In March 2000, he was promoted to program director and music director, the first program-director change at KILO in more than 22 years. Rich Hawk stayed on as station manager.

    Moving on

    In 2001, Don left KILO for KQRC in Kansas City, where he took on afternoon drive and APD/music director duties. By January 2004, he had joined Houston’s KTBZ as afternoon host and assistant program director.

    Remembering Don

    Don died in the summer of 2023. KILO honored him in its “Our Fallen Hero” memorial and dedicated an episode of The KILO Vault to his memory.

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  • Summer Justice

    Summer Justice is a Colorado Springs broadcaster who works across Bahakel’s KILO and KRXP/X103.9 operation. If you listen to rock radio in the Springs, you’ve likely heard her on one or both.

    On KILO and X103.9

    Summer is listed on 94.3 KILO’s “Rock Jocks” roster. Station bios describe her as a digital media and news director for the two stations, and she has delivered news on the KILO morning show and hosted music programming, including KILO’s Femme Fatale Sunday-night show.

    This is a short page built from station listings. If you’ve worked with Summer or have more to add, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • Andy Crowl

    Andy Crowl (on air as “Crowley”) is a Southern Colorado production specialist and on-air personality. If you listen to rock radio in Colorado Springs, you may know him from KILO and KRXP.

    Career

    By 2021 he was production director for the KILO/KRXP operation, and that year he also moved into KRXP’s night show as part of a push for more live-and-local programming across the two stations. He later moved up to mornings on X103.9.

    In July 2025, when the syndicated Woody & Wilcox show took over KRXP mornings, he shifted to afternoons from 3 to 7 p.m. That same shake-up saw program director Carly Evans leave after a little over two years, with Ross Ford taking over programming duties.

    Where is Andy Crowl now?

    As of July 2025, he’s doing afternoons on X103.9 KRXP in Colorado Springs.

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  • Cate Carrier

    Cate Carrier is a Southern Colorado alternative-radio personality and music programmer on KRXP, X103.9. If you listened to X103.9 in the Springs in the early 2020s, Cate is a voice you may know.

    Adding music director to the job

    By 2021, Cate was KRXP’s afternoon personality and promotions director. That year Bahakel promoted Cate to add music-director duties, a bigger programming role while staying on the air and in promotions.

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  • Nick Miller

    Nick Miller is a Colorado Springs rock-radio personality on KILO and KRXP. If you listen to rock radio in the Springs in the evening, you may hear Nick live.

    First full-time gig

    In 2021, Bahakel promoted Nick from weekend work into KILO’s live evening shift, Nick’s first full-time radio position. The move was part of a bigger KILO/KRXP staff shuffle aimed at doing more live and local radio.

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  • Emily Nixx

    Emily Nixx is a Colorado Springs rock-radio host on 94.3 KILO. If you’re a rock fan in the Springs and tune in at lunchtime, that’s Emily.

    Rock on KILO

    Emily’s station bio talks about her wide-ranging taste in music and her time at concerts and artist events for KILO and its sister station, X 103.9.

    Where is Emily now?

    As of October 2026, KILO lists Emily as its weekday midday host, on from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. She’s also on the station’s Rock Jocks roster.

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  • Bobby Irwin

    Bobby Irwin has been a behind-the-scenes force in Colorado Springs radio for decades. If you’ve listened to Springs radio since the ’80s, odds are one of the stations he ran was on in your car.

    KVUU in the ’80s

    Bobby joined KVUU in 1983 as program director and morning host, and The Gavin Report credited the Colorado Springs music reports to him and Howard in 1985 and 1986.

    Back to the Springs

    After programming in other markets, Bobby returned to Colorado Springs in 1998 and was program director at KKMG by 1999. In October 2000 he was promoted to operations manager of Citadel’s five-station Colorado Springs cluster, and he stayed a key programming executive through later ownership changes. In 2022 Cumulus reported he was still cluster operations manager and program director for KKFM and KKPK, after Ryan Kaufman took over KVOR programming.

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