PRESERVING RADIO HISTORY ACROSS COLORADO

Archives: People

  • Bryan Waters

    Bryan Waters has had a long Southern Colorado career that spans the microphone and the transmitter room. If you listened to KCCY or Cat Country 95.1 in the 2000s, you heard him, and if you listen to KILO or KRXP now, you hear his engineering.

    On the air

    By 2003 Bryan was an air personality at KCCY, and later industry reports describe him as the station’s music director and midday host when he left. He then joined KATC Cat Country 95.1, replacing Jeff Zaiger on nights in October 2006. At a 2009 radio-personality cooking competition he appeared with Alisha Scott and Jim West on the KATC team, which took the event’s “Most Engaging Team” recognition.

    Into engineering

    Bryan’s work gradually shifted to technical operations. By 2013 he was IT manager and assistant engineer for Cumulus Colorado Springs, where he helped modernize the cluster’s remote-broadcast systems. He then became chief engineer for KILO and KRXP. In a 2017 Radio World article under his own byline, he described engineering the stations’ Cheyenne Mountain transmission and studio-to-transmitter systems while serving as chief engineer for Cheyenne Mountain Public Broadcast House and KILO/KRXP.

    Sources

    • Airplay Monitor, August 2003 (print)
    • Colorado Springs Gazette, 2009 radio-personality culinary competition coverage (print)
    • Radio World, 2017 (byline article)

  • Alisha Scott

    Alisha Scott, who also used the name Alisha Smith during part of her Colorado Springs radio career, is a longtime Southern Colorado on-air personality best known for KATC/Cat Country 95.1. If you started your mornings with country in the Springs in the 2010s, you probably heard Alisha.

    Colorado Springs radio

    Alisha worked for Citadel’s Colorado Springs operation beginning in the mid-2000s across air, promotions and community events, with ties to KVUU and especially KATC. In 2009 she was part of the KATC team at a local radio/chef charity competition. Before moving to Denver she also did afternoons on classic rocker KYZX in the Springs.

    Denver and back

    Alisha hosted middays at Denver country station KYGO starting in April 2011, then returned to Cumulus in Colorado Springs. She came back to KATC as Cutter’s morning co-host in March 2013, handling mornings, music, marketing and promotions.

    Moving on

    Alisha left KATC in October 2019, after more than 11 years at the station over two stints and more than 13 years in the market. At the time she was music director, morning co-host and cluster promotions director.

    Also known as: Alisha Smith

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  • Antonio Mejia

    Antonio Mejia was chief engineer at KKAM 1350 in Pueblo in 1966. If you listened to KKAM back then, Antonio was one of the people behind the scenes keeping the signal clean.

    Engineering at KKAM

    The 1966 Broadcasting Yearbook lists Antonio as chief engineer alongside program director Denny Hawkins and the rest of the KKAM staff.

    This is a short page built from one directory listing, so we don’t have service dates or later work. If you worked with Antonio or have more to add, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • Earl Bradshaw

    Earl Bradshaw was news director at KKAM 1350 in Pueblo in 1966. If you got your local news from KKAM in the mid-1960s, Earl was the one running the newsroom.

    The KKAM newsroom

    The 1966 Broadcasting Yearbook lists Earl as news director during the Garvey Communications era, a chapter in the long history of Pueblo’s 1350 AM.

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

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  • Denny Hawkins

    Denny Hawkins was program director of KKAM 1350 in Pueblo in 1966. If you listened to KKAM in the mid-1960s, Denny was shaping what came out of your speaker.

    On the KKAM team

    The 1966 Broadcasting Yearbook lists Denny as program director. The same directory names general manager Rush Evans, station and sales manager William Beck, news director Earl Bradshaw and chief engineer Antonio Mejia. It’s a snapshot of one moment, so it doesn’t tell us how long Denny stayed.

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

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  • William Beck

    William “Bill” Beck was a longtime Southern Colorado broadcaster and radio manager who worked at both KDZA and KKAM in Pueblo. If you listened to Pueblo AM radio in the 60s, he was helping run the stations.

    Pueblo stations

    By 1964, station directories have Bill at KDZA, serving as station manager and commercial manager and reporting to Dee B. Crouch. Two years later, the 1966 Broadcasting Yearbook shows him at KKAM 1350 as station manager and sales manager. At that point the station belonged to Garvey Communications Systems and was an affiliate of ABC and the Intermountain network.

    After radio

    Bill put in 38 years in broadcasting. Once he left radio, he spent another 15 years selling industrial products for W.W. Grainger. His life ended in Colorado Springs on September 23, 2013; he was 87.

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  • Greg Hargrove

    Greg Hargrove was program director of KGHF-AM 1350 in Pueblo in 1997. If you tuned in to KGHF for oldies that year, Greg was shaping the music and the on-air sound.

    Oldies on KGHF

    The 1997 Radio Business Report Source Guide lists Greg as KGHF’s program director while the AM station carried an oldies format, before it later became KUBE. The listing is a single-year snapshot, so it doesn’t tell us how long Greg stayed or where he went next.

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

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  • Dave Harrell

    Dave Harrell was program director of KCSJ in Pueblo in 1997. If you listened to news-talk radio in Pueblo in the late 1990s, Dave was the one shaping what you heard on KCSJ.

    Programming KCSJ

    The 1997 Radio Business Report Source Guide lists Dave as KCSJ-AM’s program director and describes the station as news-talk, so his job centered on the spoken-word lineup.

    This is a short page built from one directory listing, so we don’t know how long Dave held the post or what came after. If you worked with Dave or have more to add, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • Jay Diamond Salas

    Jay “Diamond” Salas was program director at KYZX-FM 104.5 in Pueblo in 1997. If you were listening to country in Pueblo in the late 1990s, Jay was the one picking what went on the air.

    Programming KYZX

    The 1997 Radio Business Report Source Guide lists Jay as KYZX-FM’s program director, at a time when the station was part of Pueblo’s country-radio mix.

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

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  • Lorri Froehlich

    Lorri Froehlich was general sales manager for KYZX-FM in Pueblo in 1997. If you listened to country on KYZX in the late 1990s, Lorri was leading the team that sold the ads you heard between songs.

    Sales leadership at KYZX

    The 1997 Radio Business Report Source Guide lists KYZX as a country station and puts Lorri on its management team with general manager Steve Downes.

    This is a short page built from one directory listing, so we don’t know the rest of Lorri’s career. If you worked with Lorri or have more to add, we’d love to hear from you.

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