Shawn Lucero is a Colorado radio host and programmer whose career began in Colorado Springs and later expanded statewide.
Lucero got her start in 2002 as an intern and weekend-morning host at 94.3 KILO. She later worked at 98KUPD in Phoenix and 101.5 K-Rock/KMKF in Manhattan, Kansas before returning to KILO as music director and midday host.
In 2019 Lucero became program director of KRXP/X103.9, where she also hosted on air and developed music-focused digital content. She remained a major part of the Colorado Springs alternative-radio scene until 2023.
Colorado Public Radio hired Lucero in 2023 as a host and promotions coordinator for Indie 102.3 (KVOQ-FM), citing her long connection to Colorado Springs radio and the state’s music scene.
Sources: Colorado Public Radio biography of Shawn Lucero; Colorado Public Radio hiring announcement, April 25, 2023.
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Shawn Lucero begins her radio career at KILO
Shawn Lucero began in radio in 2002 as an intern and weekend-morning host at Colorado Springs’ KILO-FM / 94.3 KILO. Colorado Public Radio later documented this as the start of her broadcasting career.
Shawn Lucero becomes KRXP program director
In 2019, Shawn Lucero joined Colorado Springs alternative station KRXP-FM/X103.9 as program director, adding station leadership to her Colorado Springs radio career.
Shawn Lucero joins Indie 102.3 in Denver
Shawn Lucero began as host and promotions coordinator at Colorado Public Radio’s Indie 102.3, KVOQ-FM, on May 1, 2023, moving from program director of Colorado Springs’ KRXP.
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