Steve Downes was a Pueblo radio manager associated with KYZX-FM 104.5 during the station’s country era.
KYZX management
The 1997 Radio Business Report Source Guide identifies Downes as general manager of KYZX-FM, then operated by PolarComm Corporation. The listing places him at the head of the station’s local business operation during a period when 104.5 served Pueblo with country programming.
The directory confirms the 1997 appointment but does not establish the full length of his tenure or a verified later position.
Sources
- Radio Business Report Source Guide, 1997 — Pueblo market listing.
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1996 Southern Colorado station personnel snapshot
Contemporary industry listings document Bob Gourley, Bob Freeman, Charlie Cassidy and Mel Rauh at KIKX; Oleene Greenwood, Gary Dall, Dave Moore and Dan Thomas at KCCY; Nick Donovan at KDZA-FM; Dick Bruso, Larry Myers and Art Pemberton at KGFT; Lee Douglas and Norm Smith at KKPC; Iva Rafferty and Mike Lee at KKNK; Jerry De La Cruz and Diane Young at KRMX; Julio Gutierrez, Hilda Perez and Norm Smith at KRRU; Steve Downes, Lorri Froehlich, Jay Diamond Salas and Norm Smith at KYZX; Dave Harrell at KCSJ; and Greg Hargrove at KGHF.
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