Steve Scott was a major Southern Colorado Top 40 and rock programmer whose career crossed KDZA, KYSN, KEDI/KCMS and KKFM.
Scott worked at KDZA/Pueblo during the early 1960s and later recalled helping move the station into rock and roll in 1964. He subsequently became a prominent personality at KYSN 1460 in Colorado Springs.
By 1973 Scott was managing and programming KEDI/KCMS. His preserved career chronology then places him at KKFM from 1975 through 1980. Contemporary trade material independently lists him alongside KKFM, and a period radio-industry directory lists Scott as program director with Bob Bailey as music director and John Bartholomew as news director at 225 S. Academy Blvd.
Scott’s KKFM years span an important transition: the station was documented as progressive rock in the mid-1970s and later appeared under broader contemporary classifications before its 1980s rock evolution.
Southern Colorado stations: KDZA, KYSN, KEDI, KCMS, KKFM.
Sources: Vintage KDZA history; Walrus, November 7, 1977; 440 International radio career chronology; Radio industry station directory (listing KKFM at 225 S. Academy Blvd.).
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KEDI/KCMS-FM becomes “Colorado’s Music Mother”
KEDI/KCMS-FM had evolved into an aggressive Top 40 operation promoted as “Colorado's Music Mother.” Historical accounts identify Steve Scott as programmer and describe the FM as an unusually early full-time FM Top 40 outlet.
KEDI 1973 air staff snapshot
A contemporary 1973 market directory lists Chuck Browning 6–10 a.m., Jim Sipes 10 a.m.–2 p.m., Mike Shannon 2–6 p.m., Jack Jennings 6–10 p.m., Tom Flohres 10 p.m.–2 a.m. and C.C. Crow 2–6 a.m. at KEDI. Steve Scott was general manager, station manager, program director and music director; Dana Ross was news director and Tom Flohres chief engineer.
1977: Steve Scott programs KKFM with Art Phillips on the staff
February 1977 — The national rock-radio trade publication Walrus lists Art Phillips and Program Director Steve Scott at KKFM/Colorado Springs. The surviving music report documents KKFM in an album-oriented rock environment, with airplay including artists such as the Eagles, Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Bob Seger, Fleetwood Mac and Genesis.
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