Tom Fricke is a Colorado radio personality and programmer whose Southern Colorado work included KATM and KIKX.
Colorado Radio Archive research places Fricke at KATM in the late 1980s. By October 1990 he was at KKMG/Magic FM, where Hitmakers reported his promotion to APD/MD, replacing Trevor Carey when Carey left for KWNZ/Reno.
Fricke later became program director of KIKX/The Max during its 1993 New Rock era. He subsequently built a long career at KYSL/Krystal 93 in Summit County, where the station says he has hosted weekday mornings for more than two decades.
Fricke has also received Colorado Broadcasters Association recognition for his on-air work, including honors connected to morning-show, personality and sports programming.
2023 CBA Award credit: Tom Fricke was credited for KYSL-FM’s Award of Excellence for Best Station Imaging Campaign, “Happy Halloween from Krystal 93,” and Best Sales Event, “A-Basin Opening Day.” He was also credited with Phil Lindeman for a Certificate of Merit in Best News/Talk Show Host or Team, “Morning Mayhem With Tom & Phil,” and with Phil Lindeman and Tauna Lockhart for a digital/social media Certificate of Merit.Official CBA 2023 radio results.
Sources: Colorado Radio Archive timeline research; 1993 Broadcasting Yearbook; Krystal 93; Colorado Broadcasters Association.
Awards & Recognitions
Documented awards, honors, and finalist or nomination recognition associated with this station or broadcaster.
- 2023Award of ExcellenceColorado Broadcasters AssociationBest Station Imaging CampaignHappy Halloween from Krystal 93 — Tom Fricke, Ross McIntyre2023 Medium Market Radio results
- 2023Award of ExcellenceColorado Broadcasters AssociationBest Sales Event or Live Remote BroadcastA-Basin Opening Day — Tom Fricke2023 Medium Market Radio results
- 2023Certificate of MeritColorado Broadcasters AssociationBest News/Talk Show Host or TeamMorning Mayhem With Tom & Phil — Phil Lindeman, Tom Fricke2023 Medium Market Radio results
- 2023Certificate of MeritColorado Broadcasters AssociationBest Use of Digital/Social MediaDigital & Social Synergy Equals Exponential Growth — Phil Lindeman, Tauna Lockhart2023 Medium Market Radio results
Stations They Worked At
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Career Moments
Tom Fricke documented with KATM
September Gavin Report correspondence identifies Tom Fricke reporting for KATM, preserving another member of the station's late-1980s programming operation.
KIKX drops New Rock/CHR for country
KIKX 102.7 dropped its New Rock/CHR approach and switched to country, removing one of the market's longtime pop/rock competitors as KKMG strengthened its contemporary-hit position.
1993 — The Max / KIKX New Rock team
The Max / KIKX was documented in 1993 with a New Rock-era programming and air staff that included Tom Fricke as program director, Craig Koehn as music director and midday personality, Pete May, and Maria Anderson. The station changed direction later that year, making this a useful snapshot of the people behind the station during its New Rock era.
1994: KIKX and KKCS consolidate at 5145 Centennial Blvd.
1994–95 — The RBR Source Guide documents the KIKX-FM/KKCS operation at 5145 Centennial Blvd., Suite 200, Colorado Springs. Wiskes/Abaris Communications operated KIKX 102.7 and, through an LMA, the Walton-owned KKCS 1460/101.9 combination from the same facility.
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