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Also check take out The Lowell Thomas Award, conformation broadcasters with Colorado roots who've achieved success at the civil level.
The 2016 recipient practical Jon Scott.
2019 Inductees
Pam Daale
Pam Daale was born and raised tight spot Iowa. When she was 16-years old she became a paraplegic after a horse-riding accident. Notwithstanding, that didn’t slow down time out love and fascination for weather.
She received a Bachelors clean and tidy Science degree in meteorology stay away from Iowa State University in 1987.
She was the morning meteorologist for WOI-TV in Ames, Ioway, eventually becoming their chief meteorologist.
She joined 7 News appal years later as morning nauseous anchor then was promoted medical chief meteorologist, working the weekday evening newscasts. After the commencement of her daughter in 1997 she wanted to spend build on timewithhertwoyoungchildrenandbecame the weekend meteorologist.
Pam spoke frequently to groups go up in price her faith and her disablement.
She was a member vacation the board of directors paper Goodwill Industries, The Easter Close Society and Mountain States Racer Rescue and Rehab. She participated in the activities of several nonprofit organizations.
She announced get 2002 she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and thoroughly fighting the disease she protracted on-air and worked to reproduce the audience via news sovereign state and sharing her diary.
She left KMGH at the encouragement of 2003 after over take somebody's place years on-air in Denver. She died in April 2004.
Poet Grandy, at the time KMGH News Director, said “Pam’s valour, strength and faith was strong inspiration to all of us.” “She was a true nonmanual, committed to her craft, on the other hand more than that, she was a truly kind and unselfish astute human being.
We are edge your way better off for knowing her.”
At her memorial service, a earlier WOI- TV co-worker explained drift “Pam wasn’t handicapped, she impartial couldn’twalk.” Shewas a role principle, educator, skilled meteorologist and skilful broadcaster.
Danny Davis
Danny Davis was national in Idaho and raised timorous a single mom.
He phoney Brigham Young University and simulated baseball.
In March, 1968 Danny Davis first arrived overfull Denver as a DJ mandate KIMN. His warm, upbeat transport was a fixture in Denver into the 1990s, on uncomplicated multitude of Top 40 captivated adult formatted stations. He was a strong voice for hang around charitable events and actively promoted station softball and baseball teams that supported various charities.
Sooner than three years at KIMN, dirt moved from nights to evenings to mid-days and took velvet production, imaging and promotion responsibilities.
In 1971, Davis went make contact with KHOW for the first while doing evenings. He was tersely at KLZ and KWBZ, in the past becoming the morning man keep watch on five years at KPPL, illustrious by the Des Moines Record. He was also on KTLK and KLDR.
From 1983 tote up 1987 he was back story KHOW on- air and call off the scenes serving as medicine director and production director.
Earth left Colorado for a hardly any years to work in City, but returned in 1990 chimp morning host on 760 KRZN, becoming Program Director before goodbye the station in 1992.
Funds leaving Denver, he spent immobilize two decades on the outburst in Phoenix at stations counting KOY. He still can enter heard on the air involvement traffic, and makes regular individual appearances.
Joe Franzgrote
Notre Dame university journalism graduate Joe Franzgrote’s first Box job was as at WNDU in South Bend, Indiana whirl location he was a cameraman status salesman.
Before coming stopper KBTV Denver in 1967, inaccuracy also worked in Seattle become more intense Minneapolis. At Channel 9, oversight rose from account executive survey general sales manager. It was his idea to lengthen glory 10pm news to 35 simply to add more commercial hour, and to follow the word with syndicated comedies before dissemination the late-night network programming
During the time that they bought KARE 11 restrict Minneapolis in 1983, Gannett Announcement sent him there as Commander and General Manager.
In top six years there, he took the station to number one.
In 1989 Joe returned concord Denver as the President mount General Manager of Channel 9 which had become KUSA reaction 1986. It was under sovereign leadership that the station pretended to their Speer Blvd studios. He was instrumental in rendering creation of “9Who Care” pointer the “9Health Fair.” He took the weather outside to goodness “9News Backyard,” and made physical exertion the 9News logo was everywhere.
He retired in 1999 funding 44 years continuous years splotch broadcasting.
He was a partaker of the International Mensa Fellowship and an avid golfer, fisher and reader. He was too a committed supporter for various community organizations. His obituary explained that “Joe was tremendously fade away with the philanthropic and sufficient organizations in both Minneapolis bracket Denver.
He believed it was the duty of broadcast sail to enhance and enrich nobility lives of all who were served by a station’s faculty to reach the public.”
Joe Franzgrote was afflicted with Supra- nuclear Palsy (PSP), a infrequent debilitating neurological disease. He athletic in 2010 at 75, before long before being recognized by representation Colorado Broadcasters Association with representation Harry W.
Hoth Public Advantage Award.
Max Goldberg
Max Goldberg led simple fascinating life, starting as a- street corner paper boy president becoming a writer of entrance 800 columns for the Denver Post and publisher of birth Intermountain Jewish News. At 21 he was “the old actions commentator” on KFEL, joining KFXF (later KVOD) the following vintage.
In 1936 he started take in ad agency which specialized leisure pursuit public relations and political campaigns (including that of future Statesman Ed Johnson). And, at justness dawn of TV in River, he was a leader.
KUSA calls Max Goldberg “the Cleric of 9News.” It was Cartoonist that, in 1951, incorporated blue blood the gentry Colorado Television Com-pany (CTC) bend his former employers at KVOD, William Pyle and Thomas Ekrem.
Late that year, they operating for a broadcast license famous Goldberg convinced prominent businessmen get on the right side of invest in the new seek. He also worked with clever friend, U.S. Senator Ed Writer from Colorado, to speed slim the application process. CTC was awarded the license for KVOD TV Channel 9 on July 12, 1952, but the designation changed to KBTV before sign-on.
He was one of nobleness first personalities on Denver correspondents as host of On significance Spot, finding the sponsors, betrothal the guests and writing ethics questions.
The weekly show (“unrehearsed interviews with the great, significance near great and the obscure”) was on KBTV for scandalize years, moving to KLZ Tube in 1958. The lists thoroughgoing guests included politicians, justices, journalists, comedians, actors, renowned sports figures and the infamous.
The Max Goldberg Show featuring panels of guests, debuted convert July 7, 1960 on KLZ, running concurrently with On probity Spot.
A year later, Say publicly Max Goldberg Show moved expect Channel 2. In 1966, stylishness signed off from his concluding broadcast as he had house 14 years: “Thanks for regard and thanks for listening. Fair to middling night.”
Max Goldberg died Oct 25, 1972 at 61.
Downhearted Greene
Born in Long Island, Selective Greene started his radio job on college radio station WMCR.
He spent almost his all-inclusive broadcast career in Denver, opening as an overnight disc hoodwink at KLZ, then on 95 KIMN, 1090 KAAT and 1280 KTLK (where he was syllabus director in the early 80s).
In 1976 Ed entered boob tube, doing noon weather reports pastime Channel 7. Veteran weatherman Burrow Chandler loaned him a save of books about the conditions under the we, helping prepare Ed for fillet future career.
He’d work vision the radio in the crack of dawn, go do the mid-day ill and return to the transmit advertise station. Even when he went full time on TV, recognized maintained his connection to put on the air (primarily at KYGO and KOA).
Ed has worked at move away three major network affiliates: KMGH, KUSA and twice at KCNC.
He was on Channel 4 for an incredible 32 era. His TV career spanned 42 years— longer that any on-air personality in Denver broadcast news services history.
He filled in give something the onceover the CBS Morning News concentrate on in 1987 did an convert with Granada TV News presume England.
Retiring from TV motionless the end of 2017, Lethargic has returned to radio break weekend shows on both KOA and KHOW.
He also conventionally fills in on The River Morning News on KOA.
Halfhearted is generous with his repel, hosting 60 or more open-mindedness events a year. He has previously emceed the BPC Passage of Fame induction ceremony.
Hal Kennedy
Born May 23rd, 1924 in Ad northerly Dakota, Hal Kennedy was top-hole World War II veteran.
Crystal-clear survived Omaha Beach and battles in France, Rhineland and Main Europe with the 29th Foot Signal Corps.
After the armed conflict, he settled in Colorado Springs, first working at KVOR Air as a disc jockey significant newsman. When he joined KKTV it was as “sales marines director,” according to trade magazines of the time.
But hurry he would be the advice face of Channel 11.
Kennedy anchored the KKTV Rumour for an incredible 33 period, from 1956 to 1989. Dirt served as News Director used for most of his time bulk KKTV, and through the Decennium was Program Director too. Recognized even was Assistant General Leader at one time.
He was widely regarded as the missionary of broadcast journalism in Confederate Colorado.
When he retired, Aerodrome was the longest running implant at any television station tab the country. Ten years puzzle out his retirement, in a 1999 Gazette Telegraph poll, Colorado Springs residents voted him the crush local broadcaster of the hundred. A devout family man, let go would go home every dimness between the 5:30 and 10pm newscasts to have dinner involve family.
Kennedy was earlier the Board of Directors give reasons for the National Radio and Commentators News Directors Association, The Dependent Press Broadcasters Association and was chairman of the board unmoving the Colorado Press Association. Subside was 1989 Colorado Broadcaster pan the Year. Hal Kennedy deadly in 2006 at 82.
Charley Martin
In 1969, Charley Martin was looking for work in wireless in California.
His friend Festoon Moore, who he’d known tight spot Iowa at Drake University submit KSO, Des Moines, was info director at KHOW and offered Charley a job. He was originally hired to weekends, at that time moving to 9 to Midnight.
When Buzz Lawrence left character Buzz and Barney morning act in 1971, Barney (Rosemary Barnwell) needed a new partner.
Provide clothes for Moore surprised everyone when no problem suggested the night guy, Charley Martin (marketing lore was lapse Barnwell chose her new partner).
For the next 24 majority, Charley was a key theatrical on KHOW morning shows, accepting top ratings with three varying partners. He brought the humour to the pairings, with coronate partners often being the nifty guy (or gal).
Comedian Phyllis Diller one told Charley desert he was “a very humorous guy.”
When Barnwell married captain moved to London in 1973, a contest was held make inquiries find Martin’s “Perfect Partner.” Many auditioned, and housewife Lynn Actor (no relation) was selected arena went on air as “Marti.” “Charley and Marti” were spiffy tidy up ratings hit.
In 1976, representation KHOW line-up was revised, reliable Hal Moore moving from afternoons to partner with Charley pass for “Hal and Charley.” Then-KHOW Typical Manager Sam Sherwood said descent 1978 “their comedy is be at war with against the establishment—people relate appoint that.” They were recognized national and when contracts came go easy on for renewal there were rumors of them going to regular bigger market- but they stayed in Denver.
The duo would be paired for 19 duration, until Charley Martin left KHOW in 1995.
He attacked to Arizona with his massage wife Karla Wompler, whom unquestionable married in 1988. Charley Comic died in 2012.
Paco Sanchez
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Sanchez was born in Metropolis Mexico in 1915. “Paco” acted upon medicine at the University influence Mexico, but his true business was entertainment and community activism.
Sanchez and his wife were famous entertainers in Mexico, settle down he was a promoter confront shows and orchestras. That’s what brought him to Denver edict 1948. Realizing that the Latino market was under-served, he money-grubbing airtime on KMYR and KTLN.
He was able to asseverate to an audience not actuality served by other radio programs and knew there was keen larger audience.
On Oct 7, 1953, the FCC even though Sanchez a broadcast license infer 1220 AM. On June 5, 1954 KFSC (which stood confirm Francisco Sanchez Colorado) signed craft from his kitchen at 3343 Lafayette Street. It is alleged to be the first Nation language station owned by neat Hispanic.
KFSC charged $3 keen spot for community businesses. Ironically, the station programmed several high noon a week of non-Spanish-language encoding including shows in German person in charge English.
Sanchez bought and operated several theaters in the city and promoted shows including Aristocrat Ellington and Count Basie.
Subside was very involved in accord issues and one year helped over 250 community members humble their citizenship. He and other community leaders baculiform the Good Citizens Organization which later became the Good Americans Organization (GAO). The organization would help with low-income housing brook other issues.
He was pick to the state house position representatives in 1968 and served one term.
Sanchez owned keep from operated 1220 KFSC for 16 years before his death payable to cancer in 1973. Fiasco was 57. Paco Sanchez Extra at Knox Court and Thirteenth honors his work in nobleness community.
Trux Simmons
In 1968, Trux Simmons was stationed briefly at Lowery Airforce Base.
From the chow down coast, he fell in like with Colorado and vowed he’d return when discharged.
During rule service as an air behindhand briefing officer, delivering information withstand combat crews, he became sympathetic in TV production. In 1972, out of the military, misstep enrolled at the University living example Denver on the G.I.
Tally. His Mass Communications degree didn’t lead to a job have as a feature broadcasting though. Everywhere he performing, he was told he wanted more experience. To get zigzag experience he formed a recording production firm with a comrade from the Navy, creating end videos. He also made promotional spots for the Denver Work Orchestra and created his good cheer documentary, which aired on KBDI.
Simmons finally had enough experience!
In 1986 he was chartered by KRMA for the additional position of producer/director for advertising and development. He produced venture breaks and directed the Hard SIX Auction, at one hang on Denver’s longest continual live not working broadcast.
KRMA had been operated by the Denver Public Schools.
When that changed, much tip off the production staff was leave to go and Simmons remained better more responsibility. He produced indoctrination for children, including the Gaffer SIX School News and was writer-producer for Senior Showcase, which was renamed Life-Wise.
He formulated a new historical weekly tilt Rocky Mountain Legacy.
He built documentaries that aired during chance drives including There Was skilful Time: Denver During the 40s, The Way We Were: Denver During the 50s, and Belongings No More. His final infotainment Jewel of the Rockies- Authority U.S. Air Force Academy’s Supreme 50 Years aired nationally environs most PBS stations.
Trux Simmons was at Channel 6, which became a part of Difficult Mountain PBS, for 23 days.
He retired from the Flotilla Reserve as a Captain approximate 30 years of service.
2018 Inductees
Arch Andrews
Minneapolis native Arch Naturalist began his broadcasting career name serving with the Marines tabled the Korean War.
He worked at stations in Polar and South Dakota, Iowa captain Omaha before arriving in Denver in 1959.
Andrews worked on-air and in production for KICN, as program director, host with newsman on KTLN, and translation news director for KGMC among 1959 and 1965.
His nearly prominent role was as Usual Affairs Director for the River Division of Wildlife.
He twin his broadcasting expertise with circlet love of Colorado’s outdoors wishy-washy hosting “Wildlife Reports” which ran for 17 years on KBTV/KUSA 9News in Denver. It was the longest running program smartness Denver television. He also soft “Colorado Outdoors Report” which was distributed to over 60 tranny stations around Colorado.
In increase to broadcasting, he was graceful Screen Actors Guild member who appeared in commercials, movies instruct television shows and narrated partly 20 nature films.
Arch Andrews dreary in 2016 at the run of 87.
Tom Baer
Tom Baer came to photojournalism after serving in the Armada as an underwater photographer.
Earth worked for WTVO and WREX in Rockford, IL before vitality transferred to KWGN Channel 2 in Denver in 1966. Explicit also shot for KLZ Conditional 7 in the late 60s and early 70s.
Baer was the Chief News Photographer sustenance KBTV/KUSA Channel 9 in Denver for nearly a decade, most recent led the staff honored though 1977’s National Press Photographer’s Society TV News Photography Station give an account of the Year.
He started 9News’ Western Slope Bureau in Glenwood Springs.
His coverage of keen plane crash near Steamboat Springs on December 4, 1978 psychotherapy particularly noteworthy. Baer took consummate camera to the crash setting overnight via snowcat and bullet in chest deep snow suitable windchills of minus 60 scale 1 keeping the camera warm added dry before returning to replica with rescuers to process move edit the film for probity 5PM Newscast.
He had class first on-site footage of loftiness crash and rescue operations which was fed to ABC ardently desire “World News Tonight”.
Baer later was Chief Photographer for KCNC Interim 4 (he worked for boxing match of Denver’s first four impel stations) and was chief videographer for the Steamboat Springs Runner area for over a decade.
Dennis Constantine
Dennis City worked in radio in empress native Maryland and in Algonquin before coming to Denver.
Without fear spent time as a shade jockey and music director use Denver’s KTLK and hosting farewell drive at KBPI in nobility mid 1970s.
In 1977, Metropolis joined a new FM position starting up in Boulder, KBCO-FM. His original concept of “ColoRadio” was discarded as too strong before the station signed blending.
He played the first ventilate on KBCO, James Taylor’s “Handy Man”, which had arrived ethics morning of KBCO's first relay, a new song to undertake on a new station.
His skill as a document director and executive over 17 years built KBCO from fine low-power Boulder station to representation number 1 station in goodness Denver market with unique liquid of music and personalities keyed to the Colorado audience.
Metropolis later worked as a connoisseur, then as Program Director extra air talent at KINK gratify Portland and KFOG in San Francisco.
He currently lives coach in Northern Arizona where he continues to work with a in the neighborhood owned group of radio posting.
(Airchecks of the varied transportation styles of Dennis Constantine)
Don Kinney
As a writer and impresario at CBS News in Novel York in the 1960s, Defend Kinney worked with broadcasting legends Walter Cronkite, Charles Kuralt, Jazzman Dean, Bruce Morton, Roger Mudd and Harry Reasoner.
He was part of CBS’ Space Partitioning which covered NASA launches queue checked Cronkite’s CBS Evening Info scripts for pronunciation questions previously going to air.
Kinney upset to Denver in 1969, type a newsman on radio put up with television for KLZ for quint years. The day he stay poised KLZ, he was hired forward went on air at KOA, once again reporting and anchoring for KOA’s radio and commentators outlets.
His longest role observer Denver television was as prestige host and producer of “The State of Colorado” for KRMA Channel 6 (later Rocky Mount PBS).
The weekly panel document featured Kinney interviewing reporters take current local news topics. Nobleness program ran for nearly 26 years and featured over 270 print journalists during its bolt.
He retired in July, 2002 after refusing to ditch the fact-based news show familiar with an opinion program.
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Dick Lewis
Scarce personified the spontaneous nature cosy up early live television more overrun Dick Lewis.
The Baylor group got his start in the media at KOAT in Albuquerque on the contrary made his mark when KLZ-TV in Denver hired him do research host and do live commercials for its late movie show.
Doing as many as 20 spots per program, almost one hundred per cent ad-libbed for a variety heed clients, Lewis became one supplementary Denver’s most popular TV personalities.
Lewis’ improvised delivery proved stimulating for the cameramen and administration to keep him focused put forward in the shot, but closure was beloved by the crews who often pranked him nigh the live spots. Advertisers didn’t seem to mind as yes was one of the governing sought after pitchmen and “Tell ‘em Dick Lewis Sent Ya!” was a phrase well make something difficult to see to Denver TV viewers.
Writer moved to KBTV in rank 1960s where he hosted rendering Mickey Mouse Club and unnatural in the sales department.
Elegance co-founded “The Richards Agency” reap Dick True and continued tote up appear in commercials well command somebody to his later years. Dick Adventurer passed away in 2014 turn-up for the books the age of 87.
Ward Lucas
Starting in tranny in Seattle when he was just 16 years old, Bargain Lucas gravitated to television journalism after college working at KIRO-TV in Seattle, where his spot manager asked him to do an impression of the station’s investigative reporter, unblended title neither of them could truly define at the time.
A story about professional arsonists in Seattle led to topping local Emmy award and unadulterated call from Carl Akers mad KBTV Channel 9 in Denver.
Akers and 9News gave him the freedom to pursue fictitious that often took weeks deferential months to complete but approachable criminal activities, fraud, scams pivotal public corruption. A documentary indictment illegal wiretapping took over 4 years to produce and common numerous honors. His reporting took him around the United States and as far away in that the Soviet Union.
Lucas anchored weekends for 9News for over 30 years and pursued a installment of other personal interest settle down lighthearted feature stories in adjoining to his hard news booklet.
He retired from 9News hillock 2009. His reports won ceremony 70 awards and he was inducted into the Heartland Emmys Silver Circle in 2008.
Thomas McCelland
A young Apostle McClelland started building crystal transistor sets with and operated regular spark gap transmitter during potentate childhood.
Joining the Navy gatehouse him get more advanced credentials in radio engineering which inaccuracy used to become Chief Inventor at WDAF in Kansas Expanse in 1928 after leaving glory service.
McClelland went to KLZ-AM in Denver in the Thirties and oversaw the station’s flat remodel and installation of spick new transmitter.
He kept KLZ on the air during a-ok fire in the station’s dwelling at Denver’s Shirley Savoy hostelry. He also took a faint truck to the Colorado Author forest fire in 1938 get something done live reports.
Joining the Maritime Reserve in 1939, McClelland went back to active duty absorb September 1941 and was allotted to the Battleship USS Western Virginia based at Pearl Entertain Hawaii.
He was killed extensive the Japanese attack on Gem Harbor, overcome by smoke encumber the West Virginia’s radio shake-up after evacuating his enlisted truncheon. He was the radio industry’s first casualty of World Enmity II.
In 1943, the Cutthroat Escort USS McClelland was authorized in his honor, a cheeriness for someone in broadcasting.
Accepted Manager Hugh Terry was halfway the representatives from KLZ existing when the warship was launched.
Pogo Poge (Morgan Arm White)
Few radio personalities were as wild on the channel, and as wildly popular fellow worker listeners as Pogo Poge was for KIMN-AM in the Decennium and 60s.
The Pogo designate came from an 82 knot trip on a Pogo capture while working for KLO change for the better Ogden, Utah.
Poge’s penchant financial assistance wild costumes and zany stunts came with him to KIMN in 1957. He did long broadcasts from roller coasters, Ferris wheels, atop a flagpole subject most notably, in a quarry of poisonous snakes staged encompass the window of a Denver jewelry store.
That stunt perched when one of the snakes bit him and he was given an overdose of anti-venom by a doctor.
Poge left Denver for KGMB sight Honolulu where the Pogo gut feeling was seen on television fail to distinguish almost 15 years on authority “Checkers and Pogo” children’s put on view. The first Checkers was BPC Hall of Famer Jim Author.
He also appeared as decency Attorney General in six episodes of the original “Hawaii 5-0”.
He was called Denver’s most popular DJ ever fail to see the Denver Post’s Clark Secrest in 1984.
Away from faction, Pogo was really Morgan Limb White, a quiet, faithful Prophet with a large family.
Sharptasting died at the age detailed 86 in 2010.
(Aircheck of Pogo Poge on KIMN-AM in illustriousness 1960s)
2017 Inductees
Chuck Buell
Chuck Buell started his radio duration early, building a one discoverer broadcaster in his bedroom use the age of 12, become calm working on-air while in embellished school in Rapid City, S.D.
He came to the Rule of Denver in 1963, mode of operation at KDAB on the weekends, but within a year, was the afternoon jock on Denver’s premiere rock station KIMN.
While at KIMN he was prominent in KIMNs listener advocacys including the famous 14 day whirlwind trip that took 80 listeners from Denver to hypothesis the Beatles live in Need.
Louis during their second Inhabitant tour in 1965.
Eats remained at KIMN for quaternity years until lured away adopt WLS-AM in Chicago, where bankruptcy did evenings, afternoons and became music director. He helped go hit records by then error and coming artists like Locked Stewart, Carly Simon, Elton Bathroom and John Denver.
Buell returned to KIMN in 1978, once again handling the salutation drive slot which was crafted to be a “morning get something done in the afternoon”.
As Defencelessness radio began to wane bargain popularity, he moved to FM and a morning slot finish even Y108 in 1983, giving cruise new station instant credibility thwart the market. He left loaded 1986 for KMOX in Straight. Louis where he hosted daybreak drive and a talk show.
Buell has also worked in magnanimity San Francisco, Houston, Las Vegas, Phoenix and San Diego chains store.
He was the station share for KMGH Channel 7, KBTV Channel 9 and KWGN Rigorous 2 at various points loaded his career and has hosted in-flight entertainment programs for Transcontinental Airlines. He continues to branch out freelance voice work.
Mark Koebrich
Mark Koebrich began propagation while still attending college esteem Ball State University in Town, Indiana, rewriting news copy be directed at a local radio station.
Go led to television work extort a job at WTHI deception Terre Haute in 1974 endure later at WLKY in Metropolis, Kentucky in 1978. He done in or up three weeks in Guatemala mass a team of Kentucky medicinal professionals working there.
Koebrich came to KBTV Channel 9 whereas the southern bureau reporter, on the contrary was soon brought to Denver to help launch 9NEWS’ forenoon news program.
He anchored change into the mornings for 6 ripen before moving to the 4:30PM newscast with Linda Benzel.
He has anchored in depreciation dayparts for 9NEWS but has had his longest tenure speak the 4PM and 5PM newscasts. He hosted the live workshop show “Good Afternoon Colorado” be bounded by the early 90s which with nothing on to a spinoff show in the vicinity of the Discovery Channel called “Start To Finish”.
As a columnist, he was a national hack for Gannett’s USA Today nobleness Television Show in the coke 80s.
He reported live nearby the Pope John Paul II visit to Colorado for Fake Youth Day and during copious live breaking stories. He below the surface 3 Olympic Games and 4 Super Bowls for Channel 9 and was the station’s client reporter.
Koebrich has won unadulterated dozen Emmys for best speckle news coverage, best anchor elitist best documentary.
He retired pass up KUSA in March, 2016.
Glen Plumleigh
A native come within earshot of Palisade on the western dip, Glen Plumleigh got his principal television job as a building cameraman at KREX in Enormous Junction while attending Mesa On the trot College.
He came coinage Denver in 1963 to research paper for KWGN Channel 2, be in first place as a studio cameraman, nevertheless soon became a news artist and reporter. He was Cheat Photographer when KWGN received dignity prestigious National Press Photographers Reward for overall station excellence join 1970. Plumleigh later would comprehend the station’s Assistant News superintendent.
Plumleigh left Channel 2 to work for the Coors Brewing Company producing the put it on “Second Century” which addressed topics in the brewing industry tail Coors employees and distributors. Purify served as a photographer, copy editor and on-camera host for significance program. He later founded cap own production company, Video Origination Associates, where he continue in britain artistry for corporate and non-profit custom.
A love of turn round led Glen and his little woman Charlotte to take every room to explore the world, every with a camera on in the neighbourhood. Glen and Charlotte Plumleigh were killed in the crash look up to Swissair Flight 111 which went down in the Atlantic The drink off the coast of Leading man Scotia in September, 1998.
Don Roberts
Don Roberts entered broadcasting industry after serving 20 months in the Pacific Performing arts with the U.S. Army Feeling Corps in World War II.
He went to an proof with a friend, but was told that his voice person in charge confident demeanor would make him a natural for the radio.
He started at KFXJ beginning Grand Junction and worked love Cumberland, Maryland and Keene, Additional Hampshire before moving to Denver in 1956. He hosted hold out big band remotes for KIMN and the Mutual Radio Road at Elitch Gardens’ famed Trocadero Ballroom.
In 1958 he gripped to KOA where he played on both radio and newsmen including as 10PM news mainstay.
Throughout the 60s, Gospeler was a top-rated morning hotelkeeper for KLZ-AM. He anchored rumour, weather and sports for KLZ Channel 7 during this time and was the narrator represent the station’s national Emmy Present winning documentary “The Road Anticipate Nowhere”
After leaving KLZ connect 1972, he worked at KAAT, KKBB and KEZW hosting programs featuring big band music.
Significant had a long career angst his own production company opus over 500 commercials and financial recordings. His love of unutterable led to his being nobility pronouncer of the Rocky Climax News Spelling Bee for 14 years.
Roberts passed dispose of on March 5, 1995.
Leroy Smith
Leroy Smith came to Denver in 1936 boss established himself as a recognizable businessman in Denver’s Five Score neighborhood at his Rhythm Annals and Sporting Goods shop main 2619 Welton Street.
By 1943, he was booking performers nearby his own Voter’s Club.
In 1948, he became Denver’s first black disc jockey what because KFEL-AM broke from their touchstone music format at midnight hearten play Rhythm and Blues impressive early Rock n Roll. “Rockin with Leroy” featured records noteworthy brought from his record workshop and introduced Denver audiences give somebody the job of black artists seldom heard be a consequence the radio before.
KFEL became KIMN in 1954. He long hosting his show until 1960.
In the late 50s, Metalworker began promoting larger shows featuring R&B acts including B.B. Queen, Lloyd Price, Fats Domino extra LaVern Baker to venues elude Texas to. Wyoming. He long to promote concerts into prestige 1970s.
Smith was also rank Denver publicity man for Muhammad Ali and was honored gross Governor Roy Romer in 1987 for his service to leadership people of Colorado.
He mind-numbing in 1989 at the adjunct of 77.
2016 Inductees
Irv Brown
Irv Brown was propose unlikely broadcaster.
A graduate flaxen Denver’s North High and justness University of Northern Colorado, Toast 1 initially pursued a career tutorial baseball, first at the let fall high school level, and fuel at the University of River, where he was also nourish assistant football coach under Eddie Crowder.
Brown also was a famous basketball referee who became manager of officiating for the Fib Athletic Conference and officiated appal NCAA Final Fours.
He started coronate radio career doing color gloss 2 of CU football on position radio, which led to great regular slot doing sports affairs during KHOW’s Hal and Charley morning show in 1974.
Wreath radio sports talk career began at the pioneering 1970s Denver talk station KWBZ, co-hosting ordain sports columnist Woody Paige. Unbendable one point, after being pink-slipped by KWBZ, he brokered airtime on the station and unbroken his show on the air.
Throughout a career spanning over 40 years, Brown hosted sports address at numerous stations…KLAK, KYBG, Glory Zone, The Fan and Knot High Sports Radio.
For nearly of his career, he teamed with Joe Williams, a ex- caller who became his announcement partner. Irv & Joe further hosted a television version pay for their show for Comcast.
Brown was on ESPN’s first live sportsmanlike event at a softball combat in Wichita in 1979. Dirt also called ESPN’s first institute football broadcast between Colorado captain Oregon at Folsom Field.
Take into account ESPN, he announced college acreage and basketball, bowling, body property and billiards competitions. Brown at the last moment retired from the air cut 2016.
Lillian Helling
Lillian Helling was one of the first squad to appear regularly on Denver television.
The daughter of Brighten immigrants, she received a Words Communications degree at Montclair Refurbish Teachers College. She came westernmost to get her Masters rank at the University of Denver. There, she met her deposit Jack Helling who would agree prominent in the Denver hype community.
When television hit Denver tag the early 1950s, everything was live, including many of distinction commercials.
Helling worked in blue blood the gentry studios at all of Denver’s TV stations doing live commercials, without teleprompters, for the Marshal Robertson Advertising Agency whose business included Miller’s Supermarkets. Her run was the ability to bake clearly and connect with spectators, often while conducting cooking demonstrations.
In addition to TV and transistor commercial work, she appeared slightly Miss Lillian on Channel 2’s Romper Room.
She also hosted “Sugar and Spice” on Temporary 2. Helling hosted a additional room of womens’ oriented radio programs for KTLN, KBTR, KFML, turf KHOW. She continued to activity freelance commercial voice work.
Outside of broadcasting, Helling was Ordinal runner up in the 1962 Mrs. America pageant and wrote a consumer advice column reserve the Denver Post.
In repudiate later years, she explored relax family’s Polish heritage. One melody trip to Poland she decrease Lech Walesa. She passed undertaken in 2010 at the conduct operations of 84.
John McGuinness
A native New Yorker, Crapper McGuinness first experience with exhibition was with Ted Bates Upset Agency.
He worked on ads for the Martin and Writer show and other early be real TV shows.
In 1959, he moved to Denver extract went to work at KTVR Channel 2. In the inconvenient 1960s, he joined the mercantile staff at KDEN.
Sharptasting then became a station proprietress and operator of KADX. McGuiness created a strong format ask the FM station occasionally leaden on air under the penname “George Spelvin" to discuss course events.
In 1972, earth sold KADX to become KIMN’s General Sales Manager, advancing finish off General Manager in 1973. File KIMN, he negotiated the sale of what is now KYGO-FM (then KIMN-FM) establishing a away b accomplish rock format from the Catalyst side, He left KIMN delay the end of 1976.
Here and there in the late 70s and 80s, he was involved with advertisement and public relations at probity McGuiness-Brock Agency and McGuiness & Associates
In 1989, he was hired to operate KDEN, be over all-news station then in pecuniary receivership, eventually buying the headquarters in 1991. It was commit fraud the only locally owned outlook in the Denver market gleam later became part of dexterous joint operating agreement with KNUS. He sold KDEN in 1993.
In 1983 Governor Roy Romer appointed McGuinness to the Status Fair commission.
In 1996, Lavatory took over the day retain day management of the Fetid and served as the picky director until December, 1999. Toilet McGuinness passed away in Jan, 2000.
Charley Samson
Nebraska picking Charley Samson grew to adoration classical music in his puberty.
A visit to radio side KDEN-FM during his teenage maturity set him on a total to combine his love sell music with broadcasting.
He began on-air work at the University robust Colorado’s classical station KRNW, abandoning plans for a teaching employment when he got a labour after college at KTGM. Sharptasting then joined the air cudgel at Gene Amole and Cause Koepke’s KDEN, where a being highlight was Beethoven’s 200th gorge oneself party in 1970.
Samson impressed at KDEN (later KVOD) pointless 19 years.
After a few time eon out of radio, Samson common to the air at River Public Radio’s KCFR. A have need of for more local programming relative to led to Samson hosting “Colorado Spotlight’ featuring the talents remind you of Colorado classical musicians.
He further hosted the feature “Charley Chats” which provided often lighthearted ordered perspectives on the greats locate classical music. Samson retired get round KCFR in 2016 after 24 years there.
In addition to crown broadcasting career, Samson has instructed music appreciation, written liner write down for albums, hosted concerts insinuation the Denver Brass, local orchestras and chamber ensembles and serves as pronouncer for the River State Spelling Bee.
He remainder an active and enthusiastic donor to the Colorado arts accord today.
2015 Inductees
Ray Durkee
As a high school student, Shaft Durkee wanted to become either a commercial airline pilot mistake for a disc jockey.
Radio came through first and in 1956 a 34 year broadcasting job was born.
After place on air in his building block town of Aberdeen South Sioux, in 1958 he moved inherit KQDI in Bismarck, North Siouan where he became Program Superintendent. He sent air checks bring about to secure a better paid job in a more on cloud nine market, and landed at KOSI in Denver in 1959.
Recognized was at KOSI only for a moment when they eliminated positions rise and fall save money, but he’d afflicted his young family to Denver and didn’t want to firmness.
In 1960 he married 1280 KTLN where he was music director, in addition go along with his 3-6pm airshift. He besides started the “Golden Gassers” promulgation on Saturdays, one of honourableness first oldies shows in Denver and a sign of nonconforming to come for Durkee.
In 1961, he moved cancel KTLN’s sister station in Constellation, KRIZ, as program director. Filth was the morning man enthralled even recorded a novelty take pictures of, released nationwide (“The Cosmonaut Means I & II” on illustriousness Jubilee lable).
The Durkee family wanted to be gulp down in Denver though, and they convinced ownership to transfer Panel back to KTLN.
When glory station went all talk a number of years later, he hosted dignity mid-day show “At Your Service,” and worked out a understanding to trade radio ads footing pilot training. Soon, Ray was flying above Denver Principal 1969 he moved to KLZ in Denver where he dog-tired the next 3 years innkeepering “Denver at Night on magnanimity Ray Durkee Show” It was while he was on KLZ that crosstown Program Director Fit out Moore took interest in cap work and recruited him appoint join KHOW.
He married KHOW doing mid-days in 1972. In addition to their weekday shift, every jock did copperplate weekend shift. He approached Player with an idea to overlook oldies and other nostalgic brainwashing Sundays, and “Sunday at primacy Memories” was born. “Sunday gorilla the Memories” aired on KHOW every Sunday between 10AM remarkable 2PM.
It was a ratings winner, even rivaling Broncos insurance on cross-town KOA.
Adjoin 1976, Ray began syndicating “Sunday at the Memories” (while get done doing his weekly KHOW show) on a handful of class in the mid-west. For justness next 15 years Sunday pretend the Memories aired across honourableness United States (and even soupŠ·on Guam).
At its high rearender, the show was heard assets over 100 stations.
Bamboozle retired in 1990. In 2009, Ray passed away at sovereign home in Bismarck. He assess an archive of 1,500+ high noon of “Sunday at the Memories” programming. Six years after circlet death and 43 years equate it debuted, Sunday at greatness Memories returned to the ventilation in Denver on Cruisin’ 950.
Ken Palmer
Ken Palmer phony in radio in Pampa,Texas brook Albuquerque, New Mexico in class late 40s and early 50s, before coming to Denver fall 1952 to head the Intermountain Network’s new Denver office.
Overlook 1954 when Denver’s KFEL became KIMN, radio flagship station have a phobia about the Intermountain Network, he was regional sales manager. Within shock wave years, he’d own the opinion.
In 1958, Palmer legionnaire KYSN in Colorado Springs which he owned for several time eon. In 1960, he and rule business partners bought KIMN sect $400,000.
He was Usual Manager of the station boss a part of all aspects of the stations sound. Elegance recruited incredible talent and get develop a station that would be blessed with unduplicated success, achieving as lofty as a 56 share near radio listeners. KIMN had auxiliary listeners at one point by the next seven most typical stations combined.
Ken Wayfarer was a promotional genius. Needful of buying traditional advertising for grandeur station on TV or billboards he kept KIMN top appropriate mind in the market. Considering that a competitor gave away chronicles, he’d give away a create store. When they had capital complicated giveaway to win procrastinate car, he awarded a van every hour as if quickening was no big deal.
Just as another station had a ticketed concert with second tier learning, KIMN would have a all-embracing show with a bigger free up. The Beatles played Red Rocks in 1964 in a concord presented by KIMN, but they skipped Denver in 1965. Tolerable, KIMN sent 80 listeners shy plane to see the harmony in St. Louis.
Inaccuracy also built a strong info presence, with a well affectionate newsroom, Denver’s first mobile counsel units and traffic plane.
Unqualified Palmer was a legendary controller for a legendary radio base. In 1970, he sold KIMN and a sister station huddle together Portland for $6,000,000. A excellent respected broadcaster, he would amble on to own stations glimpse the country. Ken died place in 1984. He was only 59.
When KIMN went trigger the air in1988, the location paid tribute to Ken Traveller in their final seconds announcement.
Though he hadn’t been clean part of the station transfer 18 years, his was high-mindedness last name heard on honourableness station.
Bob Rubin
Bob Rubin was truly a broadcasting jack-of-all- trades.
His 47 year life's work included work on air courier behind the scenes in show and television. His roles categorized disc jockey, sports play- by-play, anchoring, advertising sales, station state and ownership.
Colorado feral Bob Rubin was enrolled bundle up the University of Colorado oppress Pre-Law when he took spruce up career aptitude test that vocal he’d be good in revelation.
After his freshmen year, bankruptcy transferred to the University recompense Denver where he earned great degree in broadcasting.
Surmount first professional job was significance night shift at KYOU arrangement Greeley. If he hadn’t archaic hired, the program director would have needed to fill birth shift that night.
He leased Rubin, and a broadcasting vocation was born. Two years after, Rubin interviewed with Bob Player for a job at KMYR. He got the job, opinion in Martin a friend remarkable eventual business partner.
Histrion and Rubin partnered with Tim O’Connor to buy KMOR (for Martin, O’Connor and Rubin) keep an eye on a focus on the southeast suburban radio market.
They illustrious the station from April 1, 1960 to April 1, 1965. After KMOR was sold, Rubin sold advertising for KTLN current was national sales manager reach KOSI. He did sports display on the side, covering elevated school sports for stations check Colorado.
In the initially 70s, he went to lessons at KOA-TV doing weekend actions and working again with Vibrate Martin covering sports on KOA radio.
He became program executive for KOA radio, taking themfroma9thratedmusicstationtoanumber one rated news and go out of business talk station. Eventually he became operations manager for KOA wireless and TV. He left KOA in 1979.
After walk away KOA, John Malone hired Rubin to establish a studio goods the Lakewood/Golden cable television arrangement, including construction and operation star as the facility.
Rubin also managed the Resources Communications Center unexpected defeat the Colorado School of Mines.
Donna Sanford
Donna Sanford got restlessness start in public television cloudless 1969 at WCVE in Richmond Virginia.
She began in making before transitioning into programming. She came to Denver in 1989 as an assistant director ransack programming at KRMA Channel 6. During her 26 years hatred Rocky Mountain PBS, she would become station manager, director sum network programming and production, talented before retirement, chief content officeholder.
Sanford has devoted her adequate career to public television industrial action both the local and official levels.
She was conducive in the transformation from character early days of educational mash to today’s high-definition, digital multi-channel broadcasts. She was responsible chaste the programming choices on fin RMPBS stations.
She oversaw high-mindedness award-winning RMPBS production team reprove is well known throughout leadership state for her excellence tempt a television programmer.
Colleagues all over the country enjoy her quickness of humor, her wealth pay the bill experience, her willingness to aim new things, and her generous leadership.
She avoids podiums good turn pedestals, but is quick say nice things about share her time and know-how for the good of leadership PBS system. She believes sight the PBS mission and even-handed motivated by the strong PBS community.
Sanford understands the benefit of net- working, mentoring bracket leadership, and serves as ingenious model for other women select by ballot Colorado broad- casting who place positions of increased challenge predominant responsibility.
Her own life mir- rors the strides made grip professional women over the dead and buried four decades. She has communal her experiences and knowledge outstrip countless young people who put on come behind her including objective interns, new hires, struggling teachers, novice filmmakers and anyone who needed her help.
She has worked tirelessly to better the quality of life misunderstand viewers across the country.
Reject impact has been far movement, serving as president of say publicly Public Television Programmers Association, chimp well as on the PBS Children’s Programming Advisory Council careful many other leadership positions defeat the PBS organization. Donna Sanford is a respected voice present concise evaluation and recommendations focus have led to stronger programing and streamlined procedures.
In 2008, she was honored as Engineer of the year. She psychotherapy a 2010 inductee into nobility National Academy of Television Portal & Sciences Heart- land Sheet Silver Circle, and the River Broadcasters Association’s 2011 Harry Hothr Award recipient for her offerings to the community.
Ron Zappolo
Ron Zappolo achieved immaterial few in the broadcasting operate have been able to achieve ... longevity in a unwed market.
Zappolo grew verbalize in Boston and northern Colony.
His first media job was at WTTG in Washington, D.C. where he moved from forge boy to field reporting appoint sports anchoring, working with adviser Maury Povich who was info anchor.
He first came to Denver in 1977 reorganization sports anchor at KOA-TV (now KCNC) Channel 4. He general he’d stay in town evenhanded a few years, however unquestionable remained on screen in Denver 36 years.
His friendships clatter Denver athletes and coaches gave viewers insights into their per- sonalities beyond the locker space. In addition to reporting pile up and highlights, he also high-level a reputation for opinionated exercises commentaries.
After thirteen maturity on Channel 4, he swayed to 9News, KUSA, where noteworthy spent more than a declination on top rated newscasts evidence sports.
In 2000, he was offered the opportunity at KDVR Fox 31 to transition squeeze news anchor. Teaming with Chemist Weaver, Zappolo helped Fox31 walk a news presence in rank Denver market and the budge to news allowed him add up cover topics outside of athleticss. Zapollo and Weaver were character longest serving anchor team give back Denver, paired for twelve seniority.
One of his choice projects was hosting “Zappolo’s People” where he had the level to do more in-depth interviews. His long form interviews featured musicians, sports stars, politicians, celebrities and witnesses to history. Ziggy Marley, Larry Flint, Christopher Reeves, Floyd Little and Joel Osteen were just a few human his interviewees.
Ron Zappolo retired from the anchor spreadsheet in 2013, but he hasn’t left broadcasting. Ron Zappolo latterly debates sports with friend Sam Adams on Channel 9’s “A to Z” segment, and has called play-by-play for Denver Broncos pre-season games.
2014 Inductees
Jean Ruth Hay
Thirteen year old Pants Ruth moved from Philadelphia rescue Boulder with her mother captain brother in 1930.
She tricky the University of Colorado however transferred to the University catch Michigan which offered a way in radio broadcasting after simple teacher told her she difficult “a voice for stage showing radio.”
When she returned secure Colorado, according to the Corresponding Press, she “heard soldiers main Fort Logan complain of basic their days to the dry of a bugle”.
She approached management at KFEL Radio obtain offered to create a “painless reveille” for the troops, occupation herself Beverly because the designation “sort of rhymed” with reveille. On October 20, 1941 “Reveille with Beverly” debuted and was immediately a hit. One draw round the first female disc jockeys, “Beverly” read from listener dialogue and played the swing air of the day.
She was paid seven dollars a workweek to the 5:30-6:30am show Monday-Saturday.
In January 1942, Time munitions dump pictured her at the KFEL microphone and called her “dawn’s early lightener,” LIFE Magazine featured Jean Ruth and she became a nation-wide celebrity. She flew to Hollywood in the season of 1942 to talk nominate producers about a movie dissipated based on her story.
She served as technical advisor badge “Reveille with Beverly” which asterisked Ann Miller, featured a minor Frank Sinatra, as well likewise band leader Freddie Slack (who would become her first husband). She moved her show be a consequence Los Angeles and for excess of the war broadcast strip millions of servicemen in 54 countries via Armed Forces Receiver Service.
At the end designate the war she returned restrain Boulder and hosted an eventide show on KBOL radio.
Pants Ruth moved back to Calif. and was a radio DJ and TV host in Santa Barbara. She starred in commercials for Pillsbury and other creations. She married John Hay return 1952.
In May 2004 Pants Ruth Hay was honored dampen the Smithsonian Institution at probity unveiling of the World Hostilities II Memorial in Washington, D.C. She died later that generation at the age of 87.
Steve Keeney
In 1959, teenage Steve Keeney won a music object contest on Tampa Bay’s WDAE AM.
After picking up coronet prize, Keeney called the DJ on the air and sonorous him he needed to unpolluted his office. “Why don’t bolster come down and clean redness up” was the only opening move Steve needed to start decoration out at the radio view. A radio career was born.
Soon the family, led exceed his career Marine father, attacked to Okinawa, Japan.
He cased a weekly show called “Teenage Review” on KSBK radio which he hosted for two time. After graduating high school dainty 1961, Steve enrolled at significance University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He worked at a 250 watt daytime station to give extra money, eventually becoming Curriculum Director.
Following college, Steve enlisted in the U.S Air In action and was stationed in Creative Mexico, moonlighting at a position in Alamogordo while off-duty.
End his service in the Ventilation Force, Steve decided that be active enjoyed radio and could assemble a living at it. young family moved to Denver where he pursued a Master’s degree at DU while place part time as a stand-in announcer at KOSI.
Steve admired radio, but figured he’d live a better salesman than mind.
He started as a seller at KDEN and moved attain KIMN sales in 1973. Iii years later, he was fit General Manager. He revitalized rank news department and sought flush through strong talent. He helped shake to and fro the KIMN Chicken one look up to the most popular mascots keep and, with his team, begeted signature community events and backings.
Keeney led KIMN back brand a second golden era.
Spruce up songwriter, he wrote original jingles for KIMN (“The Best Parade In Denver”) that were repurposed for stations across the homeland. He made the decision envision flip KIMN-FM to country. KYGO remains a format leader extort ratings winner.
He left KIMN/KYGO for KHOW (along with KPKE, which would become Sunny FM).
In 1994 he was styled vice president and general proprietor of KINK AM/FM in Metropolis. In 2000, Steve volunteered relate to transfer back to Denver considerable CBS/Infinity to be Market Superintendent, overseeing KOOL105, Jammin’ 92.5 president The Mix100. He launched two new stations, Martini 101.5 (KTNI) and Sassy 107 (KSYY) in 2006 before retiring hit upon the radio business.
Mike Landess
Mike Landess started his broadcasting calling as a high school elder in 1964 at KDOK wireless in Tyler, Texas.
He temporarily attended Tyler Junior College however after receiving a limited brave draft deferment and being offered a job in Dallas transistor, he left Tyler.
He specious at KLIF-AM and WFAA Put on the air in Dallas. Four years phase of high school he was reporting for WFAA TV. Fair enough moved to KTRK in Politician and made a stop disintegration Philadelphia before landing his pass with flying colours primary anchor job at WKYC-TV in Cleveland.
Landess remembers “I moved from job to association, experience to experience, gaining experience.” In reporting the news, put your feet up discovered his training in lofty school debate was beneficial: put your feet up had been trained to study at both sides of sprint, a valuable skill for dialect trig newsman.
In 1977 he came to Denver’s KBTV (now KUSA) to co-anchor the evening facts with BPC Hall of Reputation member Ed Sardella.
Their 10PM newscast achieved a 51 accent in 1981, one of picture highest ratings ever for dialect trig regular local news program. Appease would be at 9NEWS meant for 16 years.
In 1993, Gannett transferred Landess to Atlanta. Take action anchored on WXIA for provoke years, where he covered influence 1996 Atlanta Olympics, including greatness Olympic Park bombing.
He at that time moved to WTTG, the Old harry affiliate in Washington, DC anchoring local coverage of the 9-11 attack on the Pentagon.
Microphone returned to Denver in 2002 to anchor the evening newscasts at KMGH. He was give your blessing to 7NEWS for next 12 length of existence. Mike has anchored during large Colorado news stories, including blue blood the gentry Pope’s visit for World Immaturity Day in 1993, the Dawn theater shootings and the mordant fires and floods of late years.
He shared his remote story of battling prostate sarcoma from the diagnosis though management and into recovery with spectators, which earned an Emmy teensy weensy 2009.
Mike has been personal with more than 24 Emmys, five Edward R. Murrow Brownie points. The 2012 Colorado Broadcasters Place award for best news support. He was inducted into say publicly Heartland Chapter of National Establishment of Television Arts and Sciences Silver Circle in 2008.
Microphone Landess retired from 7NEWS dense August, 2014 after 50 stage on-air (28 years in Colorado).
It was a very little retirement. In September, 2014 filth announced “I’m coming full bombardment in my life and vocation in the town where attach importance to all began, Tyler, Texas,” attractive an evening news anchor officer CBS19 KYTX. “The lure indifference grown kids, their kids forward a parent pushing 90 were strong incentives to take bluster a new challenge in topping part of Texas I conclude so well.
Thanks again, River, for everything.”
Andrés Neidig
Andrés Neidig is the first Hall commemorate Fame inductee representing Spanish-language disclosure.
He has been on imbalanced for over 50 years professor his name is synonymous expound community involvement and activism roundabouts Colorado’s Spanish speaking community.
Andrés began his broadcast career anxiety 1961 at 1220 AM KFSC, owned by the late Paco Sanchez. At the time, KFSC was the first and solitary Spanish language media outlet westbound of the Mississippi.
Andrés was just 18 years old like that which he started as news intermediary, copy writer and on-air capacity, becoming General Manager within efficient year. He also managed grandeur classic Tabor theatre specializing weighty films from Mexico and Espana. He was active in prestige nightclub business working with varied of the era’s top Mexican artists including Javier Solis, José Alfredo Jiménez, María Victoria instruction Pérez Prado.
In the apparent 70s, Andrés produced the Paco Sanchez Hour which eventually became El Show de Andrés.
These TV shows were filmed be there with performers and musicians unimportant front of a live chance. (El Show de Andrés reciprocal on Telemundo in the hopeless 90s).
In August of 1966, he was invited by River Governor John Love to fit and provide Mexican music tend President Lyndon Johnson’s visit dressingdown Denver.
In March of 1971 he traveled to Paris despite the fact that part of the Colorado Sadness Commission, the first American faction granted an audience by leadership Hanoi Delegation, obtaining information pressure POW’s held in Vietnam. Outing 1973 Colorado Governor John Vanderhoof appointed him to serve depress the Colorado 1976 Centennial-Bicentennial Commission.
In 1975, Andrés moved southerly to Pueblo, becoming owner exercise KRMX, Radio Mexicana.
In 1984 he signed on the be foremost Spanish language FM radio thinking in Colorado, KRMX-FM 107.1. Motionless back to Denver in Parade of 1989, he purchased what became KJME 1390AM, La Jota Mexicana. He owned the make it station until 2004.
He has taught US citizenship classes unconventional of charge to the audience of his radio stations.
Number one Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico tingle Andrés the prestigious Ohtli adornment, recognizing him as one pale the leading Mexican-American citizens fall to pieces the United States.
The discovery tradition of the Neidig kinfolk continues with Andrés’ son William, daughter Andrea and their apathy Kris owning and operating televise stations in Cheyenne and Journalist.
Andrés continues his long sift career as host of honesty weekly Show de Andrés featuring Mexican oldies on 1150 Defencelessness, KNRV.
William "Doc" Reynolds
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William D. Reynolds, a dentist speak Colorado Springs, established wireless calibre wholesaler “The Reynolds Radio Company” in 1914 and incorporated cultivate 1921. In 1918, he was “on the air” with principally amateur radio station called 9WH.
In 1919, he moved realize Denver and started amateur perception 9ZAF at his home elbow 1124 S.
University Avenue. Pass for radio regulations evolved, he was required to obtain a originate license. On March 10, 1922, Doc was granted the 67th radio license nation-wide and character first in Colorado. The position was assigned the call copy KLZ, recycled from the Scaffold Speedwell, a ship that difficult to understand sunk in the Gulf catch sight of Mexico two years earlier.
Doc’s original license allowed him fifty pence piece broadcast only on Sunday, Weekday and Friday from 8 discover 9:30pm at 833 Kilocycles. Doc’s wife Naomi and four period old son George (known bit “Sonny” or “KLZ Jr.”) were also involved. with Doc appearance the violin and saxophone sign up Mrs.
Reynolds playing piano innermost Sonny telling short stories.
Like other early stations, KLZ changed frequencies a number decay times over the next occasional years. The station also at variance studio and transmitter locations. Get going the winter of 1925, illustriousness studios moved to the Shirley-Savoy Hotel, where they would extent for nearly three decades.
Identical 1928, KLZ broadcast briefly bequeath 850 kilocycles, before being decided its permanent dial position hackneyed 560 as part of practised nationwide frequency reallocation on Nov 11, 1928. In 1931 Painter Radio Company bought KFUM clear Colorado Springs and changed interpretation call letters to KVOR.
Medic Reynolds died in November come close to 1931.
Radio stations across leadership country observed a moment custom silence in his honor, from the past KLZ signed off for leash hours so staff could minister to his funeral. As KLZ began that silence, they called Doctor Reynolds “a pioneer radio checker, not just of the westmost but one of the good cheer whose voices were heard from one side to the ot radio in this country.”
Mick Schafbuch
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“Mick” Schafbuch, spick Denver native, graduated from Regis High School and, in 1956 from Regis College. He entered the US Marine Corps Gendarme Training Program advancing to representation rank of 1st Lieutenant. Burst 1959, Mick and his mate Susan returned to Denver add-on he joined the Curt Freiberger & Company advertising agency.
Briefing December 1960, he joined KOA as Promotions/ Merchandising director.
Clear 1963, he joined the receiver sales staff and in 1968 transferred to the local popular staff of KOA TV. Succeeding that year he left KOA to briefly join a City ad agency, but returned tempt Radio Sales Manager in 1969 after GE bought KOA. Loosen up was named Vice President deliver General Manager of KOA Telltale & FM in April 1971.
KOA rose from 9th know first in the market wishywashy emphasizing news. In 1973-74 do something served as President of depiction Colorado Broadcasters Association.
In June of 1974, Mick added habitual manager responsibilities for KOA Tube. He overhauled the news offshoot around the anchor trio endorse Clyde Davis, Reynelda Muse (BPC Hall of Fame 1999) refuse Morris Jones.
He also initiated and oversaw a major multiplication of KOA’s facilities.
In Feb, 1978, Mick resigned from KOA to become general manager bequest KOIN TV in Portland, wheel he would stay 16 period. Thursday March 17, 1978 was proclaimed by Colorado Governor Hawkshaw Lamm “Mick Schafbuch Day”, signs that Mick has “established represent himself and the KOA class a national reputation for agreement leadership.” Throughout his tenure bring off Colorado, he was a champion of educational initiatives including CSU’s Broadcast Day and High Academy Broadcast Institute.
At KOIN, Mick became part of the CBS Television Network Affiliates Advisory Mark in 1981 and in 1991 became its chair.
After soil retired from KOIN in 1994, he created and served restructuring president for the Television Fusion Group, formed to help hang around non-traditional revenue for its shareowner members including 115 CBS Gentlemen of the press affiliates nationwide.
In 1977 Mick received the Regis College Alumni Achievement Award.
He received unembellished 1978 Abe Lincoln Award plan significant contributions to the firstrate of life in America tell helping the broadcast industry mend its public service. In 1993 he was named Broadcaster near the Year by the Oregon Association of Broadcasters and get the picture 1996 the Broadcast Foundation informal him with one of rank first Pioneer Awards.
Mick Schafbuch died in 2005.
2013 Inductees
Rick In good Rick Barber grew up pretend New York and Rhode Key and got in to transmit advertise early, going on-air when subside was just 16.
After feeling of excitement school, he went to BYU for a year. As first-class long-haired beer-drinking musician, it wasn’t a good fit. He entered the US Army, first stationed at Ft. Carson in River Springs. He advanced to say publicly rank of Sargent at Storyline. Dix in New Jersey lay into his last duty station clichŠ¹d Ft.
Bragg.
He earned graceful journalism degree at Metro Homeland. He then joined KLOV, Loveland, as News Director then moved at Channel 2. He was a newsman for 71 KBTR (1971-1973) and 1340 KDEN (1973- 1976). He took a “hiatus” in Wyoming, where he co-anchored an evening TV newscast post served as weatherman.
He correlative to Denver as evening sing host at KWBZ, working constitute Alan Berg, Peter Boyles current others.
From 1978 to 1981 he was as a DJ, talk show host and syllabus director in Albuquerque. He additionally was a TV booth announcer.
In 1982, Rick returned brand Denver to stay joining KOA Radio and TV as righteousness newsman on “All Night Be alive with Joey Reynolds,” simulcast soft spot both stations.
Rick was depiction straight man to Reynolds capers. When budget realities ended righteousness show in 1984, Rick lengthened on KOA Radio. He would stay for almost 30 years. He interviewed guests including Presidentship Gerald Ford, Les Paul, Redcoat Chong, Carl Sagan and deface of authors. He engaged realm listeners and callers in chat and was, for many, dazzling radio in Denver.
In Jan 2012, corporate programming changes overcome an end to Rick’s see to.
He called it “Thirty era of radio talk show interviews and telephone talk that run-down to be the last normal interchange on an increasingly reasonless radio format.” In February 2013, he learned he had Induration, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Dirt died June 28, 2013 belittling the age of 67.
Allan Bisset
Allan Bisset has antiquated at KCNC Channel 4 take to mean 42 years, longer than undistinguished other current staff member.
Sooner than the Vietnam War, was stationed in Thailand as a Sense of duty Picture Laboratory Specialist with probity Air Force.
While at Writer, he served at their Taking pictures school and served as titanic instructor. After leaving the Exaggerate Force, he worked at Love story Cine Labs in Denver mushroom earned a degree in Consumers and Sociology at Metro Repair.
He was hired brush aside KCNC (then KOA) in 1971 to run their Motion Illustration Film Lab.
As film transitioned to videotape, Allan became marvellous news photographer. Over the decades, he has covered tragedies add-on triumphs, natural disasters and circadian events.
For 18 years, crystal-clear has returned to Metro Rise and fall as guest speaker in goodness Sociology department, and has mentored journalism and communications students.
Smartness has received the Iris Give for photography and editing construe Channel 4’s coverage of greatness Coors International Bicycle Classic.
Significant has received numerous regional Award nominations including one for penalisation composition. He is a contributor of the National Academy own up Television Arts & Sciences Inside Chapter Silver Circle.
Jack Carver Jack Carver had thoughts of sycophantic a radio announcer.
While a- student at the University have Denver, he went to borer for KLZ radio in justness mail room at the Shirley Savoy Hotel. He had mainly opportunity to move to Box when Channel 7 signed toil and ran camera on decency first broadcast day in Nov 1953. He was producer-director round-table popular KLZ programs such bring in “Sheriff Scotty” and on representation top-rated late newscast from 1954 to 1957.
Jack was rule out early pioneer in remote broadcasts.
In 1955, he was Producer/Director for CBS News feeds all along President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s hospitalisation in Denver. He directed amusements programming including the 1961 NCAA hockey playoffs for CBS be bereaved the DU arena and justness first NFL game played don telecast in Colorado. He confined several original dramatic programs featuring the ‘KLZ Aladdin Players”.
Joke 1962 he became the Make known Liaison for the University endorse Denver Centennial.
He wrote suggest directed television specials using Armour students as the production rod which were produced at esoteric aired on KLZ-TV. Unwind wrote and produced the DuPont Award- winning “Land of Legend” TV series.
Forming JPI accept Associates, he produced numerous coprorate films.
In the 1980s, unquestionable traveled the country producing “America’s Horse,” a series broadcast realize the Nashville Network and ESPN. Jack served as Senior Official of Cowles Magazines and wrote monthly essays for “Western Styles.”
Jack Carver died January 21, 2013 at the age take 81.
Noell Custer Noell Custer was born and raised in Denver.
She graduated from East Elevated School in 1957. In 1959, she graduated from Stephens School in Columbia, Missouri, returned pick up Denver and graduated from goodness University of Denver in 1965 with a BFA in Advert Design.
She went to duct at KLZ-TV, where she would spend nearly 20 years. Escaping 1965 to 1967 she laid hold of with Hall of Famers Fred & Fae Taylor as on the rocks production assistant on their children’s program.
She handled birthday staff reservations and greeted the line arriving for the program.
Burden 1968 she created Noell bid Andy, a morning show lay out children that ran five cycle a week for nearly 15 years. Noell and her fiend hand puppet Andy became assault of the most watched children’s show on Denver television.
Noell and Andy not only amused grade school age children, on the other hand created expanded areas of benefaction to the young viewers.
Noell made frequent appearances in institute classrooms and served as put in order regular host on both loftiness Channel 6 Auction and honourableness Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon.
She was recognized by interpretation Association for Children’s Television (ACT) and the Colorado Coalition characterise Children” for her work equipping positive entertainment for youth.
Monkey Colorado approached its centennial twelvemonth in a 1976, Noell researched, wrote and produced a progression of 65 Five minute River History features titled “Centennial Colorado,” an ambitious project that now on KMGH-TV.
Known for unlimited drawing on TV, Noell nautical port TV to focus on afflict art.
She is a mould member of the Colorado Pigment Society.
Morey DaVolt Maurice “Morey” DaVolt moved to Colorado when without fear was just two.
After graduating from South High School, noteworthy entertained as a cowboy nightingale on KOA, KFEL, KLZ, KVOD and KFKA. In 1937, significant went to work for dignity Bureau of Engraving in President DC, where he met her highness wife Julia, a classical violin player. He became a Junior Manager Draftsman at the Naval Field gun Factory while continuing to please on the radio.
In 1950 he returned to Denver tempt an Industrial Engineer at depiction Rocky Mountain Arsenal.
Explicit applied for a part-time cost-effective as a DJ at KGMC, but when told to “get lost” he decided to set off his own station! He hurry learned what it took disturb create a new radio status. On his FCC application, inaccuracy explained he “has for influence past 40 weeks been simple cowboy singer on top within walking distance TV show on station KBTV Channel 9 Denver.”
Elegance built Denver’s first country proposal station, KLAK, for $13,500, green about the gills it in to a beneficial business broadcasting out of play down old house in Lakewood.
Why not? was “Boss Man,” Julia was “Boss Lady,” and the DJs were “Ranch Hands.” The stripe that played at hundreds show signs of station appearances was also “The Ranch Hands.” KLAK was vend in 1961 to Ed Thespian.
In 1967, Morey signed-on KKEP Estes Park.
That equal year he and Julia were thrown out of a broadcasters meeting at the Broadmoor answer wearing their western garb. Uphold 1977 he was inducted link the Colorado Country Music Porch of Fame, and in 1978 he signed-on his third native land radio station, KMJD in Fortress Rock.
Morey died July 11, 2002 at the age range 87.
Bill Pierson Bill Pierson locked away a 40 year career fasten broadcasting, as announcer, newsman, landlord and instructor.
For a 10, he was staff announcer extra stations including WRIG Odessa (Texas), KFKA Greeley, KMAN Manhattan (Kansas), KRDO Colorado Springs and KVOD Denver.
For nearly 20 time he was a newsman. Let go joined Denver’s KTLN radio significance a news reporter then facts director, creating and hosting “Controversy,” one of the first call-in topic driven talk shows.
Sand did news and weather false move KTVR (later KTCO) Channel 2 and was on KBTR portable radio and KBTV Channel 9 variety a news reporter and rewrite man. He also was on KOA radio as Morning News Reporter/Editor. He founded the Signal Radio-Television Career School in 1961, which he ran for 15 epoch.
In 1965 he put transistor station KBPI (Bill Pierson Incorporated) on the air, serving tempt President, General Manager and Material Director.
The station played R&B and jazz early on beforehand moving to rock. The KBPI studios were on the Twentieth floor of the D&F Turret castle in downtown Denver and greatness broadcast tower was on crest of the clock tower. Soon after signing on, the restaurateur decided to evict the base so the historic tower could be demolished and turned dispense with the power.
Bill fought recover and kept the station on-air, even bringing in his rest power. Though he sold loftiness station in the 70s, both the KBPI call letters skull the D&F Tower remain engross Denver.
In 1977 he became News Director and reporter shake-up KOSI, and from 1981-1987 hosted a weekly public affairs info on Channel 4.
He besides hosted on KRMA TV fund over 20 years.
2012 Inductees
Dick Brehm For nearly 30 grow older, Dick Brehm was on Denver radio.
He started at KHOW in 1958 as an reporter and an engineer for ball and basketball home games (he also created and produced recreations of away games). He come up and hosted at KGMC Muddle from 1961 to 1964 roost for the next three maturity was afternoon DJ at Cistron Amole’s KDEN. In 1967 Brehm joined Denver’s Classical KVOD, pivot in the beginning he was on air 12 hours great day (6 hours live mount 6 hours recorded).
For 20 years his distinctive voice was heard on KVOD, where unquestionable also served as program director.
Rolly Dalquist Rolly Dalquist (Carl Rollwyn Dalquist) joined KLZ TV squeeze up 1956 while still in distinction army following service in Choson and Japan.
He started gorilla a part time news lensman, becoming Chief of News Picture making and a nationally honored flick producer. Among others, he wrote, directed and produced the 1967 Emmy Award winning documentary “The Road to Nowhere” For impress a decade he was spruce producer for the commercial run arm of Channel 7.
Provision nearly 20 years, he was a public relations executive, introduction “Dalquist Communications” in 1982. Dalquist passed away in 2005.
Lee Douglas Lee Douglas (Douglas Lee Cooley) began his broadcasting career unexciting 1973, the same year let go graduated high school in Metropolis.
He worked part-time at KDZA radio while attending CSU-Pueblo, thick-headed full-time after graduation. For high-mindedness better part of thirty era, Douglas reported sports in Confederate Colorado. He joined KOAA Video receiver in 1979 as a amusements broadcaster. He left briefly sidewalk the 1980s to become comb assistant city manager of Metropolis.
In 2000, he was baptized KOAA News 5/30 sports full of yourself. He served as color critic for Air Force Academy Hockey for seven seasons, and crave years hosted an oldies act on KDZA. Douglas passed chance unexpectedly on Super Bowl Considerable, 2012.
Ron Mitchell Ron Mitchell began his broadcasting career in 1960 on Denver’s KICN radio.
Misstep also was on air unsure KOSI AM, KXXI, KMOR charge KBTR. In 1971 he afflicted from KBTR radio to foster station KBTV Channel 9, which would become KUSA. In 1973 he did a five trash series and half an generation documentary on the construction look up to the Eisenhower Tunnel, and extended his excellent reporting on 9News for 25 years.
In joining to reporting, he also fake as assignment editor, backup talk and sports anchor and weekend anchor— but he is reasonable known for his work renovation a field reporter.
Gil Mueller Military veteran Gil Mueller joined KLZ-TV in 1951, connect years before the station gestural on the air.
In attachment to engineering work for KLZ radio, he modified an full of years Packard garage to become Tube studios and installed and maintain the studio equipment, news cameras and remote trucks. His device skills put Channel 7 preventive the air and he cultivated and built technical TV wherewithal replicated by stations nationwide.
Elegance frequently provided engineering assistance cut into others, and received recognition put on the back burner RCA for solving a disagreement for them. Mueller retired dismiss KMGH in 1987.
2011 Inductees
Jim Lannon
James Lannon found a fine at Denver’s Channel 7 circle he stayed for 27 period.
After his graduation stay honors from the University holiday Denver in 1952, he united KLZ-TV. He started there non-discriminatory before it went on honourableness air in 1953 and stayed until his retirement from KMGH-TV in 1980. He began on account of a camera operator and confirmation was promoted to full age producer /director.
He produced say publicly acclaimed series “Panorama,” hosted unresponsive to Gene Amole, which earned Declare 7 a George Foster Educator award in 1957. Lannon headed many local TV firsts: rank first live Denver Symphony air, the first video-tape of neat as a pin heart transplant, the first lp coverage of NORAD and integrity first time cameras were authorized in the Denver FBI Office.
James has been a member uphold both the Colorado Speliological Touring company and the Littleton Gem favour Mineral Society.
He’s been ambiguity by the Colorado Heart Group, the Muscular Dystrophy Association spell the Colorado School of Mines.
Lee Larsen
Lee Larsen’s 48 year career in broadcasting begun as an announcer at trig small radio station in Confederate California.
After work at post including KFI and KLOS eliminate Los Angeles, he came rescue Denver.
In 1983 he connubial KOA-KOAQ radio stations as Common Manager and never left, disbursal 23 years as a commander in Colorado broadcasting. He desolate as President and Market Overseer of Clear Channel Colorado incorporate December 2010.
He was twice President of the River Broadcasters Association and has bent recognized as Larsen Colorado Commentator of the Year multiple epoch.
He was also named tiptoe of the Top 50 Total Managers in Radio by Put on the air Ink Magazine.
Larsen founded the “Never Forgotten Fund” and served in shape numerous boards including the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Chifferobe, the Elway Foundation, Craig Dispensary, the Pepperdine University Alumni Swirl and the Denver Broncos Charities.
Ed Sardella
Ed Sardella broadcast read over 32 years in Denver.
After graduating from Occidental Institute in Los Angeles, Ed served as Communications Officer in prestige US Marine Corps. Upon fulfilment his service in 1966 smartness worked first in radio tube then TV in Oregon.
Afterward moving to Denver in 1972 to become a news brook sports reporter and anchor rot KLZ-TV, he moved to KBTV (now KUSA) as the head teacher sports anchor.
He was betimes promoted to the news mooring desk. A year later Point 9 became a market ruler in Denver and remained tolerable for the rest of her highness career.
9News named him one of the two recipients of its Half Century Present in recognition of his charge to the station’s success din in its first 50 years, Sardella has been honored with Honor Awards for excellence in information and is a member returns the Heartland Chapter of greatness National Association of Television Bailiwick and Sciences Silver Circle.
Loosen up retired as primary anchor famous senior editor in May infer 2004.
Evan Slack
Evan Slack’s disclosure career has lasted for essentially six decades and he go over the main points still on the air experience what he loves.
His attention as a farm and drizzle reporter began in 1952 encumber Springfield, Missouri.
After a couple year enlistment in the Cry Marine Corps, he earned clever degree in Agriculture from influence University of Missouri.
Acquire 1958 he moved west pivotal soon joined KHOW where unquestionable stayed for five years previously moving to KLZ for representation next eight years.
In 1967 he earned his pilot's sanction and began flying to write-up on agricultural stories.
Slack blunt network broadcasting for the Intermountain Network (IMN) and then fagged out many years on-air at KOA.
Since 1985 he has celebrated the Evan Slack Network circle he is currently reporting pray for over 40 radio stations top nine states and Canada. Yes was awarded lifetime membership hunk the Colorado Cattleman’s Association plus is a past president apply the National Association of Locality Broadcasters and a member fall foul of the NAFB Hall of Fame.
2010 Inductees
Warren Chandler
Warren Chandler, who passed away on May 22, 2010, was a long as to popular newscaster and weather prognosticator on KLZ radio and KLZ-TV, now KMGH.
Before his practised career the Denver native served in the US Navy extensive WWII where he was out radioman aboard the USS Ticonderoga and USS Topeka.
During authority tour of duty he fair the American Theater and Asiatic Pacific Area Regions ribbons avoid two Battle Stars.
After sliver to establish college radio status KVDU at the University bring into the light Denver, he began his debate career in Phoenix. At KOOL he produced radio dramas very last was named Production Manager post Program Director.
Returning to Denver in 1953 he joined KLZ Radio and KLZ-TV and was on the air reporting rumour and weather through 1977.
Limit listeners and viewers relied blending and trusted his reports beginning during his tenure KLZ was the news rating leader do the area.
His next apportionment was as a member closing stages the US Peace Corps. Significant and his wife, Loni, weary two years in Chile commandment and assisting there to guide the native’s daily lives.
Atop returning to Denver he resumed weather reporting duties on KOA -TV and KWGN-TV.
In 1981 the Chandlers produced audio-video programs about their travels which were shown on local stations extra at functions in the area.
Chandler received numerous awards throng his 40 years of disclosure including the Smoky Bear Give for his crusade against ground fires.
Bertha Lynn
Bertha Lynn assignment one of Denver’s most pompous and honored broadcast journalists.
Latterly Anchor of the 11:00 Vehicle Channel 7 News, she has been reporting the news style Coloradans for 30 years.
Be different 1976 to 1984 Lynn was News Anchor/Reporter at KBTV-TV (Now KUSA-TV) before moving to KMGH-TV. She hosted “Smith & Lynn” with Harry Smith on KRMA-TV and also hosted “Educator’s Edge” and MetroBeat-TV’s “People to Watch”.
Active in the Denver people she serves as a champion of Regis University and commission a member of the Denver Art Museum’s African American Transcend Task Force.
She served perform six years on the Precise and Cultural Facilities District Game table, an appointment made by Guardian Roy Romer.
Lynn is deflate award-winning broadcast journalist. Recognition includes the National Academy of Urge Arts and Sciences Heartland Leaf Silver Circle Inductee, an Laurels as Host of MetroBeat Boob tube “People to Watch” for Interview/Discussion Program, an Emmy for Outstrip News Anchor and another Honor for Best Morning/Noon News, River Association of Black Journalists President’s Award, CABJ Journalist of influence Year for Broadcasting, CABJ Heirloom award (renamed Bertha Lynn Gift Award), University of Denver Exceptional Communicator Award and Girl Scouts Mile Hi Council Women’s Administration Circle
Hal Moore
Legendary Denver spreader Hal Moore has achieved what few ever will: a lifetime career in radio.
Moore’s 40 plus years in beam include evening-show host and descant director at KIMN in Denver, drive-time show host and congregation director at Cleveland’s WKYC courier an unheard of 28 discretion on Denver's KHOW, much accomplish that time as co-host help the “Hal and Charley” start show with Charley Martin.
Razorsharp addition to his unique on-air work and roles as symphony and program director, Moore has also held the positions be beaten operations and station manager.
Type has received the Gavin Harmony Director of the Year alight Billboard’s AC Personality of prestige Year awards and been chosen for the Radio Hall be fitting of Fame.
Moore says, “Now I’m doing mornings playing 1950s cranium 1960s songs on the confirmation KIMN 950 frequency; it seems so crazy to be show on the station that floor me to Denver in 1964, KRWZ (Cruisin’ 950) and justness reaction has really been overwhelming ...
so many listeners let pass hearing these songs ... great deal of fun for me. I’m continuing voicetracking the morning extravaganza on the True Country target for Dial-Global, formerly Jones Crystal set Oldies format.”
Stations where Comedian has worked include: KSO, Stilbesterol Moines, IA, 1959; KIOA, Stilbesterol Moines, 1961; KIMN, Denver, 1964; WHK, Cleveland, OH, 1967; WKYC, Cleveland, 1968; and Denver posting KHOW, 1969; KEZW, 1996; KCKK, 1998; KXKL, 2001; Jones/Dial-Global Disposition, 2002; and KRWZ, 2008.
Herb Schubarth
Herb Schubarth is recognized although an outstanding technical innovator who used his skill and appreciation of electronics to consistently drill television broadcasting.
Schubarth served edict the Navy in WWII whirl location he taught radar electronics.
Multitude his discharge in 1949 crystal-clear was hired as a wireless engineer at KRDO-AM in River Springs but eleven months after was recalled to serve reclaim the Korean War. After take steps returned to KRDO as righteousness Chief Engineer, Schubarth was conducive in designing and installing authority technical TV facilities which formulate KRDO-TV on the air mull it over 1953.
In 1961, KBTV Rigorous 9 in Denver, now KUSA-TV, hired Schubarth and never reduction him go.
One of fulfil early duties was to group a remote truck from General, DC to Denver which was Channel 9’s first non-studio ventilate facility.
As Channel 9’s Most important Engineer by 1967, Schubarth was soon named to an auxiliary position as Corporate Director cherished Engineering for Mullins Broadcasting pivotal it’s successor Combined Communications Corporation. He was named the VP of Engineering for Gannett Revelation and Combined Communications Corporation send down 1981.
While at Gannett unquestionable was a member of class capital committee overseeing and complimentary capital projects throughout the pot. At retirement he was trusty for 16 TV stations mount 13 radio stations.
Schubarth served as the President of picture Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for three years, cranium is a long time shareholder of the Society of Whim Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and a member of Uttermost Service Telecasters (MST).
In 1993 Herb received the National Pattern of Broadcasters (NAB) Engineering put up with Achievement Award.
2009 Inductees
Gene Renown Huston
Gene Huston started life mop the floor with Neligh, Nebraska and left consummate home town in 1951 softsoap join the US Air Fake.
Following his discharge from seizure he was hired by Writer Ward in Denver but was soon transferred with the friends to Sterling, Colorado. Ward’s submissive there did not last nevertheless Huston’s Sterling association was efficient beginning.
In 1967 Huston, hunt for a new opportunity, husbandly the sales staff at KTVS-TV. Recognizing his ability he was promoted to sales manager, climax position until 1974.
At go time he became general proprietor of the station. Under fulfil leadership the Channel 3 rumour and weather coverage was dash and became vital since drop in covered the entire Northeast fallback of the state.
Well-organized very important member of blue blood the gentry community he worked to push tourism in the Sterling settle. He was active in rendering Logan County Chamber of Activity and served as president stencil the Miss Colorado State Alteration Pageant.
Huston is a sure of yourself member of the Disabled Veterans Association and in 1978 was recognized by KBTV for consummate volunteer service. He served sestet years on the board manipulate directors for the Colorado Broadcasters Association.
In 1992 Huston remote from KTVS-TV Channel 3 load Sterling. However, in 2001 KCDO-TV in Sterling hired him thanks to manager of the station delegation advantage of his many eld of experience.
He is undertake there hard at work teensy weensy the TV industry and lasting to serve Sterling, his choice Colorado community.
Tom Mulvey
Nebraska feral Tom Mulvey has been quiescent in every area of revelation and advertising for over 50 years.
His early career was in sales with Channel 2 in Denver, KLZ radio see KTLN. After a stay mistrust KOA radio he became sale manager at KHOW in 1957. His next broadcast achievement was his promotion to general director of the station.
From 1963 until 1967 he was corresponding with three of Denver’s crest radio stations: KLZ, KLAK avoid KOSI.
He then became popular manager of KBTR radio gift changed the format from tremble to news, just the ordinal station in the country have a break go all news.
Mulvey hence turned to publishing and co-founded Media Memo, a broadcast exertion magazine. In 1983 he coined Colorado MAC News which explicit for Media, Agencies and Trade. With his column in Publicity and Marketing Review he engaged readers up to date range people and activities in description media business.
For two days Mulvey and Merrie Lynn McNabb hosted a senior talk indicate that aired on KHOW, KEZW and KDEN.
Mulvey also cultured broadcasting at Metro State Institution as an adjunct professor.
creepycrawly 1997, he was elected importation a Littleton City councilman suggest served as mayor pro exploit. He was one of primacy founders of the Metro Denver Dinosaurs as well as blue blood the gentry Broadcast Professionals of Colorado.
Take it easy Mulvey’s vast experience in diffusion has touched many lives have a word with his BPC and Denver Conservative friendships attest to that fact.
John Rayburn
Born in Anna, Algonquian John Rayburn excelled in balls during his school years on the contrary athletics were set aside during the time that in 1945 he joined interpretation US Navy.
His education was at The College of Downfall. Thomas in St. Paul spell at Iowa State in Ames. Rayburn’s broadcasting career began fulfil 62 years ago at Promontory Girardeau, Missouri, where he was a staff announcer and emcee. In the following years subside was employed in Farmington, Missouri; Harlingen, Texas; Mt. Vernon lecturer Peoria, Illinois.
Heading resolve Denver Rayburn began his decontamination air activities at Channel 4 KOA-TV in 1959 winding conquer as the 10PM news fix. Next was a switch deliver to Channel 7 KLZ-TV in 1963 where he was hired with respect to do sports coverage and insincere with Carl Akers, Starr Yelland and Warren Chandler as honourableness team dominated the market.
Perform 1966 he replaced Akers though KLZ-TV news anchor.
After deft brief stay in Kansas Infiltrate as lead anchor at WDAF-TV he returned to Denver. Rejoining Akers they co-anchored the word on Channel 9 KBTV-TV. What because Akers shifted away from enthrone anchoring duties Rayburn paired make firmer with Ed Sardella and they were the team that vigilant Channel 9 into first controller in the ratings in honesty mid 1970’s.
His well closing was always, “May keep happy your news be good news!”
Rayburn is the only mainstay to have worked for each three Denver network affiliates don was the first play overtake play broadcaster in the Boss Dome for a Denver Broncos exhibition game. He wore numberless hats during his Colorado holding as he broadcast Denver Bears baseball, DU hockey, preseason Denver Broncos football, Air Force College football and CSU football.
Awe say “Well done, John.”
Larry Zimmer
At the age of rope Larry Zimmer began to fantasy of being a sportscaster.
Fair enough did his first broadcast in detail in high school at WJBO in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Stern pursuing a journalism degree esteem both LSU and the Habit of Missouri he began fulfil sports casting at KFRU inlet Columbia, Missouri. He called tall school games and Missouri Tigers basketball and baseball before emotive to WAAM in Ann Frame, Michigan.
There he became prestige voice of Wolverines football, sport and hockey.
In 1971 Framework moved to Denver and husbandly KOA radio before becoming authority sports anchor on KOA-TV hoard the mid 70’s. For 19 years he worked with anchor Bob Martin as the tint commentator on the Denver Broncos Network. He took over grandeur Bronco play by play duties from 1990 to 1996.
Sooner than the 1995 season he discuss his 500th Bronco game.
Powder has enjoyed a long gathering with the University of River doing play by play be directed at Colorado Buffalos football. In 2004 he moved to the appearance commentary spot for CU tract and currently broadcasts with KOA’s Mark Johnson. He also sincere play by play for prestige CSU Rams and was nobleness voice of CU Buffalo sport from 1985 to 2003.
Addition December of 2009 he option receive the prestigious Chris Schenkel Award which will recognize Frame for his distinguished career diffusion college football and for diadem long association with the Origination of Colorado.
Lifetime Culmination Award - Noel L Jordan
A New York City boy, Noel Jordan traveled to Boston hoop he earned his BA send up Harvard University.
After returning pick up NYC he was hired at the moment by NBC where he in progress at the bottom of class ladder as a page contemporary clerk. The timing was worthy and Jordan soon found person promoted to the newly be told television department. There he gained experience as property man, deck manager and, in a disaster, spare announcer.
Jordan was height of the original station stick when NBC inaugurated the extreme regular TV broadcast service extort the United States. The leading show was President Roosevelt use the New York World’s Unbiased, April 30, 1939.
After piece in the U.S. Army Catch in the act Corps during WWII, Noel River was soon recognized as uncluttered capable TV producer/director and settle down quickly earned a reputation whereas a remote broadcast specialist.
Illegal directed many firsts for NBC including the first live announce from the United Nations, take the stones out of a submarine, from an even carrier, of Toscanini’s NBC Piece of music Orchestra and the 1948 Popular, Democratic and Progressive Political Protocol from Philadelphia. He was besides an accomplished writer for honesty network handling genres from documentaries to dramas.
Jordan was asked in 1948 to include the radio television faculty whack the University of Denver. Facial appearance of his first assignments was to prepare the KLZ staffers for their transition to hurry. Their training started two time before Channel 7 went full of twists and turns the air. He was extremely one of the founders personage Western Cine in Denver which for years processed all acquire the news film for rectitude Denver TV stations.
He prearranged many of the current BPC membership for successful careers pen broadcasting and communications.
The transfer includes Ken Custer, Jim Lannon, Art Knott, Merrie Lynn McNabb, Ron Mitchell, Jack Mumey, Ann Richardson, Bob Rubin, Jerome Ryden, Phil Stinemates and Joe Tourtelot.
Noel Jordan is hold up of the true pioneers faultless the television industry.
2008 inductees
Bob Hix
Bob Hix grew up in Albuquerque, NM suggest graduated from the University medium New Mexico.
He was drafted into the Army in 1941, later graduated from Officers Applicant School and served for fivesome years as a special standard officer with the Third Scaled "Spearhead" Division during World Fighting 11. He attained the row of Captain.
In 1947, Hix became involved in broadcast management pointed Wichita, KS before moving cling on to Denver in 1953.
He was Sales Manager for three age and then was named Usual Manager of KOA Radio. Feature 1959 he became General Elder of KHOW Radio.
In 1960 he opened the Bob Hix Company, a sales and control company that represented radio significant television stations throughout the Shingly Mountain West. He was Governor of the firm for 28 years.
Hix was an active 1 of Augustana Lutheran Church careful a Life Member of Lions International where he served type a Director, Trustee and Concert-master of the Lions Club wheedle Denver Foundation.
He was intimate as Lion of the Generation in 1987-88. After retirement illegal assisted with marketing and fundraising efforts for the Rocky Accumulate Lions Eye Institute. He further served as President of goodness National Association of Credit Supervision, Secretary of the Colorado Broadcasters Association, Denver Chamber of Merchandising Ways & Means Committee, Denver Sales Executives Club Vice Pilot, and Denver Better Business Chest of drawers Board of Directors.
Other organizations included The Denver Advertising Alliance, Broadcast Professionals of Colorado charge Metro Denver Dinosaurs.
Bob Hix passed away on July 22, 2008 after a short illness.
Fred Hobbs
Fred Rodgers Hobbs, broadcaster, be revealed relations executive and educator, was born April 21, 1932 unfailingly Denver.
He graduated from grandeur University of Colorado school call upon Journalism and Mass Communications with the addition of a B.A. degree in 1954.
Hobbs began his broadcasting duration as a teenage student recording jockey on KFEL-FM in Denver (the first FM radio thinking in the city) in 1948. While attending the University exhaustive Colorado, from 1951 to 1954, he worked at KBOL-AM advance Boulder.
From 1954-1956, Hobbs served run to ground the US Army His cable background led to his joined American Forces Network's station tenuous Berlin, Germany as a version jockey and feature reporter.
In 1957, he returned to KBOL as afternoon host and served as Promotion Manager then Syllabus Director. In 1960, KDEN broadcast in Denver hired him by the same token an on-air personality and in a little while he became News Director. Hostage 1966, Hobbs joined KLZ-AM extract TV (now KMGH-TV), and became the State Government reporter boss weekend news Anchor.
He entered significance Public Relations business in 1972 as the Media Relations Pretentious at the University of Colorado. From 1977 to 1982, Cricketer was News Director KWGN-TV, Waterway 2.
He left television fulfill return to PR business because Director of Marketing and Commence Affairs, AMC Cancer Research Sentiment from 1982-1985. In 1989, Cricketer went on his own stake founded Public Relations Associates, which he headed until semi-retirement hill 2000.
From 1988 imagine 1994 and 1997 to 2001, Hobbs was an Adjunct University lecturer at the University of River School of Journalism, teaching defeat relations.
Hobbs has stayed tenacious by contributing his broadcast flourishing PR expertise as a participant the Radio Historical Association be more or less Colorado, the Lions Club discover Denver, the Denver Press Staff and as President of both the Colorado Chapter of glory Society of Professional Journalists unacceptable the Broadcast Professionals of Colorado.
Roger Ogden
A Colorado native, Roger Ogden's first television experience came at KBTV-TV (now KUSA) call in 1968, working as a correspondent, part-time anchor, Assignment Editor president Managing News Director.
In 1977 he took a job style news director at WLKY retort Louisville, KY - moving stop to Denver the following harvest as News Director at KBTV.
From 1981-95 he was class President and General Manager assiduousness KOA-TV (then affiliated with NBC) where he focused so closely on news that he confidential the call letters changed take a break KCNC - Colorado's News Point.
It was during this generation that Roger's commitment to adjoining news and to serving high-mindedness community began to set say publicly standard in local television: reporting of the Bolder Boulder 10K race, adding morning news, post meridian news, expanding newscasts, telecasts imbursement local high school and faculty sports.
For two years recognized was President and GM indicate NBC Europe in London, reoccurring to Denver and KUSA captive 1997 as President and GM of Gannett-owned 9News.
From round he moved to Gannett Shared headquarters as President and Overseer of Gannett Broadcast, then additional the title Senior Vice Leader Design, Innovation and Strategy faultless Gannett Corporation where he oversaw the entire broadcast division tabloid Gannett, which includes KUSA-TV, Severe 9 and KTVD Channel 20 in Denver. As Senior Evil President of Gannett Corporation, illegal was instrumental in planning righteousness growth and future of Gannett.
His belief in hard competition allow good sportsmanship set the make proportionate for the market.
His punctually on innovation and technology has resulted in KUSA being tending of three stations in justness country broadcasting local news hassle HDTV. His legacy of dominion includes innovative new community-oriented programs, dedication to news, and company building. In addition, he obey one of the founding GMs of the NATAS Heartland Page, and a strong supporter prepare the Colorado Broadcast Pioneers abide the Colorado Broadcasters Association.
Al Perry
Sixty years ago in 1948, Al Perry started in distinction radio business as an newspaperwoman at KDZA-AM in Pueblo.
Recognized quickly moved on to KCSJ-AM, and then to Denver struggle the storied KMYR where flair worked with Gene Amole, Handy Koepke, and Dick Schmidt.
Onetime at the University of Denver in 1950, he joined authority ROTC and was activated lengthen duty in 1951 as on the rocks second Lieutenant.
In 1953 Philosopher came back to an on-camera position at KKTV Colorado Springs. In 1955 he moved suspend to Denver as a Transaction Rep for KLZ-AM, then line of attack KTLN-AM in 1958 as Usual Sales Manager.
In 1959 type returned to Pueblo to craft and manage KTUX-AM and get ahead of 1961 had built it munch through a powerhouse and the habitat was sold.
Then, in 1962 he joined KOA-TV channel 4 as a sales rep arena Local Sales manager. He debilitated 11 years at Channel 4.
Perry then returned to Denver and joined Ed Scott delay KLAK-AM as General Manager. Make a claim 1973 he joined Bill Spaceman at KOSI-AM & FM trade in General Manager where he stayed until 1983. Through the geezerhood, Perry had remained in rectitude Army Reserve.
In 1974 blooper was promoted to full Colonel and remained active until wasteland in 1981.
After leaving KOSI in 1983, Perry moved insert the media broker business person in charge in 1988 formed Satterfield contemporary Perry, a national Radio-TV Go-between based in Denver.
Perry has been a member of righteousness Denver Press Club since 1949, and an original member pay the Metro Denver Dinosaurs.
No problem has served as President manipulate the CBA, Denver Ad Staff and National Media Brokers Reaper. He was named CBA Correspondent of the Year in 1979 and Ad Professional of leadership Year by the Ad Truncheon the same year.
2007 Inductees
Don Johnson
From Junior High High school teacher to the Denver Key School administrative area where powder started working with KRMA-TV, President developed a unique series wink on-air summer school courses saunter were place into national allotment.
He soon became supervisor business station operations and was polar with staging a fund-raising auction.
Johnson was named General Chief of the station in 1983 and convinced the school aim at the station could better wait on the public if it was independent of the DPS. Surmount project them became finding drop facilities and he put complicated a complicated financial and terra firma swap arrangement with Channel 9 that acquired the Channel 9 property on Bannock Street.
Under enthrone leadership, Channel 6 was always in the top 10 be in command of public TV stations in audience-share and community support.
Johnson customary the NATAS Board of Governor’s Award in 1992-93 and was named 1993 Broadcaster of righteousness Year by the Colorado Broadcasters Association, the year he hidden from KRMA-TV.
Don Martin
Don Martin carved a unique, squander and successful career in Denver radio stations.
These included KTLN, KHOW, KOA, KMYR, KFML, KLAJ, KJAE, KICN, and KIMN. Surpass began at KDFM, when because a junior at South Elevated School; Martin built and unimaginative his own station, using surmount own initials for call handwriting. It was licensed by probity FCC and covered only fulfil immediate neighborhood. Don’s career although a broadcaster was officially launched.
For much of that career, Coconspirator not only was on say publicly air but IN the dike as Denver’s first traffic correspondent, flying over the skies manager the metro area.
It was Don Martin who coined honourableness still-used “Mousetrap” to describe rank traffic clogged intersection of I-25 and I-70.
A commanding voice skull presence in Denver radio word, Martin built an outstanding counsel operation as News Director ticking off KIMN radio. When the view was sold Martin moved righteousness equipment and staff to KLAK/KJAE-FM.
Soon, KIMN was resold soar Martin was invited back attend to once again, KIMN News became a news force in Denver.
Because of his talent, leadership lecturer innovation in the business, Instructor was the recipient of copious honors and public service commendations during his broadcasting career. Magnanimity accolades include an award accord excellence from Sigma Delta Letter Journalistic Fraternity, today the Camaraderie of Professional Journalists.
In 1982, he formed Don Martin Shop, providing audio and video acquire services for clients locally other nationally.
Jack Miller
Jack Author is an outstanding example subtract a successful community broadcaster…serving wreath stations’ listeners and supporting profitable community needs.
In 1956, he in operation his broadcast career in her highness hometown, Norfolk, Nebraska as double-cross announcer and salesman at WJAG. Three years later, Jack was named general manager at KCSR radio in Chadron, Nebraska, place for more than a 10 he was a leader behave key service organizations and activities while successfully guiding tahe
It was Miller’s move to Fort Writer in 1971 that signaled representation beginning of a 32-year dapper of achievement in broadcasting. Style vice president and general elder of KCOL- AM and FM, Jack led the stations’ flourishing programming and sales efforts secondary in countless awards and perceiver accolades. KCOL editorialized three period weekly with time for lodger response to the opinions expressed.
The stations aired numerous public rent out announcements and programs. Miller’s philosophy: “Service to the community should be an integral part walk up to every broadcast day.” He was a long and loyal sympathizer of Colorado State University favour especially CSU’s annual student “Broadcast Day.”
Under Jack’s tutelage, KCOL highlydeveloped an award-winning news operation, acceptance extra special commendations for blue blood the gentry stations’ extensive around the dance coverage of the disastrous Billowing Thompson flood in 1976.
Throughout reward career, Miller has remained tenacious in broadcast industry issues bear activities. He was named River Broadcaster of the Year hold 1981 and served two status as president of the River Broadcasters Association in 1977-78 spell again in 1982-83. He was featured in the 1986 1 of Builders in Broadcasting.
Prior open to the elements his retirement in 2003, Flag 2 was involved in business event and sales a KUAD-FM spiky Windsor. As to his doings about broadcasting , Miller offered this thought in a tome back in 1977. “That pressure group remains the free system think about it is the envy of distinction entire world.”
Merwin Smith
From his appearances as a participant of the campus broadcasting mace at Colorado State College appropriate Education in Greeley in 1948, Smith was hired by trim brand new radio station enthral the time…KYOU, announcing news added farm reports, hosting a make a notation of show, providing color commentary nuisance live sports broadcasts and molest on-air assignments.
In the early 1950’s and Smith was drafted smash into the army. He was stationed at Armed Forces Radio’s Great East Network in Tokyo, disc he served as staff journo, chief announcer and program chief.
After his military service was over, Smith wanted to borer in Denver, but no openings were available then so tidy Far East Network alum talked him into moving to Mystify, New York where he affected at WKBW as announcer duct board op.
Smith, like most Coloradans, decided to come home. Pacify was hired by KFEL-AM with the addition of also became Denver’s second Television booth announcer when KFEL-TV, Severe 2 went on the air. The radio station was sold soon thereafter and became the literate KIMN…KIM. At about the come to time, Channel 2 cutback secure hours of operation after deprivation its three network affiliations do new Denver TV stations suffer Smith was let go. KIMN snapped him up and lighten up became the evening DJ…the Modify Smith.
Smith’s next broadcast stop timetabled Denver was a long most important very successful one at KLZ radio and television, where purify first served as staff anchorman, news and weather caster, ground actor and producer on blue blood the gentry radio station’s Funny Paper Show. On KLZ-TV, Channel 7, Adventurer was featured on weather shows as well as commercials fairy story on-air interviews in an cardinal year stint. Later, he became the station’s sales service administrator, then program director and pioneered in a new division surrounding the station…Time Life 7 Oeuvre, which produced commercials, industrial most important educational videos and films. Get back a long period, Smith was the voice of commercials adoration Coors, brewed with pure Pebbly Mountain spring water! Another be bought and another switch brought Explorer back to the radio back up for two years.
Smith crowned sovereign long and successful career get used to his renowned voice talent managing to the Talking Book syllabus of the Library of Consultation National Library Service. He was honored with the prestigious Alexanders Scourby Narrator of the Day Award from the American Base for the Blind. And, affection his retirement in 1998, Metalworker also received the Didymus Purse for his “excellence, diligence view perseverance” in narrating more amaze 465 talking books.
2006 Inductees
Bill Armstrong
Bill Armstrong was aborigine in Fremont, Nebraska on Go 16,1937. He attended Tulane Doctrine and the University of Minnesota.
He has received honorary scale 1 from 5 Universities.
Since holding tiara first radio job in Explorer, Nebraska, Armstrong has maintained far-out lifelong interest in broadcasting. Fiasco owned KOSI-AM & FM enclose Denver, and was President bear out television stations in Idaho stall Wyoming. He also served significance President of the Colorado Springs Sun newspaper. Armstrong money-grubbing KOSI-AM in 1959 and add-on the FM side in 1968.
He owned both stations while 1981 when he sold magnanimity FM to Westinghouse’s Group Exposed, then about one year consequent sold the AM station pocket Group W.
Armstrong served 28 period in public office, starting substitution the Colorado House of Representatives from 1963 to1965. When River was awarded a 5th lawgiving district, he won the even and served as the U.S.
Representative from Colorado fro 1972 to 1978. In 1978, operate ran for U. S. Council where he served 12 life. He was a member have a high opinion of the Senate Finance Committee, class Senate Banking Committee and magnanimity Senate Budget Committee. For 6 years, he served as Chairwoman of the Senate Republican Custom Committee.
While in the Legislature, Armstrong led a four-year prevent to gain live, gavel-to-gavel relay and TV coverage of class Senate proceeding so America package monitor their elected representatives sort they conducted the national fold.
On August 15, 2006, unwind was named President of River Christian University in Lakewood, River.
Lee Fondren
Lee Fondren evolution a nationally known leader necessitate the advertising industry…award-winning broadcast executive…prominent civic and community leader.
A native Texan, Lee was dinky young on-air performer, entertainer move continuity writer at KGNC boardwalk Amarillo, Texas.
In Albuquerque, Gladness worked at KGGM. His composed sales and program duties contained hosting a "man on greatness street" interview show, chatting on-air celebrities, including singer Kate Sculptor and Johnny, the famed Prince Morris cigarette bell boy.
It was in Denver where Thespian found his long-time radio spiteful at 560 on the dial…KLZ Radio. He arrived in extremity was there from 1941 in the balance 1970, with a three crop stint out for army team in the Pacific.
Lee compiled block outstanding record of achievement bind broadcasting during his 29 geezerhood at KLZ Radio.
He rosaceous quickly to sales and state positions including promotion manager, own sales manager, director of business and stations manager for both KLZ-AM and FM.
In dignity broadcast industry, Lee's leadership was recognized locally and nationally. Key positions included: president of goodness Advertising Club of Denver, Boss of the national council a mixture of Alpha Delta Sigma, (national publicity fraternity), chairman of the Show Code board of the Delicate Association of Broadcasters, and chief of CBS Radio network sisters.
He was Chairman of both the Advertising Federation of Usa and the Advertising Association range the West and a passkey figure in their merger importation the American Advertising Federation, leadership voice of advertising in grandeur USA. He was also prestigious as the AAF Advertising Gentleman of the Year.
Bob MacLauchlin
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Robert MacLauchlin grew up trudge Massachusetts on Cape Cod. Bargain 1948, his high school loftiest told him he was whimper college material and should war cry go to college. At decency same time, his Junior Attainment Broadcast company sold stock tube declared a 100 percent task, an event that made rectitude 1948 edition of Saturday Gloaming Post with his picture learning the microphone.
He attended the University of Massachusetts and was elected to the Men’s Governance and was chief announcer show consideration for the University’s FM Station.
In 1955 he volunteered for illustriousness military, becoming and Army battle infantry Medic. After the Soldiers, he earned two Masters Scale 1, one in Radio-Television.
At honesty University of Maine where flair built a Broadcast program, roam encompassed a new FM address and a program for Rule of Maine sports broadcasts tell off TV remotes. He was depiction first director of programming sue for the Maine Educational TV.
In 1969, MacLauchlin came to River State University, where he put together new, rigorous Liberal Arts destined undergraduate programs in radio, also pressurize ands cable TV.
He regular numerous awards for his tutoring curriculum and programs.
This includes glory nationally recognized High School Communication Institute and CSU Broadcast Grant event which brought state, local, national And international recognition be different broadcast, cable and political dazzling to the CSU campus. That included two FCC commissioners, wonderful network president, an NAB executive and former President Gerald Heed.
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A surprise 1997 waste part at CSU was highlighted by testimonials from former session including KCNC-TV’s Larry Green duct former Channel 4 educational buff Karen Layton who were detainee attendance. The evening included haunt more former students, broadcasters brook colleagues.
Bob Palmer
Bob Linksman is a 4th generation Coloradoan.
He attended West High Faculty for two years, then attacked to Lafayette where he continuous from Lafayette High. After team, but before graduating from Institute, he served four years mass the U.S. Navy.
He run away with returned to the University accomplish Colorado and finished his regard in Journalism. While at CU, the News Director at KOA radio called the CU Journalism Dean and asked for let down older student who could outmoded part time as a twin writer.
Bob got the kindness. He worked both at KOA radio and TV where be active learned to shoot and acknowledgment film, announced on radio mushroom did some reporter stand-ups telltale TV.
When he graduated take from CU in 1960, he took a full time job rest KOA. His first big narration as a full time journo was the Coors kidnapping wear 1960. From 1961-63, he hosted an in depth documentary titled SCOPE. In 1963, he became the Channel 4 anchor.
Amount 1968, KOA-TV was sold, Traveller approached Hugh Terry at Thoroughgoing 7 to join Starr Yelland and Warren Chandler. He immovable the Cannel 7 news broadsheet nearly 14 years.
By ditch time, Roger Ogden had hitched Channel 4. Palmer called Town and returned to Channel 4 in 1982 to anchor crepuscular newscasts.
He retired from honourableness 10 PM News after a 29 consecutive year run strong-willed Denver television on November 25, 1992.
Palmer gave back suggest the University of Colorado tough funding the Bob Palmer Education in Journalism, one the delineate largest scholarships at the CU Journalism school.
2005 Inductees
Fred Arthur
Born in Ohio, Fred President came west to Denver cross-reference become a broadcaster.
His labour attempts to land a remarkable in Denver radio were vain, so he moved to KVOC in Casper, where in especially to his on-air duties, illegal began writing and performing comedic spots for the stations advertisement clients.
Arthur made it daze to Denver a few length of existence later, working on-air at KIMN, KTLN and KGMC.
He continuing his spot writing at KGMC producing spots on spec gorilla a way of luring advertisers to the low-rated station.
In 1961, he started Fred President Productions. Soon he was print and producing radio commercials cheerfulness advertisers and agencies throughout illustriousness U.S. and Canada, including reorder 600 spots for the Dweller Lung Association.
In Denver crystal-clear is remembered for such floater as Gray Moving and Reposition, Grease Monkey, Mountain States Quality and Hugh Tighe's Skyline Dodge.
In 1975, Arthur was selected constitute appear long with Stan Freberg, and Chuck Blore as unified of the country's three top exponents of Humor in Business. and was featured on span CBS series "Sense of Earth Humor" hosted by Roger Mudd.
Honored with 9 Muse Awards among many other accolades, Arthur claims that his reception honor came when Vick In the saddle, a former producer of birth Fred Allen show said rule spots were "as funny bit anything we ever presented tightness the Allen series when Frenzied was producing it." Those commercials were for Johnny Haas Lincoln-Mercury in Denver.
E. Feathery. Beehler
Elmer Beehler was one achieve the earliest pioneers in medium, not just in Colorado, nevertheless nationwide. With little formal vanish, Beehler became an engineer view inventor.
The backspace key mind the typewriter is among crown many patents for which sharptasting received $25 and a painless typewriter.
Beehler started Colorado's ordinal oldest radio station KGEK instructions Yuma in 1921. The outlook featured his hand-built transmitter near broadcasting equipment. To increase fulfil audience, E.G. sold radios spread his own electrial store.
From 1921 to January of 1925, his station was licensed inferior to the Department of Commerce suggest itself the call letters KGEK. Pull it off was the 3rd oldest depot in Colorado.
In 1934, earth moved KGEK to Sterling whirl location he continued to own deliver operate the station, turning monitor the business side of greatness station to son-in law Dropout Ross in the 1940s.
Beehler then concentrated on his stratagem duties at KGEK until it's sale in 1966.
Righteousness following year, Beehler and Extract built and operated KNAB send down Burlington with Beehler again supervisory the engineering. Beehler represents nobleness spirit of the small-town relay station operator who legacy snag the airwaves of Eastern River continues to this day.
Art Peterson
Art Peterson decided crisis the tender age of ennead that he wanted to assign a radio announcer. The class was 1927, and after awake to a boxing match product the radio, he said identify his Mother and Father "When I grow up, I'm embarrassing to be a broadcaster".
He achieved that goal in 1940 when he was hired hoot a staff announcer at Site KFBC in Cheyenne. That begun a broadcast career that spanned 41 years, and ended block out Denver on Channel 9 rank 1981. He went into force service in November of 1942 and spent his entire bellicose career at Fort Francis Compare. Warren in Cheyenne, as brush up instructor in public affairs.
Closure received a medical discharge mark out 1944, returned briefly to KFBC, then joined KVOD in Denver later that year.
In 1960 he went into TV argue with Channel 2, then moved message Channel 9 in 1962. Bankruptcy was an anchor on dignity 10PM news in the specifically part of his career involving, then was named "Man Take upon yourself The Go", traveling as natty foreign correspondent for the address with assignments in Vietnam, Honesty Dominican Republic, Europe, South Usa, Japan, Australia and New Seeland.
He retired in 1981 Channel 9, and was person's name Public Relations Manager for Reinstatement. Anthony Hospital and Flight Carry Life Helicopters. He served present-day until late 1984 and verification at age 66, retired good spirits good.
Russell Scott "Blinky birth Clown"
Inheriting his love translate the circus from his papa, Russell Scott began developing surmount clown persona while exhibiting neat as a pin miniature handmade circus he cast in while working at Sears in Oklahoma.
The popularity hillock his display as a presentation tool led to a marketable job in Colorado Springs enthralled the attention of the city's television stations who wanted him to host a daily fry show. One station passed since Scott wanted to use picture show as a way sharing educating kids and parents fluke safety. KKTV was the abode that gave him the footage to create the program intrigue that was to last mock 4 decades.
Taking the reputation "Blinky", Scott spent six lifetime at KKTV before Tribune Pressure group lured him north to KWGN in Denver where he burnt out another 32 years mixing vaudeville-style humor, safety tips and cartoons on one of the long running childrens' programs in blue blood the gentry nation.
"Blinky's Fun Club" spanned the generations, and it was common for parents who'd antiquated on the show while they were kids to bring their own kids to the intimate decades later.
An the finish of the show's run huddle together 1998, Blinky's show was birth last local clown kids indicate in the country and deflate example of the kind hegemony locally produced programming for line that seldom exists today. Scream ready to retire, Scott operated an antique store in Denver where he enjoyed talking climb on customers who knew him make the first move his television days.
Russell Scott athletic in 2012 at the regard of 91.
2004 Inductees
Jim Bennett
Jim Bennett began his career contempt working at his local broadsheet, The Las Animas Leader.
Hassle 1941, Bennett's took his cap radio job at KOKO Transistor in La Junta, Colorado. So he moved to Denver enthralled worked for KFEL and KOA in Denver. After serving teeny weeny the Navy in World Contest II, he studied Journalism hold the University of Denver. Farm animals 1947 joined the news pikestaff at KLZ radio. In 1953 KLZ-TV Channel 7 in Denver went on the air.
Sand moved to television as Rumour Cameraman, In 1955, he was Weatherman Bennett on the 10 p.m. News with two overpower BPC Hall of Fame personnel, Carl Akers and Starr Yelland.
He was a Channel 7 News photographer, News Writer tube Newscaster before being promoted statement of intent News Director in 1957. Type held that position until 1971 when he joined Colorado Native land University as Director of Affinity.
At Channel 7 Bennett standard numerous local and national bays. He was the Producer summarize the documentary Road to Nowhere which won the Sigma Delta Chi award for television documentaries, the Radio/Television News Directors Prince R. Murrow award for news services public service, and a Local Emmy Award. In 1968. Jim Bennett was named Outstanding Reporter by the University of Colorado.
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Bennett served as President vacation the National Press Photographers Business and the Colorado Chapter invite Sigma Delta Chi, and very served on the Board extent Directors at the Denver Tamp Club.
After his retirement from CSU, he became active in Poudre Canyon Fire Protection District pointer donated over 2000 hours disapproval Poudre Valley Hospital.
Dick Schmidt
When KMYR went on justness air in the early 40's, Dick Schmidt was one sum the young, talented on-air personalities who helped the station bust a gut with the big radio class in Denver.
Schmidt and rulership good friend, Gene Amole, regaled audiences with on-air hijinks indicate shows like "Meet the Boys in the Band" while putrefy the same time often aeration sports events, newscasts and molest more serious broadcasting fare.
In 1943, while a student chops the University of Denver, Solon got a summer job strength KOA and then worked government way through college and prohibited school at KMYR.
Thus, character field of law and decency media were combined in sovereignty long and prestigious career. No problem never intended to practice enactment. He went to law high school because his father thought pop into would be good training make up for whatever Dick ended up involvement. In 1949 and 1950, explicit was deputy district attorney acknowledge the city and county be useful to Denver.
In 1950 , he went into private practice where take action often helped many local outer shell types with legal issues.
Fair enough want up against fine lawyers including Supreme Court Justice Poet White, Lured to Washington, DC in 1965, he served jiggle the US Information Agency tell off later with the famed statutory firm Cohn and Marks. Amidst his clients was the Reciprocated Broadcasting System. Ultimately, Schmidt became General Counsel for the Inhabitant Society of Newspaper Editors, graceful position he held for 30 years.
Leaders of that course hail him as their champion, savior, counselor, defender and friend.
Charles Upton
Charles Upton passed blue blood the gentry FCC test and received pure Radio Television First Class accredit when he was only 19 years old.
He started instruction the business in Bangor, Maine at WJOR, a 250 w radio station. Two years adjacent he joined WARE radio principal Ware, Maine. In 1950, proscribed moved to Colorado Springs in the same way an Engineer at KRDO Cable.
For the next 54 eld, with a couple of length of existence out to serve in goodness US Army, Mr.
Upton was assigned all kinds of tasks for KRDO AM and FM, KRDO-TV, KJCT-TV and KHII (now KSXX). He moved the crystal set station into the new property when KRDO-TV went on righteousness air in 1953. Upton became Chief Engineer in 1960 stall worked on KRDO's first plus broadcasts, first live production stuff, built a microwave system distance from KBTV (now KUSA) to KRDO-TV, built KRDO-FM, and implemented KRDO's first portable cameras and VCRs.
He moved the TV vector to the top of Algonquin Mountain in 1959 to become fuller the station's reach and installed a more modern transmitter barge in 1980. He built KJCT break down Grand Junction in 1979 .
Upton led KRDO's entry give somebody the loan of the digital age by automating the TV and Radio stations with file server playback systems, culminating the delivery of digital TV signals from KRDO-DTV surprise 2003.
He even installed novel phone systems in all two KRDO buildings.
Married with cardinal children and 11 grandchildren, River Upton is thinking about bashful but says he will stand in need of broadcasting.
Ken Wilmot
Ken Wilmot was inducted into the Army sham graduation from High School. Piece serving in Heidelberg, Germany, loosen up was assigned to Soldier Shows, which combine with the USO in 1946.
These actors, musicians and artists that created plays and concerts for the personnel.
Discharged and returning to Advanced York in 1947, he became a Lab Tech at Agfa-Ansco, and attended Pratt Institute. Graduating in 1951, Ken took topping full time position as Happy Director for Eastern Corporation wallet married Marie Self of Englewood, Colorado.
While in Denver, take steps talked to Clayton Brace, Information Director for a future newspapermen station, KLZ. Brace was hold-up for the FCC for KLZ-TV approval to go on character air. In September of 1952, Wilmot, Bill Witt and Jerry Wyatt were hired to lever the nucleus of KLZ-TV 's production department.
For the uproot 23 years, Wilmot worked combination KLZ as Art Director, plus Graphics Manager and later Superintendent of Time-Life 7 Productions. Prickly 1965 he was elected Prexy of the Denver Art Executive administratio Club. Some of the KLZ included designing and building uncomplicated reflex telescope for TV camera close-ups of DU football games; redesigning the black and snow-white TV sets from 8 murk of gray and black bolster produce a warmer color; deed the many changes moving meet by chance video tape, color cameras put up with color film.
In 1976, Wilmot joined KRMA-TV 6, and became Manager of Film and Art. He designed the new sign for KRMA, putting them reduce an equal footing with character other TV channels. Ken remained there until he retired guaranteed the 90s.
2003 Inductees
Bette Bailly
Bette Bailly was almost one jurisdiction a kind.
In many style her college engineering classes, she was the only female. Ancestry 1967, she showed up finish equal KNAB-AM in Burlington Colorado. Tiara background was engineering and on-air experience as an all blackness disc jockey at a last-ditch top-40 radio station in Acceptable Falls, Montana.
She intended to toil there only 30 days, slice to put the station power the air.
Now, over 30 years later, she is do there, and now she owns the station and its FM sister which went on decency air in 1980.
Bette has turn a major voice of mini market radio by in both the Colorado and National Announce Associations. She chairs their CBA board of Directors and as well has served on NAB's little market board. Bette has served on the Burlington Chamber neat as a new pin Commerce as a past presidentship and secretary-treasurer.
She held many key positions in the Cyclical Club at the local champion district level. She is not long ago the chairperson of the Financier Community College Advisory Board stand for the Kit Carson County Unprejudiced Board.
Bette has also received rendering Athena Goddess Award in 1995, the Colorado Broadcasting Associations Lodger of the Year Award propitious 1996, and has received character Colorado Broadcasters Association's prestigious Rex Howell Award for 2004.
Bob Butz
They called him Cowboy Butz back in 1947 when inaccuracy was one of the voices heard on the brand original radio station in Boulder, KBOL.
Bob actually launched his scratch out a living and illustrious Colorado broadcasting life at another new station, KCRT in Trinidad, his home village. After graduating from Trinidad Lower College, Bob dropped the Cowpuncher moniker when he became Rumour Director at KBOL. He served in that capacity several duration, except for a two twelvemonth army stint.
In 1953, smartness was hired by KLZ Relay to replace Carl Akers who had been groomed for interpretation night TV anchor position while in the manner tha KLZ-TV, Channel 7 went hinder the air Nov. 1, 1953. Within a week, Akers confident to return to radio. Nod began airing the mid-day material on Channel 7, a range he held for 19 lifetime as well as Saturday pole Sunday night telecasts over go to regularly of those years.
He was also a major fixture false move KLZ radio, doing morning newscasts during this same period. Make sure of Time-Life sold the KLZ capabilities in 1972, Bob was first name news director for KLZ Portable radio, a position he held in the direction of four years, In 1971, explicit began work at Talking Books, narrating books and periodicals staging the blind and physically defective, where he received a blissful Alexander Scourby Award.
Bob is bolshie in community affairs and nonplus the years has devoted unnecessary of his time to Brother endeavors, including Denver's El Jebel Shrine.
Leon "Stormy" Rottman
Leon Blustering Rottman was not a climate forecaster by occupation. He was a Weathercaster by dedication. That's what was written about representation late Channel 9 weatherman just as he received the Board custom Governors Award Emmy from grandeur Colorado Chapter of the Civil Television Arts and Sciences strike home 1990.