Jeremys radio fall and winter updates

Jeremy Levy back with you to write about radio changes in Colorado and national radio.What is happening to the other programming schedules? I’m glad that you asked. 630 KHOW radio has Ross Kaminsky from 6-10 A.m. Then Tom Martino The Troubleshooter is on from 10-2 P.m. Michael Brown has come back to 630 KHOW and hosts from 2-4 and Dan Caplis hosts from 4-6 p.m. I flip back and forth during the day from 630 KHOW to 850 KOA radio. The 850 KOA radio’s schedule is as follows Colorado’s morning news from 5-9 A.m. Dave Logan and Rick Lewis from 9-12 Mandy Connell from 12-3 and a new show hosted by Alfred Williams and JoJo Turnbeau from 3-6 p.m. Bronco’s country tonight is still on from 7-11 p.m. I will be writing my opinions about these changes in a future post. With these changes there comes a change that is a sad change. Jerry Schemmel is no longer with KOA radio. He was cut due to budget cuts. Mike Rice has taken over as the other Rockies announcer with Jack Corrigan. This is an interesting change. Jerry Schemmel has joined 104.3 the fan as a fill-in host and he has brought over his show called Amazing Americans which airs on Sundays at 7:30 a.m. to 8 A.m. It’s good to have Jerry back on the air.I will comment about KHOW’s changes. I am really glad that Tom Martino the Troubleshooter is on for 4 hours. I really think this was a great move for KHOW radio. It’s good to hear Michael Brown back on the air. Michael is fun to listen to on Fridays. He opens up the phone lines on Fridays so people can call in. These are classic shows. Fridays are the best days to listen to this show. It is also good to hear Dan Caplis on KHOW radio. I really miss him not having a partner. I really thought Krista Kafer was a great partner for him. I am still unclear as to why she is no longer on the show with him. Some older listeners really enjoyed Craig Silverman on with Dan Caplis. That partnership lasted for about 10 years. I think the ratings would show that was a good partnership of hosts. If you want to have a successful radio show with a partner then the chemistry needs to work. Speaking of Craig Silverman he is no longer with KNUS radio anymore. Back in November of 2019 Craig joined Dan for one of his shows. That next Saturday Craig was pulled off of KNUS’s airwaves for being critical of president trump. I read about this on Michael Robert’s westward articles. Craig’s contract said that he couldn’t compete by being on 2 different radio stations. After the second week in November the Craig Silverman’s show on KNUS is no longer on the Saturday morning line up. KNUS really enjoys live and local programming on Saturdays. They tried a host named Deborah Flora and they also tried George Brauchler in that time slot. They finally decided to move Randy Corporon’s wake up show from 6-9 a.m. to 9-noon on Saturdays. They also started a new show called the George show from 6-9 a.m. This is a great move for them. I really enjoy listening to George Brauchler when he was with KHOW radio and also his fill ins on 710 KNUS radio Good luck to Craig with what his next job would be . Steffan Tubbs is on KNUS from 3-7 p.m. on 710 KNUS. This started during the pandemic Also on KNUS Chuck Bomiwell and Julie Haden are no longer with the station. From 1:3 Sebastian Gorka is on Chuck and Julie are doing podcasts on their own. The reason that Chuck and Julie are no longer with KNUS is because Chuck made a comment about there being a shooting so they wouldn’t talk about what was going on in the world. The program director said that he was thinking about moving Sebastian Gorka into that time slot anyway, so it worked out in the end. I will really miss Chuck and Julie. Good luck to them with their podcast During the pandemic some of the I heart employees have been furloughed. 2 in particular that I have heard about are Jon Caldara and Dragon Red Beard of KRFX radio. Jon Caldara from KHOW radio is hoping to be back on the air soon after the pandemic. This is good news for him. I am not sure about Dragon. I am hoping that he will be back in the fall. Also with I heart media Some of the weekend schedule of local hosts also got furloughed. Pat Miller was one of them as well as Greg Hollenbeck of the modern Eater show. They are both doing podcasts. Good luck to both of them.Warren Byrne retired on July 4th weekend. I will write more about this in an up-coming blog.Also well wishes go out to Mike Boyle. Mike had a bike accident and was in the hospital for 4 or 5 days. He is on the mend his daughter Kaylee is in town to take care of him. Mike is sounding as good as ever.KATC country has re-branded and has a new morning show with Bo and Wendy. {Bo Jaxon and Wendy Labree). Bo Jaxon has moved back to Colorado after being in Kansas programming KFTI radio. Wendy Labree has gotten back into radio. After being gone for a couple of years. I am hoping to do an interview with them with both of them down the road. I am excited to do this.During the Corona Virus intercom has made some cuts. The one in Denver Steve Edwards is out as afternoon host at soft oldies 1430 KEZW. I e-mailed the program director Rick Crandall and he said that he is hoping to hire him back after the virus is over. This would be good news for him and for the station. It is really a shame that some radio groups have to make cuts. It is part of the business though. I am hoping that some of these people can find jobs in radio again. More about this later.There is a new News Director for KUSA channel 9 that moved back from Texas. Tim Ryan has come back to KUSA after serving the same roll at KVUE in Austin. Before that he was with KUSA for a long time. I got this information from Mike Mcguff’s Blog.Those people who would like to work in Wrap or hip hop radio in Denver should send a video to Rick Thomas at Rito@maxmedia.com They also need to send their resume The reason for this change is because Flow 107.1 has flipped formats. They are now known as Jammin 107.1 I’m not sure what is going to be on 101.5 radio yet.Joel Hillan is no longer with KCNC channel 4 doing weekend traffic. I will miss him. I first heard him on KOA 850 a.m. doing news for them. He always had a very gentle voice that was easy to listen to. Good luck to him with what ever his next plans are.Kathy J and Larry Ulaberry are out as the morning hosts on 107.1’s morning show. Their contract couldn’t be renewed. I will miss them. Good luck to them in whatever their next adventures would be.Rick Thomas has joined Max Media as program director of it’s cluster of stations. They are Jammin 101.5, and Flow 107.1 radio. Rick was most recently with Cox Media group in Florida at Magic 94.9” WWRM, CHR “Hot 101.5” WPOI, and Soft AC 105.5 WDUV . He joined max media Colorado earlier this year.Kyle Cunningham is leaving Colorado Public radio for a job outside of radio. There is no word yet about who will replace him.John Fulham has retired as intercom president of Intercom Denver. Good luck to him in his retirement.Jason Thomas has joined 102.3 KVOQ radio as afternoon host. He came from Intercom’s WXRT radio in Chicago.Also Colorado College has taken over Colorado public radio 91.5 radio in Colorado Springs. Colorado College has entered into a partnership with KRCC radio which is 91.5 radio in Colorado Springs. They will pick up the Colorado matters show from Denver. This is exciting news for them. They will also be building a new studio in 2021. This is really good news for them Jenny Gentry has moved into the role of chief operating officer at Colorado Public radio. She has been with the company for 36 years. She has helped the station in a number of ways so congratulations to her. .KUVO radio moved into their new studio this past week. As you might remember I helped out on a project for them of the best Colorado Jazz artists. This project will be exhibited in their new studio.Cumulus Media Urban AC “Magic 107.3” KMJK North Kansas City/Kansas City has appointed Jowcol ‘Boogie D’ Dolby as Program Director. Dolby most recently spent a few weeks earlier this year as Operations/Programming Director for Max Media Denver. He previously spent twelve years at Radio One as OM of WDMK/WGPR/WPZR Detroit, WFUN/WHHL St. Louis, as well as s other stations. That was a short stop in Colorado for him. Good luck to him in Kansas City.Daren Rains has passed away. Daren worked at a lot of different radio stations. One of them being KKMG radio. Daren passed away from Covid 19 virus. I am sorry to hear this for his family.Rex Long has moved to KKMG 98.9 radio in Colorado Springs as it’s new program director. He transfers from 101.9 WHYY radio in Montgomery Alabama. He has also spent time in Abilene Texas at KCCD 103 radio . Congratulations to Rex Long.KS107.5 radio adds Tino Cochino for nights. KS107.5 radio has decided to go national radio during night times with the Tino Cochino show. He succeeds DJ Stacks. This is his first intercom station. Also at Intercom communications Chuck Sullivan has moved from Milwaukee WI where he was market manager to take the same position in Denver for intercom in Denver.101.5 radio has moved voice tracker KJ Bland from weekends to afternoons replacing the same-day replay of the Larry & Kathie morning show from sister Hip-Hop “Flo 107.1” KFCO. Bland previously hosted middays at KRNB Dallas until the end of 2017 and has also served as MD/midday host at WMKS Greensboro NC and APD/midday host at WJMZ Greenville SC.The national show Brook and Jubel in the mornings radio show which is on KKMG radio has a new producer Jeff Dubow. Jubel has left the show and Jeff has been named as co-host now. This is an interesting change Jubil has moved back to Seattle to be on The art hip hop station there. .Brian W Washington has left the program director position at 106.7 the Bull to join Hubbard radio country KNUC 98.9 radio as it’s afternoon host. That leaves Chelsea T without a co-host for afternoons at 106.7 the Bull in Colorado. Melanie Miltz has been tapped as market manager of Bonneville Denver which owns Kosi 101 Kygo radio, KKFN Radio, and Kepn radio. She joins from Hubbard Radio KSTP radio in Minnesota. This is a good move for her. KSTP radio seems like a very popular station Good luck to Melanie.Brenda Egger has joined I heart media as it’s market president. She joined from Altitude sports radio. She replaces Tim Hager. She is familiar with all of Colorado having spent time with Citadel broadcasting in Colorado Springs and she has also worked for CBS radio that changed to Wilks broadcasting she was market manager there. Good luck to Brenda.Also in the Country radio world Bob Kingsley has passed away. Bob hosted a national country count down show on KYGO radio and KUBL radio on weekend mornings. My friend Lucas really enjoyed listening to him. A lot of fans of country radio will really miss him. Sticking with Country radio in Fort Collins KYAP radio 96.9 radio has a new sound to it as it flips to Throw back country 96.9 radio. They are owned by Appaloosa broadcasting but Border media partners has taken them over. I look forward to hearing more about this group of radio stations and this new station.Don Imus passed away at the end of last year. Don worked was a national host. He was on what was known as 1280Ralf KRRF in Denver.Also Eddie Haskell has been named program director of Max Media radio stations in Virginia. He was in Colorado for a long time with stops at Bonneville radio stations and also IHeart media in Fort Collins. Good luck to him as well. KYGO is looking for it’s next morning show host or hosts. Guy David has left the station after 2 or 3 years. Tracy Dickson has been hosting solo for now. Those who are interested should check out the Bonneville website and submit their resumes. Also Johnny E Kage has been named Program director of 106.7 the Bul KUBL in Colorado. John E is now the program director of 2 I heart media radio stations. 106.7 the Bull and 95.7 KPTT radio which is hip hop.For those of you who remember 92.5 the Wolf there used to be a host on there named John Moug. After the Wolf John went to San Diego to do mornings at Excetra Fm 92.9 radio. He is now with Mix 106 in Boise Idaho. He has joined their morning show with Karlie Cash. John still voice tracks at stations in Connecticut.Also Brian Hatfield is no longer with McDonald broadcasting country WKCQ in Saginaw Michigan. For those of you that have been long time fans of KYGO you might remember that Brian was with KYGO for a long time Also those of you who remember a program director on KIMN radio 100 radio there was a program director named Ron Harald. Ron was the program director for a couple of years before taking some other radio jobs most recently in Seattle. He has left Seattle at Hubbard radio stations. Good luck to him. Also Kevin Kosc is no longer on nights at Hubbard radio WTMX radio in Chicago. Kevin was with KALC radio back in the early 2000’s. This is sad news for him. Good luck to him with what ever his next move would be. .Dave O’Brien has joined 99.5 the mountain as it’s new morning show host. He has joined from Emis Communications in Indiana. This is exciting news. He was with Hank FM 97.1 for a long time.Oldies Crawford radio station 810 KLVC has a new translator. The FM translator is 95.3 radio. This is good for them as it gives them an FM signal. This means that more people can hear the station. There is a new mid-day host on Kosi 101 radio as Jackie Selby exits after her contract could not be renewed. I will really miss Jackie. She was a wonderful host and I met her a couple of years ago while on a trip with my voc rehab class. Good luck to Jackie with her next goals. Emily MackenzieIs the new mid-day host at Kosi 101. Emily used to be with Mix KIMN 100 radio doing mid-days and she was also doing the morning show for a time. KALC radio has parted ways with their mid-day show as well. Carson and Amber are no longer doing mid-days on the station. Amber has moved to the afternoons to join Slacker and Steve. And Carson has joined Jamie White and BJ Harris in the mornings as their producer. Shawn Swallow is no longer with Kalc’s morning show. Kalc just plays music during the mid-day time slot.Orange and Blue 760 is no longer on the air. It is now Freedom 760 radio and they have an FM. Signal at 93.7 radio. 1510 and 93.7 radio KNRC radio is only on 1510 radio. The programming schedule for freedom 93.7 and 760 radio is as follows- Glen Beck from 7-10 a.m. Rush Limbach from 10-1 P.m. Sean Hannity from 1-4 p.m. Buck Sexton from 4-7 p.m. and Dave Ramsey from 7-10 p.m. It is all national programming.104.3 the Fan had to figure out what their plans would be in the afternoons after Alfred William’s departure from the station. Daren Mackey or his nick name D-mac needed a good partner to work along side him. For a couple of months Daren was working with Tom Nalen. Tom most recently worked with Nate Kreckman back a couple of years ago. People thought that this was a great change. Tom has moved on to a different job in Massachusetts. The show that is on now is D-mac with Tyler Polumbus. Tyler has returned to the fan. Nick Ferguson was hosting with them for a little while. That was a great line-up of hosts. Nick is still on the fan, but he has joined with Cecil Lammey in the evenings from 7-9 p.m. This was a good change. Also this month of June the fan is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary. They have brought back some of the old hosts that used to be on the station like CJ Charles Johnson. It was good to hear him a couple of weeks ago one night with Nick Ferguson and Chad Brown.On 104.3 the fan there is a new fill-in host who was a former Bronco. Nate Jackson. This is good news for the fan.Mike Pritchard has started a new radio show in Los Vegas on KRLV 920 a.m. Clay Baker will be paired with Mike Pritchard. This is interesting news for him. The Raters games will air on KOMP f.m. and KRLV radio One other quick thing. Les Shapiro has left Mile high sports radio 1340 A.m. He retired from the station. He has moved to Arizona. I will really miss his show on Mile high Sports radio. I first heard him filling in for Dave Logan and Scott Hastings back when they were doing the sports zoo together. Ron Zappolo was his co-host. Also speaking of Mile High Sports radioKDCO will surround its local programming with BetR’s national shows including Follow the Money with Mitch Moss and Pauly Howard, Brent Musburger’s My Guys in the Desert and The Lombardi Line, hosted by former NFL executive Michael Lombardi.Mile High Sports also publishes a local magazine and was purchased in 2017 by former Fox Sports Radio weekend host and KKFN Denver Program Director Nate Lundy.The BetR Network, partnered with Skyview Networks for network audio and affiliate sales and distribution, announces its partnership with Denver’s leading independent voice for sports fans, Mile High Sports. Through this affiliate agreement, Mile High Sports (KDCO) is bringing credible sports betting information to Denver, including select content from VSiN, The Sports Betting Network.Thanks for tuning in.