Colorado radio updates
Jeremy Levy back with you with some more news about Colorado radio and TV
The summer books are in for sports radio stations in Colorado. 104.3 the fan came in at number one in the sports category. KOA radio 850-94.1 fm came in second and Altitude Sports radio came in third. Altitude sports radio is maybe going to be making some changes. We will see what happens. As I have mentioned before Altitude sports radio has started out a little bit slow with hosts and programming. The big news is that Altitude 950 will now become a betting radio station called VSIN betting network. Altitude sports radio used to carry programming from Fox sports radio. Altitude Sports radio 92.5 will now carry this programming when there is not local programming or a sports event Nuggets or Avalanche or Rapids game . This is really exciting for them to add another betting sports radio station. One of the hosts, Michael Prichard, was on with Vick Lombardi, Mark Moser and Bret Cain. He will be hosting a show on the station 950. I remember Mike from when he was with 104.3 the fan in Colorado. He has been in Las Vegas hosting a show on 920 AM, the Raiders radio station. This is exciting news for him.
Kelly Ford has left her New York country radio station post at Audacy country WNSH radio. That station has switched to playing hip-hop. I do hope that Kelly does find a new radio job soon. She was great on 98.5 KYGO back in the old days of KYGO radio.
If you were wondering, like I was, what happened to Deborah Flora and why she hasn’t been on 710 KNUS for the past couple of months- well, she is running for Colorado State Senator. I really think she did a great show on 710 KNUS radio and I will miss her on Sundays. There is a whole on 710 KNUS radio from 1-4 PM on Sundays now that Deborah has left the station. They are playing Jill on money now in that time slot. George Brauchler has now moved into a week day show from 9-10 AM on 710 KNUS radio At the beginning of December. George went to do some army duty and Jon Caldara filled in on KNUS. It is always great to hear Jon. It was a surprise to hear him on 710 KNUS radio. He had some great shows.
The Jimmy Segenberger show has moved into that 6-9 AM time slot on Saturdays. From 5-7 PM on Saturdays is national programming Town Hall Weekend, and Hollywood 365 will air during that time slot I really wished that they would have found a local host for that time slot. Also Mark Howington is no longer with 710 KNUS radio doing news. I will miss him. I am not sure what happened to Scott Curtis in the afternoons. I am not sure where Rich Robinson is. Blake Ulsin is doing the news now in the afternoons on 710 KNUS radio.
Big Rob Lewis has moved from Iheart media Fort Collins where he was on KSME radio to Town Square media Fort Collins. Rob was the program director of KSME, KOLT, KPAW, and a couple of the I heart media radio stations in Fort Collins. He resigned from I heart media the first week in October after his contract ran out. He is now doing afternoons on KKPL radio in Fort Collins. This is great news for him.
John Moug is back in radio doing mornings in Seattle radio on Lotus communications star 101.5 KPLZ radio. Angie Parker will be joining him in mornings on KPLZ. Salem Communications has promoted Santrella to Chief Operating officer. Back in overseeing president of Colorado Springs cluster and Denver Cluster. Congratulations to him for this. This is great news. Some of you might remember him when he worked on a Colorado radio station.
Colorado Public radio and PPCC radio in Colorado Springs are trading signals. PPCC’s radio station KEPC radio Will change their call letters to KXRE radio. That will air on 102.1 radio and 1490 radio on the A.m. dial. CPR’s public radio music station KVOQ radio will air on 89.7 radio. It will also air on 93.3 radio in Pueblo. The switch will happen in early 2022. This will give students an opportunity to intern with KRCC radio in Colorado Springs which is the CPR radio news station in Colorado Springs. Also Kosi 101 radio has started playing Christmas music. That started at the beginning of November and will air all the way through the new year. The program director said that this has been a challenging year and they decided to make the switch at the beginning of November to make listeners happier. This is a great decision on their part.
Jerry Bell has retired from 850 KOA radio. I will miss him on KOA radio. I am hoping to stay in touch with him for years to come. I really enjoyed my interview with him. A lot of great people worked with him.
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