Colorado media update
It is with a heavy heart that the Coloradoradioblog reports that Les Shapiro has passed away at the age of 65 years old with lung cancer. I found out about this Saturday January 29, 2022. I remember listening to Les when he was on Mile High 1340 sports radio hosting most recently with Eric Goodman. Les also worked for 105.5 radio back when that was a sports station. On 105.5 radio, he worked with JoJo Turnbeaugh. Les also worked for Channel 4 news back in the 1990’s and late 80’s. Vick Lombarti was another great friend of his. They did a podcast together called Unstoppable. On this podcast they interviewed athletes and how they went through difficult times. When Dave Logan and Scott Hastings were hosting the Sports Zoo together, Les Shapiro was one of the fill ins. He filled in with Ron Zappolo. Andy Lindahl might have been a producer for some of those shows and I bet he enjoyed having them as fill ins. Alfred Williams was a friend of his as well. KOA radio did a tribute for him from CBS 4. I thought it was a fitting tribute for him. Dave Logan said to reach out to people that you haven’t seen a while because you don’t know when they will be gone. Mike Boyle also knew him a little bit as well. Les seemed like a very passionate host about sports. Sometimes he would have a very gentle voice on the air. His gentle voice reminded me of Mr. Buck who was one of my technology teachers at Pikes Peak Community college. I will really mis Les. I wish I could have done an interview with him for this blog. He would have given me some great stories about working in sports radio. The thing I will always remember that I can take away from Les’s work is what Vick Lombardi said about him- he always had great connections for his sports reporting. This is important for me as I start my media career is to develop great connections with people.
Kilo radio 94.3 is looking for a night jock. This is a full time job with paid vacation, and insurance. Radio experience is a must and social media skills are a plus. The program director is Ross Ford. The e-mail address to e-mail your resume to is Jobs@kilo.com. No phone calls. Ross is looking forward to finding out what job applicants he will get.
Well wishes go out from Jeremy Levy to Susan Whitken who was dealing with a back issue. She is hoping to be back on the air doing news for the Mandy Connell show soon. Susan, I hope that you get better soon David Kayle, Tom Mustin, Chad Baur, Laura Hatch, and Kathy Walker have all been filling in for Susan. Brenda Stuard filled in Saturday afternoon February 5, 2022 for David Kayle. David is usually the Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning news anchor for KOA radio. It is great to hear Brenda back on KOA radio.
Angie Zetas, a producer, is no longer with Iheart Media producing for the Michael Brown show from 6-10 AM. Jesse Thomas has been filling in as the producer while they are looking for a replacement. I can remember a lot of fun times when Michael and Angie worked together. The time I remember most is when Michael and Angie were talking about her niece who was there for a visit and what a challenge she was. Angie and Michael got along so well as host and producer. I am hoping that they do find someone as good to replace her.
Howard Garrett, the Dirt Doctor, is now on twice on 1460 the Answer KZNT radio on Sundays. He is on from 7-9 AM on Sunday mornings and he is also on from 5-7 PM on Sunday evenings.
There is some news in the podcasting world of Colorado. Lois Melkonian and Faith Donaldson have ended their "More To Life With Faith and Lois" podcast in the second week of January. The episodes can still be found on the website if people would like to listen back to the episodes. The website is Moretolifewithfaithandlois.com.
The Official Adventures in Odyssey podcast has celebrated it’s 400th episode. This podcast talks about the Audio Theatre show on the radio Adventures in Odyssey. It is one of my favorite podcasts to listen to. This podcast has different interviews with the voice actors, producers, writers, authors of books about the show, and other things as well. The hosts of the show are Bob Smithhouser, and Jesse Florea. It is hard to believe that this podcast has been around since September of 2007.
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