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Best Return to the Airwaves

Tom Green
Channel 2

Tom Green got jobbed in 2001, leaving Channel 7 to join Fox Sports Net, only to have the position melt away before he could take it. So it's nice to see Green, one of Denver's sharpest personalities, back in front of the camera, where he belongs. Channel 2's morning show remains a bit of a mess, but if anyone can clean it up, Green can.

Best Media Multi-Tasker

Susie Wargin

Susie Wargin gets around. In addition to hosting a regular show on KBPI, she provides updates and random banter during The Sports Zoo on KOA and handles assorted sports-reporting duties for the station. And now she's the high school sports reporter for Channel 9 and is doing a more than competent job there. Where does she find the time?

Best Media Multi-Tasker

Susie Wargin

Susie Wargin gets around. In addition to hosting a regular show on KBPI, she provides updates and random banter during The Sports Zoo on KOA and handles assorted sports-reporting duties for the station. And now she's the high school sports reporter for Channel 9 and is doing a more than competent job there. Where does she find the time?

Best Ties on a Local TV Personality

Brian Maass
Channel 4

Investigative reporter Maass, who's had quite a run of scoops lately, frequently leaves his jacket unfastened during in-studio standups and live reports -- the better to give himself the appearance of having just rushed in with a breaking-news story. As a result, viewers regularly get a full-length gander at his ties, most of which are enormous; he favors neckwear that's unfashionably thick at the bottom, and ties them so that they hang past his beltline, like an especially stylish bib. Now that it's spring, let's hope that he unbuttons on the air more often. No, not those buttons...

Best Ties on a Local TV Personality

Brian Maass
Channel 4

Investigative reporter Maass, who's had quite a run of scoops lately, frequently leaves his jacket unfastened during in-studio standups and live reports -- the better to give himself the appearance of having just rushed in with a breaking-news story. As a result, viewers regularly get a full-length gander at his ties, most of which are enormous; he favors neckwear that's unfashionably thick at the bottom, and ties them so that they hang past his beltline, like an especially stylish bib. Now that it's spring, let's hope that he unbuttons on the air more often. No, not those buttons...

Best Talk-Show Host

Mike Rosen
KOA-AM/850

With the swearing in of a Republican administration last year, Mike Rosen seemed likely to lose most of his subject matter. But since then, he's been his old, persnickety self, castigating those who don't fit his definition of conservatism, no matter what political party they belong to. Nobody cuts off a caller to deliver a lecture like Big Mike.

Best Talk-Show Host

Mike Rosen
KOA-AM/850

With the swearing in of a Republican administration last year, Mike Rosen seemed likely to lose most of his subject matter. But since then, he's been his old, persnickety self, castigating those who don't fit his definition of conservatism, no matter what political party they belong to. Nobody cuts off a caller to deliver a lecture like Big Mike.

Best Sports-Talk Host

Mike Haynes
The Fan

Mike Haynes, the voice of the Colorado Avalanche, doesn't have a standard sports-talk gig, but before each game he hosts Between the Pipes, a preview show in which he takes calls, answers e-mails and otherwise demonstrates his enthusiasm and expertise. The show is as entertaining as it is informative; both hockey experts and novices usually learn something new every time Haynes takes to the air. And that's what good talk radio is supposed to be all about.

Best Sports-Talk Host

Mike Haynes
The Fan

Mike Haynes, the voice of the Colorado Avalanche, doesn't have a standard sports-talk gig, but before each game he hosts Between the Pipes, a preview show in which he takes calls, answers e-mails and otherwise demonstrates his enthusiasm and expertise. The show is as entertaining as it is informative; both hockey experts and novices usually learn something new every time Haynes takes to the air. And that's what good talk radio is supposed to be all about.

Best Military Expert

Bob Newman
KOA and the Denver Post

A former Marine, Bob Newman hit KOA like a rocket following the September 11 attacks, offering blood-and-guts commentary that blew everyone else off the airwaves. More surprisingly, he's evolved into a lower-temperature correspondent whose investigations of terrorism-response readiness at facilities like DIA have actually provided a public service. He's also an often-controversial contributor to the Post and an occasional expert commentator on Fox News. Bombs away.

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