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Hot 107.1 reborn online as Beatgasm.com

In its short life span, HOT 107.1 managed to build a decent following with its EDM format -- decent, but not quite big enough, as the station ended up flipping formats. At first the frequency was unveiled as Pot 107.1, which turned out to be a stunt (what a brilliant format that would've been, thoug ... More >>

Michael Brown, Clear Channel respond to David Sirota's KHOW ouster

Update: As we reported yesterday, David Sirota was suddenly disappeared from the KHOW afternoon-drive show he'd shared since June with Michael Brown; see our original coverage below. Since that post first appeared, we've received responses from Greg Foster, vice president of programming for the Den ... More >>

Unwrapping David Sedaris and The SantaLand Diaries on their twentieth anniversary

"I wear green velvet knickers, a forest green velvet smock, and a perky little hat decorated with spangles. This is my work uniform," David Sedaris said for the first time on NPR's Morning Edition twenty years ago this Christmas. Chronicling his stint as an elf in the madcap Santa Land at Macy's, th ... More >>

Radio 1190: Mikey Goldenberg on doing a pledge drive that's not annoying

Radio 1190, CU Boulder's campus radio station (and winner of at least ten Best of Denver awards since its 1990s launch), is in the midst of a pledge drive that runs through Friday. But Mikey Goldenberg, who's overseeing his first major drive since becoming the outlet's general manager last fall, thi ... More >>

Colorado Public Radio on refinancing, fund drive, launch of Open Air

Colorado Public Radio has quietly been making lotsa news of late, and almost all of it requires some explaining -- including word that CPR has purchased (for $8.346 million) its flagship station, KVOD-FM/88.1, which most listeners likely believed it already owned. Below, senior programming veep Sean ... More >>

VNV Nation: "We wanted to offer people an alternative of substance over pure style"

VNV Nation (due tomorrow night at the Black Sheep in Colorado Springs) started as a kind of bedroom project for the band's singer and co-programmer, Ronan Harris. By 1995, he had developed his music to the point that it was becoming part of the next wave of underground electronic pop. Some may dismi ... More >>

OpenAir 1340 AM set to launch on Halloween

Open Air 1340 makes its broadcast debut this Monday, October 31​Update (10/31/11): OpenAir 1340 made its broadcast debut this morning, and the signal sounds pretty strong from where we're at. Appropriately, the station hit the airwaves this morning at 5:59 a.m. with "Colorado" by Paper Bird. A ... More >>

Pete Tong lays it down at Beta on October 15

Pete Tong on twenty years at the BBC, relaunching FFRR and returning to Pacha

​Pete Tong (due at Beta this Saturday, October 15) has had a ridiculous year: In commemoration of holding down a slot at BBC Radio 1 for twenty years, he took over the station for twelve hours, plus he re-launched his Pacha residency in Ibiza and started a pool party residency in Vegas. We cau ... More >>

NPR celebrates Colorado as thinnest state -- but one that's getting fatter (AUDIO)

Why would Colorado be spotlighted in National Public Radio's ongoing series about obesity? Because while our fair state is currently the leanest in the U.S., we're still packing on the pounds despite the shining example of fitness beasts like Boulder's Ryan Van Duzer.

Open Air, new CPR station at 1340 AM: Launch emphasizes the safe side of adventurous

Back in June, we spoke with once-and-future Colorado Public Radio staffer Mike Flanagan about the impending debut of a new indie-rock station at 1340 AM. At 6 a.m. this morning, the outlet, dubbed Open Air, made its bow, and while it's clearly in soft-launch/preview mode at this writing, the messag ... More >>

Former Indie 101.5 music director and Lipgloss co-founder looking to break into Internet radio

​Good news for those of you who miss Indie 101.5: John "Whip" Wilbur, the station's morning show host and music director, and Lipgloss co-founder Tyler Jacobson have announced plans to launch a new Internet-based indie radio station in Denver, Post 303.

Josh Grier of Tapes 'N Tapes on the important role of humor and handling the critical backlash

​Shortly after graduating from Carleton College and moving to Minneapolis, Josh Grier and some friends started the band Tapes 'N Tapes (due tonight at The Bluebird Theater with the Chain Gang of 1974). Within a year of the band's existence, the group recorded its first EP, and those recordings ... More >>

Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel on getting his start making electronic music and the tools he used

Katie ByronJimmy Tamborello of DntelJimmy Tamborello. While the name might not register immediately, you've probably heard his work with the Postal Service, an outfit that also features Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard. On his own throughout the '90s, Tamborello, who plays under the name Dntel (due ... More >>

Marijuana critic William Breathes's sublime & ridiculous global media blitz (AUDIO, VIDEO)

Mr. Breathes.​If medical marijuana reviewer William Breathes looks tired lately, it's not because he's been critiquing too much weed. Since being featured on Rupert Murdoch's iPad-friendly The Daily and National Public Radio, he's been absolutely inundated with interview requests, many from in ... More >>

New music marketed to old people: AARP Internet radio

Reader: Colorado Public Radio, big market systems should be taken off federal dole

​Public-radio funding survived its latest flirtation with elimination at the federal level. But that doesn't mean all problems have been solved according to one reader, who weighed in on a Comment of the Day post from last month in which another commenter suggested that Colorado Public Radio c ... More >>

Telling Stories takes to the airwaves courtesy of Colorado Public Radio

Jennie Dorris​Telling Stories, a group of musicians and writers combining classical pieces with David Sedaris-style essays, is one of the hippest home-grown cultural endeavors around. No wonder founder Jennie Dorris scored a 2010 Westword MasterMind award for her efforts. And while for years T ... More >>

Ivy's back with a new label and radio show

Photo by Uriah WestIvy is back.​You may have noticed recently that Josh Ivy has been popping up behind the decks in the Mile High City with greater frequency. Good news: He's not visiting. He's back from his hiatus in North Carolina. We caught up with Ivy for a few minutes to talk about his br ... More >>

Reader: Colorado Public Radio might survive end of federal funding, but not other stations

​In a recent post, a Colorado Public Radio executive said the troubles at National Public Radio hadn't impacted CPR -- and while he conceded that a possible elimination of federal funding being pushed by some politicos would hurt, it wouldn't be fatal. Maybe that's true for CPR, notes one read ... More >>

National Public Radio's problems not hurting Colorado Public Radio, says executive

​Right now, National Public Radio is in turmoil, what with the resignation of CEO Vivian Schiller following anti-Tea Party comments from fundraiser Ron Schiller (no relation), not to mention the crusade by the likes of Doug Lamborn to cut federal funding for public broadcasting. So has Colorad ... More >>

Colorado Public Radio's morning news beating KOA, but bond rating remains negative

Max Wycisk.​Our post yesterday about KHOW's Peter Boyles dominating Denver morning radio featured ratings data that told plenty of other interesting stories. Among them: KCFR, the news channel of Colorado Public Radio, kicked the ass of KOA, long the city's commercial news leader, in most majo ... More >>

The Ticket: New sports-talk station on 87.7 FM, ESPN Deportes on 102.3, Jack stays at 105.5

Tom Manoogian.​Things are changing fast for Denver's latest sports-talk radio station. Last week, both co-owner Dealin' Doug Moreland and morning host/Channel 4 anchor Vic Lombardi told us the new station would debut today at 102.3 FM, which had been simulcasting Jack-FM along with 105.5 FM. N ... More >>

Dan Drayer leaving Colorado Public Radio for DU gig

Dan Drayer.​Dan Drayer is a public radio lifer. He's spent 22 years working in the business, thirteen of them at Colorado Public Radio. And while he left the network once before, back in 2005, he stayed in the field, and returned to the CPR fold two years later. After tomorrow, however, he'll ... More >>

AM-760 lives on despite Air America's death

David Sirota is now the face -- and the voice -- of AM-760.​Air America, the liberal radio network, has seemed gravebound plenty of times over the past few years -- and now even the folks there admit the project is dead. But AM-760, a Clear Channel Denver outlet originally seen as Colorado's ... More >>

Moving Pictures: Paper Bird on the radio

We love Paper Bird. We love them here, we love them there, we love them live on the radio in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. We didn't know we loved them live on the radio in Jackson Hole until this morning, when we caught the video embedded above. But let's face it -- it was a safe bet. Seems they were in ... More >>

As scrapers in Longmont go, so goes the economy

A Flickr photoScrape this.​What does a heavy equipment auction say about the U.S. economy? Plenty, according to a report by Colorado Public Radio producer Zachary Barr that's airing on National Public Radio stations across the country today. At the event, which took place in Longmont, there we ... More >>

KUVO searches for new CEO in wake of Gene Craven's retirement

Photo by Mark MangerGene Craven.​In late 2007, Gene Craven came out of semi-retirement to take over as chief executive officer of financially challenged public-radio station KUVO/89.3 FM. And as he noted in a January 2008 Message column profile, he didn't commit himself to staying with the out ... More >>

An Indie 101.5 fan who's mad as hell and won't take it anymore

Howard Beale lives.​Today's conversations with Jeff Norman, president and general manager of The Truth, and John "Whip" Wilbur, who's trying to keep the spirit of the defunct Indie 101.5 alive on the Indie303.com website, will likely do little to reduce the frustration of Indie 101.5 fans, who ... More >>

Colorado Public Radio announces pay cuts, salary freeze despite successful fund drive

Photo by Anthony CameraMax Wycisk, in a 2002 photo. Colorado Public Radio met its $1.6 million goal at the (blessed) end of its recent Drive to Thrive campaign. But that doesn't mean the organization is done with cutbacks. The network has just issued a press release announcing 3 percent pay reducti ... More >>

From the week of June 4, 2009

Colorado Public Radio lays off classical host amid continuing fundraising campaign

Stephanie Wendt. Colorado Public Radio is reporting that it's collecting almost $700,000 of late -- a sum that goes a long way toward meeting the $1.6 million goal established by the service's "Drive to Thrive" fundraising campaign. But money woes remain. After dropping plans to expand the Colorado ... More >>

Is the media focusing too much on principal Frank DeAngelis in regard to the Columbine anniversary?

Columbine principal Frank DeAngelis during an "Oprah" interview that reportedly will not air today. Columbine principal Frank DeAngelis has made himself the face and the voice of tenth anniversary coverage related to the killing spree that took place at the high school on April 20, 1999. Indeed, he ... More >>

DenverSportsRadio.com prepares to launch ambitious online station

Dino Costa beside the new Denver Sports Radio logo. According to talk-show host Dino Costa, one of the principals behind DenverSportsRadio.com, a new online project that will be introduced at a press conference today in advance of its scheduled Monday, April 20, launch, the sports-radio offerings i ... More >>

Colorado Public Radio dropping plans to expand news programming

Dan Drayer won't be hosting a new Colorado Public Radio talk show anytime soon. In the July 2008 blog "Colorado Public Radio Plans Two-Hour Weekday Info Block," CPR vice president of programming Sean Nethery said an announcement about expanding Colorado Matters, the service's thirty-minute weekday ... More >>

Colorado Public Radio story goes national

This morning, National Public Radio broadcast a first-rate report about mortgage scams. Yet its source was more surprising than its content -- because it's a product of Colorado Public Radio. The appearance of a CPR package on the national broadcast shouldn't be that rare. After all, the service ... More >>

New KOOL 105 owner Jeff Wilks on cuts, additions to station's staff

Today's blog "Da Boogieman Turns Down Offer to Return to KOOL 105" tells the tale of the headlined DJ, who says a misunderstanding between him and executives at Georgia-based Wilks Broadcasting, the new owner of KXKL/105.1 FM, aka KOOL 105, led to rumors that he'd soon be returning to the station ... More >>

Widowers live on the (Internet) radio

Just received word that psych-pop magicians Widowers are making an appearance on KVDU, the University of Denver's college radio station (wait, DU has a college radio station? Who knew?). Tune in to your Internet -- it appears that KVDU is an Internet-only radio station (sorry commuters!) from 4 to 6 ... More >>

Colorado Public Radio dials back on new talk show

In the July 2008 blog "Colorado Public Radio Plans Two-Hour Weekday Info Block," Sean Nethery, CPR's vice president of programming, said that "in a matter of weeks, not months," the service would formally announce the expansion of its weekday news program, Colorado Matters, from thirty minutes to ... More >>

We're an Arbitron family!

Watch out, radio stations. I'm no longer impotent when it comes to determining your success of failure. Suddenly, I'm a force to be reckoned with. Sort of. Kind of. In a way. A few days back, my beloved received a letter from Arbitron, the Maryland-based radio-ratings service. "Be Part of the Rad ... More >>

Mile High Makeout: The spirit of Christmas present

As many of you know, I got an early Christmas present on Wednesday night when I had the honor of being a guest on Dave Herrera's amazing new radio show, Mile High Fidelity, on 101.5 FM. Though it had been many years since my passionate college-radio days, I fell immediately back into the groove. And ... More >>

New Qwest CFO gets away from XM Radio while the getting is good

Colorado Public Radio's still simulcasting on AM

NPR Resurrects the Colorado Bridge Troll

Colorado Public Radio Makes Its Moves

McCain Comes to Denver, Tries to Make Friends

Colorado Public Radio Boss Max Wycisk Running for NPR Board

Focus on the Family's James Dobson Strikes Out Against the Fairness Doctrine

Q&A With Hayes Carll

2001 Best of Denver Winners