Organizations

: Junior College Organization Committee; The Committee was formed to form a junior college in the Western region of Colorado.

: KEXO (Grand Junction, Colorado); A radio station that began broadcasting in 1948. According to Wikipedia, the station was licensed to Voices of Western Colorado. The station broadcasted from a downtown, Main Street storefront, where pedestrians could watch DJs inside the booth. According to Robert “Bob” Collins, a longtime radio manager, a man named Ketchman (sp.?) hired him to be what was presumably the first manager of the station in 1948. Collins had been introduced to broadcasting in the armed forces during World War II, and worked as a radio station in Ohio prior to coming to Colorado. Collins stayed at the station until 1961. The station played top-40 music for many years. According to Robert St. James, a popular DJ who worked for the station in the 1970's and 1980's, the KEXO was a "powerhouse station" with a large percentage of the listening market ("'I've loved every minute' DJ St. John retires," Daily Sentinel, September 13, 2013). KEXO moved to the 10th floor of the Alpine Bank building in the mid-1980's. It now broadcasts as ESPN Radio 96.5 FM and 1230 AM, a sports network. Its current offices are at 315 Kennedy Avenue.

: KOTO Radio; This is the public radio station in Telluride, Colorado: 91.7 FM Telluride; 89.5 FM Norwood; 105.3 FM Down Valley. "SINCE 1975, KOTO HAS PROVIDED THE TELLURIDE REGION WITH HIGH-QUALITY, COMMERCIAL-FREE, NON-UNDERWRITTEN COMMUNITY RADIO. OUR MISSION IS TO INFORM, EDUCATE, AND ENTERTAIN WHILE REFLECTING THE NEEDS, DESIRES, AND DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY."--from koto.org. From koto.org (As of May 2018): Staff: Ben Kerr: 3-Hole Punch Operator, SM, PD Geoffrey Hanson: Development Director Cara Pallone: News Director Katie Klingsporn: News Reporter Ben Kalman: Bookkeeper Heidi Sarazen: Website Manager, Account Administrator Board of Directors: President: Mark Izard Vice President: Norman Squier Secretary: Mark Dollard Treasurer: Kathleen Erie Lucas Price Jim Berkowitz Jennie Thomas Citizen Advisory Board: Ben Kerr Joe McClure Janet Humphreys Shauna Palmer Dave Hodges Kim Richard Larry Gianatti Michael Haberkorn

: KREX (Grand Junction, Colorado); Grand Junction's first radio station, begun by Rex Howell in 1930 as KFXJ. It carried live acts, music, and news gathered from wire services like Trans-Radio Press. Dr. O.M. Morrison, a local dentist, stepped in with funds for Howell when the station faced financial problems during the Great Depression. In 1940, after securing broadcast through new telephone lines wired by the Mountain Telephone and Telegraph Company, the station joined the Mutual Broadcasting System. They became a CBS affiliate around 1954, when a television station was also established. The station currently broadcasts from their location next to Rex Howell's home in the Hillcrest Manor subdivision.

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