KOTO in the 1980's

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KOTO Radio: Straight Talk: Listener Phone-In
A KOTO Radio show, called Straight Talk, in Telluride, Colorado, featuring Terry Tice as the interviewer. In this show, many local residents, including Ed Andrews, Gary Hickcox, Larry Black, and Jim Bedford call in to discuss various issues in Telluride's community. This show aired February 11, 1988 and is about 35 minutes long. Please see transcript for all subjects discussed. Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration.
KOTO Radio: Straight Talk: Telluride's Christmas List
A KOTO Radio show, from Telluride, Colorado, called Straight Talk: The Ultimate Comprehensive Town of Telluride Christmas List. Terry Tice takes phoned-in and other recorded recommendations about what items should be on the town of Telluride's christmas list. Aired December 22, 1988, recording is about 36 minutes long. Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration.
KOTO Radio: Straight Talk: Terry Tice Interviews Town Manager Mick Snapp
A KOTO Radio Show, in Telluride, Colorado, in which Terry Tice interviews Mick Snapp, the new Telluride town manager. The date of this interview is February 25, 1988 and the recording length is about 42 minutes. Snapp tells you about his background and his career in politics. Snapp and Tice also discuss the benefits of the Telluride festivals, how to create a sense of pride in community residents, lobbying, the Telluride Master Plan (and flexibility in the plan), limits to growth and development in Telluride, and the ski industry and it's growth. Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration.
KOTO Radio: Straight Talk: The Grateful Dead
A KOTO Radio show, called Straight Talk: The Grateful Dead, that aired May 21, 1987, in Telluride, Colorado. Bob Brickell moderates the debate, about if the concert should take place, between Terry Tice, Carol Chowen, Dave Patterson, and Steve Patterson. Recording is about 35 minutes. Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration.
KOTO Radio: Straight Talk: The Telluride Museum
A KOTO Radio show, called Straight Talk, in which Terry Tice interviews museum board members: Barbara Loken and Sharon Clark. The date of this recording is March 3, 1988. The museum collection includes mining artifacts, letters, photographs, clothing, medical/dental artifacts and more. The building was built around 1890. It was a hospital until the 1960's. Lots of residents were born in the museum. How does the administration of the museum work? The board meets once a month. There are members that have paid to be members and volunteers to help staff the museum. Current board members include: Pat Schuler, Andy and Rudy Davison, Debbie Thart, and Sallie Stern. It is a non-profit corporation. Arlene Reid ran the museum up until 2 years ago, for free. The board had to pay a curator so that is why the museum became a non-profit organization. The goals of the board are to keep the museum open and to be fiscally responsible to the community/tax payers. The museum is very popular with researchers, writers, and historians that visit Telluride. These researchers are interested in Telluride's history and in genealogy research. The museum acquires their collection through donations. They then catalog these items and find ways to arrange them. Arlene and Homer Reid started the museum with lots of their own personal artifacts. The museum continued to grow from resident donations. Currently, there has been no funding from the county for the past 2 years. So, the museum has raised funds by recruiting paying members to join the San Miguel Historical Society. The building is currently owned by the American Legion and the museum rents the building for $1 a year. While this is very generous of the Legion, renting the building makes it difficult for the museum to get grants (because they cannot prove that the organization is stable). Does the museum have plans to stay open for the winter? Unfortunately, no. While a grant was obtained to install a new furnace so that the museum could stay open year round, the building is not winterized. So, despite the new furnace, the museum was paying too much in heating bills to afford to stay open this winter. However, another grant was obtained to winterize, so hopefully the museum will be able to stay open next winter. The financial problems of the museum are discussed next. The board decided to do (this?) radio show to reach out to the public for financial assistance. Basic equipment to operate the museum is requested, such as a typewriter. Also, the collections need to be preserved. The fluorescent lights need to be replaced (as they are bad for artifacts). Barbara Cox was the curator/manager, but unfortunately, she left her position. Probably because her pay was little considering she was working two positions. The operating budget for the museum is currently $32, 000. Ideally, Barbara and Sharon would love around $75,000-100,000 a year to be able to operate the museum well. To increase funds, a membership drive is suggested. Also, obtaining a mill levy is mentioned. But, the mill levy is costly to obtain. So, for now, Barbara and Sharon are trying to be more assertive in recruiting members through mailings and in fundraising events. They also would like more county assistance. Finally, Sharon and Barbara offer a plea for volunteers. The museum had about 50,000 visitors last year with only $2 admissions costs per person. Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration
KOTO Radio: Straight Talk: UMETCO Dump Opponent: Art Goodtimes
About 36 minutes long, this KOTO Radio show recording, in Telluride, Colorado, is about Terry Tice interviewing Art Goodtimes in regards to opposition to UMETCO radium dump in Montrose County. Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration.
KOTO Radio: Straight Talk: inside the Pro-Ski Racing Tour
A KOTO Radio show, called Straight Talk, in Telluride, Colorado. The name of this particular show is "Inside the Pro-Ski Racing Tour", dated January 12, 1989. Terry Tice interviews the Telluride race organizer, Dyno Wahl, National Championship of the men's ski tour 1984 winner, Cary Adgate, 1983 men's ski tour winner, Reider Wahl, and Chris Richards, marketing director of the tour.
KOTO Radio: Street Improvements
A KOTO Radio show, from Telluride, Colorado, that aired April 6, 1987. Virginia Egger, Town Manager, interviews LIto Flores, Sally Courtney, and Bill Frown-Felter about how to improve the streets of Telluride. Length is about 30 minutes. Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration.
KOTO Radio: Telluride Town Council Candidates: Sue Paasche & Brandt Garber
A KOTO Radio show, in which Sue Paasche and Brandt Garber are interviewed as candidates for Telluride Town Council. The year of the recording is unknown, but estimated to be around 1984. Sue begins the recording with why she should continue to be on town council. She is also the president of the Planning & Zoning committee and a member of the capital improvement task force and of the Parks & Recreation task force. As of the date of the recording, Sue had been an 11.5 year resident of Telluride and a manager of the Sheridan Hotel. She had also held several jobs in Telluride, including a lift operator, night watcher of a mine, a waitress, etc. Sue doesn't want a lot of growth in Telluride, but would like to see the population double to 2-3 thousand people. She likes the community feel that Telluride currently offers and is afraid that if the population increases, the town will loose this. However, she would like to see a performing arts center and a parks master plan implemented. Paasche is currently opposed to the building of an airport, because there is not enough evidence that it will bring economic growth to Telluride. She does, however, support the "35 day rule for rentals" which probably refers to restricting short term rentals in residential zones. Sue also believes the air quality ordinance, which restricts one fireplace per structure is sufficient. Sue is concerned that Telluride has a parking problem. She also supports the festivals in Telluride for economic reasons, but would like to move away from them (as far as the government subsidizing these events). Sue believes that Telluride is a community, not a commodity. Brandt Garber had been raised in Telluride and currently works on the streets task force. He would like Telluride to become a medium sized resort area known for a special experience. He would also like it to be an integrated community and not wealthy residents only. Garber believes the government can be easily manipulated into someone else's desires at times. As for the future airport, Brandt would vote yes for it. While the numbers are questionable, he doesn't see the isolation of Telluride as a benefit (even thought the BLM report notes that isolation is a major asset of living in Telluride). Brandt is a huge library supporter and would like Telluride to offer a better library. Currently, the library takes a long time to fill interlibrary loan requests and does not have much of a collection (it is very small). Brandt believes it is not meeting the needs of the community and would like to use capital improvement money to pay for a new library. Garber is concerned that land acquisitions and parking are problems and that the air-quality is poor. He suggests tax incentives as a way to motivate property owners to not burn wood. Further, Brandt also disagrees with the Charter from town council in that the town should have held onto long-term properties. He also is concerned about public housing for employees and believes in subsidized housing for low-income residents. Brandt does approve of the "35 day rule" and states that the residential section in town is important. Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration.
KOTO Radio: The Grateful Dead: Pro & Con with Carole Chowen & Rasta Stevie
A KOTO Radio show, in Telluride, Colorado, that discusses the pros and cons of the Grateful Dead concert, that took place in 1987. The date of this recording is April 20, 1987, and Rasta Stevie and Carole Chowen debate the issue. The radio host's name is unknown. Length of recording is about 42 minutes. Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration.
KOTO Radio: The Idarado Lawsuit
A KOTO Radio show, called Straight Talk: The Idarado Lawsuit, from April 9, 1987. Bob Brickell and Telluride Times journalist, Tony Daranyi, interview Telluride Mayor, Chip Lenihan about the Idarado lawsuit. Lenihan speaks of the goals of the current Idarado lawsuit--namely to get Idarado to clean up the water, air, and tailings and to pay for it. Steve Johnson is serving as the attorney and suing Idarado for the costs of restoring the water, air and soil to standards, the staff/attorney costs, the costs of capping the tailings, and the economic damages to Telluride. Also discussed is the way the case has been handled and the public's complaints regarding the disclosure of the hearing. Finally, exactly how the clean up is to take place is revealed. Please click on the transcription tab to view a full transcription. Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration.
KOTO Radio: Town Hall Tells All, with Gary Hickcox
A KOTO Radio show, called Town Hall Tells All, in which Gary Hickcox interviews Telluride Town Hall representatives: July 6, 1987: Jazz in Telluride: Lynn Rae Lowe interviewed by Gary Hickcox. This is Lynn’s fourth year of managing the Jazz festival. Lynn talks about why she wanted to manage the Jazz Festival and her qualifications. She also speaks about the Dance Festival and combining it with the Jazz Festival. Lynn is expecting 3000-4000 Friday, 4000- 5000 people Saturday and Sunday for the upcoming Jazz festival and speaks of how to deal with this amount of people in Telluride. Lynn recommends parking outside of town. She also discusses where these people are going to stay. Also mentioned is the upcoming Grateful Dead concert and how to deal with all of these people coming. Lynn goes on to speak of all of the local people involved in the festivals and how they contribute. In addition, upcoming opportunities/benefits for local residents to work. She also mentions all of the upcoming bands that are scheduled and the general schedule. Next, about 35 minutes into the recording, Gary Hickcox interviews Chip Lenihan about the bond pooling: July 13, 1987. This section is about 28 minutes. Lenihan mentions some projects that were deemed to be in town’s interest and that did not receive tax-exempt financing. Also discussed is why tax-exempt financing works and why it is a better deal for developers. Town development is discussed, namely an addition of a conference center, hotels being considered to be developed, and an art center. Next, about an hour and 3 minutes into the recording, is where Gary Hickcox discusses town hall priorities, and setting goals and policies with Virginia (last name unknown). The date of the recording is 7/20/1987. Topics discussed include the upcoming Grateful Dead concert, the smoking law, employee housing, a daycare center, building a performing arts and convention center, parking and regional transportation, the development of the river park corridor, land acquisition, economic development and diversification, upcoming festivals and the management of these events, hydroelectricity and the development of it, streets, the valley floor, preservation of the historic district, the Telluride Master Plan, and the government staff’s involvement in these projects and problems. This recording is about 32 minutes long. Please see the transcription tab to use the timestamps to jump between tracks. Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration.

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