KOTO in the 1980's
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A photography, by Ingrid Lundahl, taken in 1987, of Robert Allen, the general manager of KOTO Radio, in Telluride, Colorado and of Jerry Greene.
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Jerry Greene interviews Richard "Dick" Unruh in August of 1981 about the upcoming Telluride Jazz festival.
4) Folksy Radio
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A newspaper article, from the Boulder Daily Camera, dated January 3, 1982. Jerry Greene, Brother Al, Michael Saftler, Mary Cal Hollis, Rita Robinson, Robert Allen, and Mavis Forsberg are all mentioned.
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A KOTO Radio show, in Telluride, Colorado, that aired September 10, 1982. The name of the show is Friday Live. Jerry Greene interviews Bob Campbell, a local business person. Bob describes his career and education up until 1982, including his general contracting company. Bob is a civil engineer and has a master's degree in business. Bob and his wife, Judy, moved to Telluride in around 1975. He speaks of that story and also his current business as the...
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A KOTO Radio show, called Friday Live, that aired on August 28, 1981. Father John Gini is interviewed by Jerry Greene. Father John describes his childhood, mentioning that he grew-up in a religious family and that he has always wanted to be a priest. He is from Salt Lake City and graduated high school in 1954. Father John and Jerry also discuss Father John's beliefs on evolution and religion. Father John was known to not be too structured in his ways...
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Jerry Greene interviews Ron Allred on a KOTO Radio show, called Friday Live, on January 9, 1981. Ron Allred's real estate investments are discussed, including the development of Mountain Village and upcoming changes coming to the ski area. Also talks about the upcoming development of the airport.
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Walter Farnham is interviewed by Jerry Greene in a KOTO Radio show, called Friday Live, on July 24, 1981. Farnham's life and career are described. Also discussed is if Telluride, Colorado is a resort town? Walter believes Telluride has a non-world class resort status currently and that the town needs more recreation places, like a convention center and a golf course, to attract people to visit and live in Telluride. He believes in town growth and...
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"Captain Jack" (Jack Carey) and Norman Squier are pictured here, after Jack's high-altitude broadcast of KOTO Radio, in 1982, in Telluride Colorado.
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A summer of 1983 interview between Jerry Greene (a KOTO Radio employee in Telluride, Colorado) and Jimmy Buffett picture.
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Ashley Montague is hired at KOTO Radio, in Telluride, Colorado. Exact date of publication is unknown, likely the 1980's, by the Telluride Times.
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A KOTO Radio show, called Grape Moments, in which Rita Robinson and Lynn Rae Lowe interview Esther White on June 8, 1982. Esther discusses her up-bringing (see her biography for more information), including her first job in Telluride in housekeeping for the Telluride Lodge. She mentions she obtained the job within 15 minutes after arriving in Telluride and she even found a place to live!
Esther describes Telluride in 1972 as a fun place to live with...
13) KOTO Building
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In 1983, the new KOTO studio for the KOTO Radio station, in Telluride, Colorado--A converted garage. Photo Includes Tom Farrell, Esther White, Lenore Nicolay, Helen Suback, Michael Saftler, Robert Allen, Brian Peters, Terry Selby, Buck Lowe, Robin Pettegrew, and more.
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Three KOTO Community Radio newscasts, regarding the big drug busts, made by the FBI, during 1981, in Telluride, Colorado. Under-cover FBI agents were used to discover the suspects that were arrested for cocaine. KOTO news reporters include Jerry Greene, Barry Cook, Rita Robinson, and Nancy Craft. Dates of the recordings are: 5/27/81, 6/1/81, and 6/2/81. Each newscast is about 15-20 minutes long, total recording length is about 51 minutes.
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The 10th Annual Telluride Film Festival is covered by Jerry Greene, from KOTO Radio, in Telluride, Colorado, on September 2, 1983. People interviewed include Les Blanc, Tom Letty, Joel Casey Kovach, Molly Verges, Barry Spinello, Pier Rissient, Pam Lifton-Zoline, Stephanie Demsey, John Langley, Robert Helman, Ed Olmos, Bill Pence, Buck Lowe, Richard Widmark, Roger Ebert, Bill Bates, & Rick Brook.
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A KOTO radio show, from Telluride, Colorado, called Environmentally Speaking. Dated July 5, 1989, Brian Peters interviews Jack Pera, a long-time Telluride local resident, photographer, environmentalist, and the president of the Sheep Mountain Alliance, about regional environmental issues. The Barlow creek area (outside of Rico, Colorado) and the sale of timber is discussed. Also mentioned are the Forest Service's plans for Gunnison, Grand Mesa, and...
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A KOTO Radio show, called Friday Live, that aired June 4, 1982. Jerry Greene interviews KOTO's weather man, Jim Pettegrew. Pettegrew talks about how he has been in Telluride fore 9 months and his impressions of living there. He discusses Wisconsin and his education received at the University of Wisconsin. Jim received a degree in Wildlife Ecology and went to medical school for 3 years. Jim's KOTO name is Stormy James. Jim then speaks about his love...
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"KOTO Bash a Hit" article, published September 22, 1988, from the Telluride Times Journal, features a KOTO concert, at the Opera House, in Telluride, Colorado, with local resident Esther White and musician Johnny Cowan.
The KOTO fundraising article was published February 26, 1987, probably from the Telluride Times. Robert Allen, Rita Robinson, Ashley Montague, Bob Brickell, Heather Bachman, and Ben Kerr are in the photograph.
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One of the first Halloween KOTO Radio parties, sometime in the 1980's, in Telluride, Colorado.
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A KOTO Radio news archive recording. Recorded in 1980. Total recording length is about an hour and 26 minutes. Please see the transcript to jump between tracks.
1. Camp Bird mine is cited for several safety violations: January 1980.
2. Mary Cal Hollis environmental news: Formaldehyde foam installation installed in Telluride homes and warnings that cancer experts of various agencies should ban it. In addition: Utilities electrical demand forecast...
