The Colorado Broadcasters Association has announced its Hall of Fame class for 2026, revealing the names of nine radio and TV broadcasters.
Following what the CBA said was a successful inaugural celebration last year, it will honor the inductees at a Oct. 23 during a ceremony at The Dome at AMG in Greenwood Village, Colo.
The evening will celebrate the careers and accomplishments of the inductees while it also promises to bring together the industry from across the Rocky Mountain state.
“These remarkable broadcasters connected Colorado communities and planted the seeds that have grown to be today’s industry,” said Justin Sasso, president and CEO of the CBA, in a release.
The nine inductees for the Colorado Broadcasters Hall of Fame for 2026 are as follows:
- Alan Berg: Berg was a popular talk radio host in Denver, including at KOA(AM). He was assassinated in 1984.
- Peter Boyles: A longtime Denver talk radio host, he had a long-running morning drive show on KHOW(AM) until 2013. He currently hosts a four-hour Saturday morning program on KNUS(AM).
- Bob Gourley: Gourley, who died in 2019, was the former owner and president of San Luis Valley Broadcasting.
- Stu Haskell: The longtime market president of iHeartMedia for northern Colorado and southern Wyoming, Haskell died in 2020.
- Steve Kelley: He spent several decades broadcasting in Denver at KIMN, KOA and KNUS. He retired in 2017.
- Bob Martin: Martin was the voice of the Denver Broncos for 499 broadcasts. He was the former sports director of KOA and is credited with launching talk radio in Denver. He died of cancer in 1990.
- Reynelda Muse: Muse was the first woman and first African American to anchor a newscast in Colorado, co-anchoring at KOA(TV) in Denver, according to the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame. She was a founding anchor on CNN.
- Roger Ogden: Ogden is the former president and CEO of Gannett Broadcasting. He previously served as president and general manager of KUSA(TV) in Denver, where he began his Gannett career in 1967.
- Ron Zappolo: Zappolo came to Denver in 1977 as a sports anchor for KOA(TV). He later moved to KUSA and spent years delivering sports reports. He retired from KDVR(TV)’s anchor desk in 2013.
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