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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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A KOTO Radio show, from Telluride, Colorado, that took place on January 1, 1988, called the Nurse Bowl Parade with Buddy White and Eileen Dover. The description on the reel-to-reel states: Turn your T.V. to the Nurse Bowl Parade, turn down the sound, turn up KOTO with Buddy & Eileen as they bring you enhanced color commentary and general craziness from a local perspective.
Buck Lowe was the producer.
The first 8 minutes is music and then Eileen...
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A KOTO Radio Show, called Voices & Visions, in which Barry Cook and Rita Robinson interview Bill Carstens. Bill is from San Diego and moved to Telluride because he fell in love with the land. How does Bill describe himself? Not as a developer, but as an environmental enhancer. He's also a father, a pilot, and an attorney. Bill has been a developer for 15 years. He also practiced law for 15 years, mostly business law, in San Diego, but he did serve...
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A KOTO Radio Show, called Friday Live, that aired on March 23, 1983. Rita Robinson and Lynn Rae Lowe interview Kathy Newman. The interview starts off with a discussion of Kathy's parents being in town for the winter to ski and then turns to Kathy's large family. Kathy then speaks of living in a TP in Idaho and how she came to Telluride (her car blew-up here, so she stayed). After 8 months of living in Telluride, Kathy moved her and her two boys down...
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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?...
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Jerry Greene interviews Richard "Dick" Unruh in August of 1981 about the upcoming Telluride Jazz festival.
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A KOTO Radio show, called Friday Live, in which Jerry Greene interviews Gary Duncan on November 7, 1980. Gary is a resident of Telluride, Colorado, and is contractor, designer, journalist, and architectural consultant. Gary grew up in Montrose, Colorado and was raised on a farm. He was bored. At age 16, he started working for a radio station, KBC, and really enjoyed it. Gary then went on to work in radio at CSU (in Ft. Collins, Colorado) and then...
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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 interview, between Navajo Sam (Leo Lyyjoki) and Norman Squier, that took place near Telluride, Colorado (Wood's Lake) on September 29, 1982.
Navajo Sam was an outlaw and a reputed trail bandit. He spoke of his life, past and present and why he stopped living the life of a logger and started camping and robbing people of their food.
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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,...
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A KOTO Radio show, in Telluride, Colorado, called Straight Talk: The Cop at the Top. Terry Tice interviews H.C. Bodley (Head Marshal) on 9/22/1988. Bodley discusses his background and career and what it is like to be a police officer in Telluride, Colorado. Also discussed is the crime in Telluride--namely theft, and social problems (drugs/alcohol, mental health problems) in Telluride and how law enforcement helps with these issues.
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A KOTO Radio show, called Straight Talk, Economic Diversification, in which Terry Tice interviews members of the Economic Development and Diversification Task Force (EDD): Judi Kiernan, Don LaChowski, and Steve Kennedy. The EDD committee's goal is to enhance the economic well-being of Telluride by the retention, support, expansion of local businesses and to attract more businesses to the area.
Is there economic hope for Telluride beyond the tourist...
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A KOTO Radio show, called Environmentally Speaking. Brian Peters and Art Goodtimes discuss environmental issues in Telluride, Colorado on May 17, 1989. Topics discussed include: Highway 145 widening, the San Miguel Hydro project, the AB Lateral Project, and the Bridal Veil Powerplant (hydroelectric power projects). Also discussed is the Uravan radiation waste dump site proposal.
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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...
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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...
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The 10th annual Telluride Film Festival seminar is aired live in September of 1983, by KOTO Radio. Length is about 38 minutes long. After the first 16 minutes, there is a cut in the audio to music, but then the seminar begins again. This is an error in splicing the original reel-to-reel that this was recorded from.
Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications...
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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.
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Straight Talk was a radio show, from KOTO Radio, in Telluride, Colorado, in the 1980's. This recording is from November 25, 1987, and features Jerry Greene, Gary Hickcox, Peggy Howlett, and Terry Tice discussing how to improve Telluride's sense of community. The discussion took place at a retreat at the Skyline Ranch, near Telluride, Colorado. Length is 40 minutes.
Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board,...
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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.
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A KOTO Radio show, called Voices & Visions: "Inside the Freak House" that aired in Telluride, Colorado, on August 10, 1988. Rita Robinson and Gary Hickcox interview long-time Telluride residents Himay Palmer, Chris Mayer, Pete Dahl, Patrick Ray, and Baker Steve about their lifestyle in what is known as the "freak" house and about their perspectives of living in Telluride. Length is about 43 minutes.
Supported in part by an award from the Colorado...
