Mario Valdes
I went to Mario Valdes' memorial service this afternoon. Valdes was the general manager for KRCC (91.5 FM) for 26 years and left a giant thumbprint on the station. If you're a KRCC fan, you've got Mario to thank. If you hate the station, that's Mario, too. And whichever way you lean, I think he'd be pleased that you cared enough to care.
posted by AndyW @ 9/21/2007 01:42:00 PM
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I met Mario the first time in 1980, I think it was, when KRCC was just getting off the ground. Then it was Mario's record collection and a few volunteers!
Cool guy! I was sorry to read the obit.
he was quite a fellow back in the 1970s. and krcc. sorry to hear him go.
I didn't realize he was the same guy that I wrote to after the murder of Jocelyn Sandberg. We wrote a few times and he was a really nice guy. He let me use a few pictures of her for a web story. Damn... sorry to see him go!
lMario was a smart guy and for his time he really made KRCC what it is.
However I also think its time for KRCC to evolve and drop the Hippie DJ programing (ie Freeform) completly and and become a station that could not only attract an audience but keep them listening all day long. Accually the Freeform does not really need to be dropped but I will explain that part in a moment.
Allready your seeing that with 'Democracy Now' which many KRCC listeners demanded and now currently have. KRCC could look into other Public Radio News/Talk programs like 'Talk of The Nation' and Diane Reham.
With the HD Radio as a possiblty the future of radio, KRCC should look into the HD channels if not allready. One of those two extra channels could be devoted to a full time Freeform program, and another to full time Jazz and/or Blues or use it for the other styles of music.
In anycase these knuckel heads at KRCC should get with the program and make a full time Public News/Talk station that its audience can turn to that don't like the so-called 'rightwing' talk shows like Rush, Hannity, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck etc etc etc, and this is coming from someone who acually likes Rush and the rest of the fold.
I am just speaking as someone who understands radio programing a bit.
The main KRCC station would do a great service it become just a bit more consistant that has been in the past years
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