Part 2 of 6: Our countdown of 150 Colorado Cultural pathmakers over 150 years continues with those ranked 101-125
I called Bret Saunders on June 20 to tell the adored and enduring morning radio personality he has landed at No. 117 on The Denver Gazette’s new Colorado 150 — a sesquicentennial list of cultural pathmakers who have shaped how the world sees Colorado — and how we see ourselves.
Five days later, Saunders was laid off by I(HaveNo) Heart Media after nearly 30 years on the air at 97.3 KBCO.
Aug. 8 would have made it 29. Long enough so that, after decades of waking up at 3:45 a.m., “I haven’t had to set my alarm in about eight years now,” he told me. “My brain is ready to go as soon as I wake up, and that’s because I’m really excited to come in and be part of the community every day. This has never been just a job to me. I just can’t imagine not coming in every day and doing this.”
(My eyes are welling up typing those words.)…