Gene Amole
Gene is a Denver native whose career as a journalist was interrupted twice by wars. Shortly after he began his Broadcast career, he served in World War II in General George Patton’s Third United States Army. Later Gene was a civilian war correspondent in the Korean War.
He was a partner in KDEN, KVOD-FM and KTUX in Pueblo. Gene was a pioneer in Denver television and known for his weekend newscasts “Deadline” and “Masthead” on KLZ-TV, Channel 7 in Denver. He has won and Emmy and a Peabody Award for his television work.
He was also an award-winning columnist for the Denver Rocky Mountain News. Amole spent the last year of his life writing columns about his last year in life. He knew his life was ending, and shared his feeling with his vast audience of Radio and TV viewers and Rocky Mountain News readers he had entertained for years.
Gene died on May 12, 2002, just 12 days shy of his 79th birthday.
Harry Hoth
Hoth was born in Overland, Missouri and moved to Colorado to attend Colorado College.
While in school, he began a career at KRDO that spans nearly half-century. From part-time in promotions and sales, he worked his way to President, General Manager and majority owner of KRDO AM/TV, later added FM in Colorado Springs and KJCT-TV in Grand Junction.
Harry has always been active in his community, serving on the planning commission, city council and as Mayor of Colorado Springs from 1963-1967. His commitment to fraternal, religious and charitable organization is legendary.
He was awarded the Sprit of the Springs Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015. The Colorado Broadcasters Association’s Harry Hoth Award annually honors a Colorado broadcaster with an exceptional commitment to public service.
Reynelda Muse
Reynelda was born in Ohio, but a fortunate twist of fate brought her to Denver.
She started at KOA-TV, now KCNC-TV, as a general assignment reporter, and left 29 years later with the acclaim of her TV peers and thanks from the Denver community for her extra efforts. Reynelda was the first woman and first African American to anchor a TV newscast in Colorado.
Additionally, she teamed with Harry Smith (later of CBS News) for KRMA’s “Smith and Muse” interview program.
She was one of Cable News Network’s 12 original anchors. Her work won one Emmy Award in 1988, and three other Emmy nominations.
She is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Silver Circle. She has been inducted into both the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame (1996) and Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame (1997).
Gene O'Fallon
Gene O’Fallon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but anyone who knew him will tell you he was Irish.
Gene moved to Denver in 1901 with his family after his father died. In 1923, he started his broadcast career as partner in a 7 and 1/2 watt station called KFEL.
O’Fallon become one of the formative broadcast influences in the Denver Radio and Television market. He put KFEL-TV on the air in 1952. This was the first Television station in Denver and Colorado.
In addition to his contributions to Colorado, O”Fallon was a founding member of BMI and of the National Association of Broadcasters. The National Academy of Arts and Sciences posthumously gave Gene O’Fallon an Emmy in 1992 for a lifetime of work which fostered and enhanced the industry in this region.
