KRCC/Colorado Springs Music Host Vicky Gregor To Retire After 25 Years

Vicky Gregor (Photo: Ryan Warner / Colorado Public Radio)

Longtime COLORAD COLLEGE Triple A/NPR KRCC/COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, music host VICKY GREGOR, who hosted a nightly music show on the station, will hang up her headphones this summer. GREGOR's career at KRCC spanned more than 25 years, starting first as a volunteer and most recently serving as the station’s music coordinator since 2012. 

Station manager JEFF BIERI commented, “VICKY has truly been the inspiration behind all of the music that has been broadcast on KRCC, and has made KRCC much of what it is today. Her absence will be felt deeply by the staff here, as well as the community she has so lovingly befriended over the years.”

After discovering KRCC in the late '80s, GREGOR went through the station’s volunteer training program in 1994 and began volunteer-hosting music on KRCC during the midnight to 2a (CT) slot in 1995. Throughout the ‘90s and ‘00s, she hosted music at all times of the day and night, before settling into her weeknight music mix show. GREGOR’s DJ-driven music shows were evidence of her love of music, and she built a loyal following of listeners in southern COLORADO, who came to recognize her by the moniker “your friend and neighbor.”

During her time at KRCC, GREGOR MC'd nearly all of its live concert events, including all of the BLUES UNDER THE BRIDGE FESTIVALS, numerous MEADOWGRASS MUSIC FRESTIVALS and the WORLD MUSIC SERIES FESTIVAL, among others. 

“KRCC defined my adult life,” insisted GREGOR. “Music has given me an outlet to process all of the emotions around those things that are important to me. It is a universally shared experience accompanying us through the landscape of life.” 

While VICKY will be stepping down from her nightly show, she plans to continue sending her weekly music newsletter, and she will likely be heard on KRCC with occasional features and artist interviews.

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