This is a photo of Eduardo Quezada Escandon as a television anchor. He began in radio and quickly moved up the ranks to television.
It was the first and only job on radio and it was at KAPI Radio in Pueblo in Colorado.
November 6, 1973.-
After being in Colorado for only a few months, I called the local radio station asking if I could help with programming. Andres Naideg, the station manager at KAPI, answered the phone and suggested I go to the station the next day since I had acquired some experience as a young man at XEPB-FM in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
When I arrived, Andres invited me to sit in the booth with him while he was broadcasting and mixing Long Play records. After a while he asked me if I knew how to operate the equipment. When I said yes, he said, “Ok, show me after this song.” Thankfully, I had been observing his every move as we talked. I felt confident since the equipment was an older version of what I was used to in Mexico.
I walked over to the chair where he was sitting, sat down, and waited for the song to end. I opened the mic and introduced myself to the Colorado listeners and took the opportunity to improvise a bit. I looked to my right and peeked at the next record to be played. (“El Manicero” known in the USA as “The Peanut Vendor” with orquestra leader Perez Prado) I introduced the song and after letting it spin to a complete speed, I turned the volume up and switched the mic off with ease, as if I had been working there for years. It was then that he asked me, “Can you start Monday?”
I accepted with pleasure and worked there for more than a year when I received an offer in Los Angeles, CA for KMEX-TV channel 34, where I anchored for the next 28 years.
Unfortunately, KAPI does not exist anymore, but the memories of KAPI have lasted a lifetime.
The connection you have with a radio audience is unlike any other I have ever experienced. And after 31 years broadcasting news I have returned to my radio roots and now enjoy connecting with a worldwide audience at http://www.live365.com/stations/syndicatednews .
Eduardo Quezada