He’s pretty much jolly year-round but Ed Greene gets extra jolly during the holidays.
He’s one of the original Three Wiseguys.
Greene and KCNC-Channel 4 news anchor Molly Hughes are cohosts for live coverage on Saturday of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra’s “Spirit of the Season” concert for the fourth time.
Their job is make sure viewers know what’s going on. Cohort Jim Benemann is the front man, working onstage.
It’s a massive undertaking for the station, requiring a 100-member production team. The station, in addition to boosting the symphony’s visibility, uses the program to focus on holiday stories about local folks.
Unexpected fact: Greene is a big symphony supporter and was on its board until he took the night shift reading the weather at Channel 4. He loves the season, the concert and cracking wise. “Guys my age all just retire. I just got a new six-year deal. What’s with that?”
“Spirit” airs live on Channel 4 from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday and on cbs4den ver.com.
O’Reilly back in town
Conservative talk-show host Bill O’Reilly back on the local airwaves.
He started Monday on the 6-8 p.m. shift weekdays on KHOW 630-AM. The station dropped O’Reilly in November 2005 and he went looking for, but didn’t find, another local outlet.
The station is trimming “Caplis & Silverman” to make room for O’Reilly.
Armstrong to ‘The Fan’
That didn’t take long. Post columnist Jim Armstrong, one-half of the morning pair at KLZ 560-AM, taking his sports chatter to KKFN 950-AM (“The Fan”), starting Jan. 1.
He’ll share the mic afternoons with Irv Brown and Joe Williams, longtime fixtures on “The Fan.” “I’m very fond of these guys,” said Armstrong. “It’s not the Three Stooges, OK?”
No word on the fate of his KLZ partner, Tim Neverett. If there’s any justice in radio, he’ll land a good gig somewhere in town.
From one end of the dial to the other: ESPN Radio switching from KLZ at 560 and turning up Jan. 1 on KCKK 1600-AM, currently a classic country station.
Around the dial
Rickie Lee Jones and Chris Smither up next in the “etown” radio series, taping the show Dec. 28 at the Boulder Theater. … Gimme that old-time communication: Two-thirds of the public say they’ve never read a blog – or even know what one is, according to a new Radio and Television News Directors Foundation survey. … Quotable: “Next to a circus there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.” Kin Hubbard
Dick Kreck’s column appears Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. He may be reached at 303-954-1456 or dkreck@denverpost.com.
