Mike has more than 30 years of experience working in radio at several levels. He landed his first job at KWSH in Wewoka, Okla. when he was just 16. As a college student in Norman Okla., Mike hosted “Sooner Sanctum” at KNOR, the Norman Okla.’s only commercial station. After graduating, he served as program director and host for KOFM, Oklahoma City’s original “beautiful music” station, which changed to an acoustic rock format when Mike and his colleagues arrived. Mike eventually moved to Colorado and held various positions at a handful of Denver radio stations, including KFML-AM, KLIR-FM 100 and KDKO. He was an afternoon drive show host for KWAB in Boulder from 1999-2001 and also worked at CPR as a classical music host for seven years in the 1990s. Most recently, Mike was general manager of the University of Colorado’s nationally-recognized student radio station, Radio 1190. Outside of radio, Mike has had an accomplished career as a writer and published author. For nine years he wrote for the Denver Post’s Empire Magazine, “Out West.” Throughout his career, he also managed to find time to author four successful books including “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Old West.” Mike came back to Colorado Public Radio in 2011 to help bring new music to Colorado Public Radio with the launch of OpenAir.