The Jeff and Bill Show - September 14, 2026 HR 3: Bill Thorpe is joined in studio by longtime Denver radio voice Rick Crandall for a fascinating trip through a career that began with Armed Forces Radio in Guam and eventually led to decades at KOSI and KEZW. Rick remembers the old-school days of reel-to-reel editing, the music that shaped his career, his time at the Air Force Academy, working alongside some of Denver radio’s biggest names at KBIG, and the unlikely path that brought him back to KEZW for 30 years.

Then Rick tells the deeply personal story behind the Colorado Freedom Memorial — beginning with a life-changing broadcast from Normandy and ending with a mission to honor Colorado service members who never made it home. With a new Visitor and Education Center taking shape, Rick explains why the memorial matters, what families experience there, and why he’s fighting for a Colorado Freedom Memorial license plate.