Richard Randall, Immediate Past President

Richard Randall is a director, photographer, news anchor, reporter, talkshow host and producer with a sharp wit and extensive knowledge of Colorado Springs.

He was born in Sidney, Nebraska and spent his childhood in a small (pop. 500) ranching community about an hour east of Cheyenne.  Richard enjoys mountain climbing, photography, softball, sailing, snow skiing, rodeo and horse events.  He also writes songs and short stories, and is an avid camper and hiker. 

Along with Patty Butler Spiers he is a director of “From Mists Of Time”, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation which produces historical and educational media programs.  So far they have interviewed more than two hundred World War Two veterans.  He made his debut as a film director with “Soul Of The Delta.”  It is a documentary of the Mississippi Delta and the music found there.  It features Morgan Freeman, B.B. King, and Pinetop Perkins.  It has been shown at The Denver International Film Festival, The Memphis International Film Festival, and The Cannes International Film Festival. 

He has a double major in Journalism and Radio & Television, graduating with cum laude honors from St. Joseph's Calumet College in Indiana.  He graduated from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 1981 with a Juris Doctor degree in law.  He passed the Illinois Bar the same year and was a trial attorney in Chicago for seven years.   In 1990 he was bored and burned out and left the ten person firm to return to the media.

Richard Randall is the winner of a prestigious National Edward R. Murrow Award and ten press awards for documentaries in television and radio.  All together Randall has won five Edward R. Murrow awards as well as 36 awards from the Associated Press, 12 from the Colorado Broadcasters Association, and 2 Communicator Awards. 

He has worked as a freelance producer and reporter for National Public Radio and earned Communicator Awards for stories on the music featured in “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” and the fine art photography of O. Winston Link.

He hosted "The Richard Randall Show.”  For three years running it was the top rated local talk show in southern Colorado.  The program earned a total of six Associated Press awards and five Colorado Broadcasters Association awards.  The show has earned “best of” titles from both The Colorado Springs Gazette and The Colorado Springs Independent.  The show reappeared in the morning time slot for a year before being replaced by Glen Beck.

Richard has a background in television.  Randall's first professional television experience was with WGBO in Chicago.  He produced and hosted a series of public service announcements and a documentary.  Richard's first reporting job was with WAND in central Illinois where he worked as legal specialist and substitute anchor.  In 1992 was hired as a reporter and legal specialist at KKTV. He was with KKTV-TV for five years as a reporter, co-anchor, and producer of the weekend edition of Eleven News. 

Richard wrote for student newspapers during high school, college, and law school.  He also worked as a writer for the Daily Calumet.

He gained radio experience filling in as morning news anchor on KKLI and as a talk show host on KVOR.  In April, 1997 he started his own drive time show on KVOR.