R.I.P.: Denver Radio's Mr. Fixit, Paul MacGregor

Paul MacGregor

Paul MacGregor, a longtime broadcaster known on Denver radio as Mr. Fix-It for three decades, died Nov. 4 in Denver in his sleep.

He was 75, accordin gto The Denver Post.

MacGregor’s long-running radio show — Mr. Fix-It — aired in the Denver market and was syndicated to more than 75 radio stations around the country. Premiering as “Fix Up/Paint Up/Call Up” on KOA radio in 1982, the show later took on the Mr. Fix-It name and also aired locally on KCKK and KEZW.

Through his radio show and column, MacGregor counseled thousands in home repair endeavors of plumbing, painting, flooring and heating.

Long before the upsurge of televised “fixer-upper” shows, MacGregor had tapped into the burgeoning home-repair market.

Born Sept. 28, 1941, on a farm in Haleyville,  Ala., MacGregor began his career in broadcasting as a disc jockey at WLAY in Muscle Shoals. He went on to work in television and radio news, as anchor and reporter, in several markets, including WOR radio in New York City.

MacGregor moved to Denver in 1982 to accept a position with KOA radio, where he also worked as a news reporter.