Denver Radio: Market Vet Murphy Huston Retires From KOSI

Murphy Huston

One of the legendary voices of Denver radio station KOSI 101.1 FM’s morning show has retired.

Murphy Huston started at Denver radio station KOSI in 1997, where he’s been known for his deep voice, laughter and being an “all-around great human” to the station. While the radio station said Huston spent 34 years in Denver, what started his career was his college counselor. Murphy told his career story on The Kathie J Show, ahead of his retirement on Tuesday.

Fox 31 News reports Huston went to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire to play baseball with the plan to become a history teacher and baseball coach. However, this was during the Vietnam War when students needed a deferment. Huston’s counselor said plenty of students were looking to become teachers and coaches, and after hearing Huston on the radio, Huston should try it out.

Now, 53 years later, Huston’s spending his last day at KOSI before the radio station said he’s heading home for good to his wife of 48 years, four children and seven grandchildren.

“Murphy, you will be deeply missed at KOSI and across Denver’s airwaves. It’s been an honor to work with you,” said Kathie J.

While Murphy couldn’t point to his best memory on The Kathie J Show, between having former President Richard Nixon walk out during a radio interview with him in college to dropping highly coveted Cabbage Patch Kids out of a helicopter over hundreds of people in Milwaukee in ’80s — which was shortly after shredded by the helicopter’s blades — Huston’s leaving the airwaves with a full career.