by Glen Richardson
Veteran Newsman: Award-winning broadcaster Steffan Tubbs joined the lineup on Newstalk 710 KNUS radio this year.
Popular radio newsman Steffan Tubbs who anchored 850 KOA’s Colorado Morning Show for over a decade has joined 710 KNUS after the most challenging period of his life. Tubbs texted a highly confrontational girlfriend while intoxicated. She had previously been arrested for harassing him. She turned over the text messages to the Denver Police and he was arrested on July 30, 2017. He was charged with “domestic violence” by telephone with the legal authorities declaring that he used “vulgar language with the intent to annoy the victim.” He spent 36 hours behind bars until finally being brought before a judge.
His arrest photo led the evening news on FOX 31 News and he watched his life fall apart. He was suspended by KOA Radio and he saw friends and business acquaintances disappear. He credited his legal counsel with standing up for him when almost nobody other than his family, particularly his children, were willing to do so. All charges were dropped by the Denver District Attorney in October 2017. Notwithstanding the dismissal, KOA refused to rehire him and he found no one willing to give him an opportunity.
That was until 710 KNUS morning host Peter Boyles had him fill in for him and went to bat for him at the station. When Dan Caplis the evening drivetime host at the station retired to spend more time with his family and his highly successful law practice, Tubbs applied for the job.
He is now: “A longtime newsman, now with an opinion….” That’s the introduction you hear on Newstalk 710 KNUS radio at 4 p.m. every Monday through Friday as the veteran broadcaster begins his program. The “Steffan Tubbs Show” is on weekdays from 4 to 7 p.m.
“I thought I’d had dream jobs before,” Tubbs says. “But I’m absolutely loving my new position at 710 KNUS. I’m truly blessed. After 30 years as a newsman, I’m in a learning phase of how to incorporate news with talk. I value the opinions of o
Advocate For Veterans: Steffan Tubbs is a strong advocate for veterans. He was an embedded journalist with American troops in Iraq on several occasions. Here, he is pictured with U.S. Army WWII veteran Bill Brunger.
thers and even if we disagree I think we can have productive dialogue in a civil way.”
Tubbs has 30 years of news experience. He spent more than six years as a national correspondent with ABC News based in Los Angeles, and then moved to the other coast where he worked as a reporter and anchor for FOX5-TV in New York City. Tubbs says he returned to Denver in 2005 and for the next 12 years hosted the morning drive news program on KOA NewsRadio.
Tubbs has covered some of the most important stories not just in Colorado, but also throughout the country and the world. “I reported on the Oklahoma City bombings and subsequent trials, Columbine and 9/11,” Tubbs says. “As well as every type of natural disaster including fires and hurricanes, floods and earthquakes, drought and tornadoes.”
Tubbs’ broadcasting experience expands into sports as well. He reported on multiple Super Bowls, World Series, NBA and Stanley Cup finals and even the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. His numerous awards are a testament to the quality of his work. Tubbs is a four-time winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award for national reporting, he’s received several Colorado Broadcasters Association awards and has twice been named best radio personality in Denver.
Tubbs also has a documentary film company where he says he funnels his passion for real, honest storytelling. His films focus on military men and women, who he proudly supports.
Tubbs says, “I end my show every day by reminding us the remember our troops.”
Drive Time: The Steffan Tubbs Show can be heard Monday through Friday from 4 p.m to 7 p.m. on Newstalk 710 KNUS radio.
The Steffan Tubbs Show launched in February of this year in the crucial afternoon drive time slot on Newstalk 710 KNUS. Tubbs says, “I am blessed and truly love what I’m doing in this new chapter of my career with 710 KNUS.”
His show rounds out the other top-rated programs including the Peter Boyles Show from 5 to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday and the Chuck Bonniwell and Julie Hayden Show weekdays from 1 to 4 p.m.
Newstalk 710KNUS has led the coverage of the Denver Mayor Michael Hancock scandal and Tubbs says, “I think the Hancock scandal is a perfect example of how real news can be combined with the comments and questions of our audience.”
Tubbs adds, “I know we’re not reinventing the wheel with yet another new talk show but that said — I really think we have a unique opportunity to do a news program that integrates callers and opinion.”
A proud dad of two teenage boys, Tubbs notes he is very engaged on social media and loves to tweet and use Facebook posts before, during and after the show. You can follow the show’s Twitter @TubbsShow or @SWTubbs as well as The Steffan Tubbs Show on Facebook.