KUVO’s Flo Hernandez to be honored at Jazz Festival

[Colorado Media Newsroom]

From The Denver Post:


KUVO founder Florence Hernández-Ramos will be honored with a Five Points Jazz Tribute Award for her contributions to jazz, the community and, not least, the radio scene, this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the Festival.
The first female Hispanic president of a public radio station, Hernandez held that position for 23 years at KUVO. She was a host of Cancion Mexicana, one of the most popular programs in KUVO’s line-up, for 25 years. She left KUVO in 2007 and has been Executive Director of the Latino Public Radio Consortium.
This year’s Festival (here’s the lineup) , which is always a signal of the start of summer in Denver, also will recognize local music legend, vocalist Hazel Miller. And a posthumous award will be made to drummer Nat Yarbrough.


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