Kenny Weissberg

Disc Jockey, Music Critic, Rock Singer, Concert Promoter, Author, And Fan
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About

THE PROFESSIONAL
Kenny Weissberg has followed the music his entire career. He produced/hosted 2,500 radio shows for eight different stations from 1971 to 2007, cofounded Boulder’s progressive public station KGNU in 1978, and created and hosted the award-winning Music Without Boundaries in San Diego for 14 years.

As a music critic, Kenny wrote close to 1,000 newspaper and magazine articles for 17 publications, including the Denver Post, Boulder Daily Camera, Creem, Rocky Mountain Magazine, and Cake Eaters. He fronted his own rock band, Kenny & the Kritix, from 1980 to 1983 and was the subject of two mini-documentaries about music critics taking center stage as a performer. Following his stint as a rock singer/bandleader, he produced the internationally acclaimed Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay series in San Diego for 23 years, presenting nearly 2,000 concerts.

Radio Jobs:
KRNW-FM Boulder (1971–77)
KBCO-FM Boulder (1977–78)
KGNU-FM Boulder (1978–83)
KiFM San Diego (1993–96)
KUPR-FM San Diego (1997)
92.5 San Diego (1998)
KPRI-FM San Diego (1998–2005)
91X San Diego (2005–7)

Print Media Jobs (Columnist/Feature Writer):
Colorado Daily (1971–73)
Cake Eaters (1974–75)
Boulder Daily Camera (1976–80)
Audience (1980–83)
Freelance (1971–83): Denver Post, Creem, Zoo World, Phonograph Record, Playback, Rocky Mountain Magazine, Westword

Rock ’n’ Roll Band:
Kenny & the Kritix (1980–83)

THE PERSONAL
Born:
April 30, 1948, in Newark, NJ

Residences:
1948–49: Elizabeth, NJ
1949–66: South Orange, NJ
1966–70: Madison, WI
1970–71: Santa Barbara, CA
1971–83: Boulder, CO
1983–present: San Diego, CA

Education:
The Little School (1953)
South Mountain (1954)
Newstead (1955–60)
South Orange Junior High (1960–63)
Columbia High (1963–66)
University of Wisconsin (1966–1970)

Summer Jobs:
Bank clerk, ICU orderly, Fuller Brush salesman, runner on New York Stock Exchange

Life Partner:
Helen Redman (1972–present)

Children:
Nicole Barchilon Frank
Paul Barchilon

Grandchildren:
Shira Barchilon Frank
Issac Frank
Ethan Frank

Hobbies:
Photographing pelicans, basketball, crossword puzzles, getting beaten up by my personal trainer, movies, music, visual arts, one-to-one correspondence

 

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