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Denver talk show guests rail against proposed lower Manhattan mosque

By | 06.09.10 | 11:23 am

Denver talk-radio hosts Dan Caplis and Craig Silverman Tuesday hosted a strident show on the community center and mosque proposed to be built two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Ground Zero of the…

No record of McInnis donations to RNC

By | 04.28.10 | 9:00 am

GOP candidate for governor Scott McInnis, who is drawing heat this week for releasing only partial and sketchy details on his income and charitable giving, said on the Caplis and Silverman talk radio show yesterday that he gave generously to…

Rove rejects ‘birtherism’; hits back at Tancredo

By | 04.19.10 | 7:07 pm

Colorado conservative talk radio has been on fire of late considering the birther conspiracy, spurred by Greeley native Lt. Col. Terry Lakin’s coming court martial for refusing orders from the man he doubts is a legitimate Commander in Chief. Last…

Caplis and Silverman post ‘Obama-Islam’ missile defense logo

By | 02.25.10 | 6:19 pm

It doesn’t take much to stir the talk-radio pot. Anything having to do, of course, with President Obama and Islam will do the trick, no matter how unfounded or just plain silly. Today, right talkers and opinionators were concerned with…

Conservative radio-show hosts face-off on Ritter campaign withdrawal

By | 01.08.10 | 3:03 pm

A conservative KHOW talk-radio feud is running between the hosts of the morning and afternoon drive-time shows.  Without naming names, morning host Peter Boyles and afternoon hosts Dan Caplis and Craig Silverman sparred over their theories on why…

Penry: Ritter using downturn to push ‘soft on crime’ agenda

By | 10.22.09 | 11:46 am

On Caplis and Silverman‘s KHOW talk radio show on Tuesday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry attacked Gov. Bill Ritter for releasing “hardened criminals” and sex offenders earlier than parole boards advised, picking up a well-worn GOP tack on Democrats as “soft on crime.”

In wake of Denver arrest, talk radio’s Silverman promotes ethnic profiling

By | 09.22.09 | 8:30 am

While discussing alleged al-Qaeda supporter Najibullah Zazi on 630 KHOW’s Caplis and Silverman Show, Craig Silverman Monday argued that people “who look like a Muslim or a Middle Eastern person” should have their purchases tracked. He said that the police…

Hickenlooper to cut Denver police force: ‘Writing a blank check is irresponsible’

By | 09.02.09 | 8:25 am

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper Tuesday gave further indication that cuts in the city police force were on the way after the Denver Police Union voted not to postpone its annual 4 percent pay increase. In an appearance on the Caplis…

Denver wingnut radio audiences shrink under new ratings technology

By | 08.19.09 | 11:49 am

Americans love the hate radio… Or maybe a lot fewer people love it than we’ve been led to believe.

The Denver Post reports that Arbitron, the Nielson ratings of radio, has come up with a new computerized device said…