Aaron Harber - Early Broadcast Career

Early Broadcast Career

Aaron Harber’s first stint in broadcasting was in 1992 as the host of The WatchDog, a political issues, consumer affairs, and citizens' rights program on the Talk of the Rockies Network.

In 1994, he became host of "After the Rush". This program was initially framed as a humorous but cogent response to Rush Limbaugh which quickly stopped paying attention to Limbaugh and, instead, tackled the issues of the day.

Harber gained national recognition when he was sued frivolously for $20 million by Rush Limbaugh, et al., for using the word "Rush" in the title of his national radio program ("After the Rush"). With broad-based support across the entire political spectrum, Aaron prevailed in the federal court case.

In 1997, the talk industry's leading publication Talkers Magazine selected Harber out of 5,000 hosts across the country as one of America's "100 Most Important Talk Show Hosts" (along with other hosts such as Don Imus, G. Gordon Liddy, Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura Schlesinger, Howard Stern, and Bruce Williams).

In 1998, Aaron moved from the Talk America Radio Network (where he was heard on 51 radio stations across the country) exclusively into the television arena.

In 2000, he hosted the historic nonpartisan campaign series Election 2000, which was broadcast on over-the-air television (Colorado Public Television KBDI-TV 12) as well as on the internet, thanks to funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and a partnership with the Denver Post.

Two years later, Harber hosted the nonpartisan Election 2002 series on Colorado Public Television as a demonstration of how to promote unbiased election information as well as to provide citizens with extensive candidate access and election coverage.

Harber was a host on Colorado Decides 2004 when it became a joint venture of KCNC-TV (CBS4), KBDI-TV Channel 12, and the Rocky Mountain News. For Colorado Decides 2006 he was the host/moderator and/or the primary questioner for all 21 programs including "live" call-in shows. He reprised this role in 2008.

Harber's programs are now carried on a variety of channels, stations, and networks – from commercial stations such as Comcast Entertainment Television and KPXC-TV (part of ION Media Networks) to public television stations and Public-access television cable TV channels as well as cable channels such as TV Aspen.