KRCN 1060 is a Catholic station licensed to Longmont, and it’s Longmont’s original radio station, KLMO. KLMO signed on in December 1949 on 1050, a 250-watt daytimer owned by Longmont Broadcasting, playing full-service country for Longmont and Denver’s northern suburbs. It moved to 1060 in 1965, grew to 10,000 watts in the 1980s and later got permission to stay on at night with reduced power.
On March 22, 2000, it switched to business and personal-finance talk as “The Radio Colorado Network” and took the KRCN call letters. On January 1, 2015, it became an owned-and-operated station of Kansas City’s Catholic Radio Network.
Station information
- Frequency: 1060 kHz (1050 kHz until 1965).
- City of license: Longmont.
- Signed on: December 1949 (as KLMO).
- Format: Catholic.
- Call history: KLMO (1949–c. 2000), KRCN (c. 2000–present).
- Owner: Catholic Radio Network (since 2015).
- FCC facility ID: 70625.
Related
- KLMO — the 1949–2000 years.
References
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FROM THE TIMELINE
Moments in KRCN-AM History
Longmont’s KLMO becomes KRCN “Radio Colorado Network”
March 22, 2000 — After 50 years as Longmont's full-service country station, KLMO 1060 switched to business and personal-finance talk as “The Radio Colorado Network,” KRCN. It became a Catholic Radio Network station on January 1, 2015.
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