PRESERVING RADIO HISTORY ACROSS COLORADO

Archives: Stations

  • KDBN-FM

    KDBN 101.1 is KSUN Community Radio, a volunteer-run, listener-supported station licensed to Parachute. It signed on in 2008 as KENG and became KDBN in 2009. For a while it simulcast the active rock of KKNN 95.1 from Delta, then switched to community radio, with programming picked by its members and the community.

    Station information

    • Frequency: 101.1 MHz.
    • City of license: Parachute.
    • Signed on: 2008.
    • Branding: KSUN Community Radio.
    • Call history: KENG (2008–2009), KDBN (2009–present).
    • Owner: KSUN Community Radio Corporation.
    • FCC facility ID: 162254.

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  • KSTH-FM

    KSTH 92.3 is “Star 92.3,” an adult contemporary station licensed to Holyoke in far northeastern Colorado. It was first assigned the call letters KKYT on August 1, 1999, and became KSTH on July 7, 2004. It’s owned by Armada Media’s McCook, Nebraska group and holds a permit to go up to 35,000 watts.

    Station information

    • Frequency: 92.3 MHz.
    • City of license: Holyoke.
    • Branding: Star 92.3.
    • Format: Adult contemporary.
    • Call history: KKYT (1999–2004), KSTH (2004–present).
    • Owner: Armada Media – McCook.
    • FCC facility ID: 85760.

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  • KRZX-FM

    KRZX 106.1 is a classic rock station licensed to Redlands, just outside Grand Junction. The FCC assigned the call letters on May 1, 2006, but the station didn’t start broadcasting until 2010. It’s owned by Ted and Jana Tucker through Cochise Media Licenses.

    Station information

    • Frequency: 106.1 MHz.
    • City of license: Redlands.
    • Signed on: 2010 (call letters assigned May 1, 2006).
    • Format: Classic rock.
    • Owner: Cochise Media Licenses LLC (Ted and Jana Tucker).
    • FCC facility ID: 164260.

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  • KRVG-FM

    KRVG 95.5 is “The River,” an adult hits station licensed to Glenwood Springs. It signed on in 2001 and broadcasts from a mountaintop site more than 700 meters above the valley, with translators and a booster reaching Aspen and the rest of the Roaring Fork Valley. It’s owned by Western S Communications.

    Station information

    • Frequency: 95.5 MHz.
    • City of license: Glenwood Springs.
    • Signed on: 2001.
    • Branding: The River.
    • Format: Adult hits.
    • Owner: Western S Communications, L.L.C.
    • FCC facility ID: 88077.

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  • KRKQ-FM

    KRKQ 95.5 is “Mountain Chill,” a Telluride-area station licensed to Mountain Village that plays chill-out, downtempo, dub, reggae, Latin and electronica full time. Mountain Chill spent almost ten years as an internet-only station before the FM signal went on the air in October 2011. That made it the only broadcast station in the country playing electronica and chill-out full time after Santa Fe’s KLBU/KJFA-FM, which ran the format from 2003 to 2013. Its studios are in Ouray, and the playlist leans on artists like Thievery Corporation, ODESZA, Bonobo and Bebel Gilberto.

    Station information

    • Frequency: 95.5 MHz.
    • City of license: Mountain Village.
    • Signed on: October 2011.
    • Branding: Mountain Chill.
    • Format: Chill-out / electronica.
    • Owner: Brown Mountain Broadcasting LLC.
    • FCC facility ID: 166042.

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  • KNDH-FM

    KNDH 96.7 brings Colorado Public Radio’s Indie 102.3 to the Roaring Fork Valley from Carbondale. It started out as KUUR, “Your Radio,” founded by Marcos A. Rodriguez through Colorado Radio Marketing and serving the Aspen area with translators on 101.1 and 107.7. It was the first digital-capable station licensed to Carbondale, and in December 2012 it made international news by teaming up with Radio Mawwal 101.7 in Bethlehem to broadcast Christmas programming.

    In 2021 Colorado Radio Marketing traded KUUR and its translators to Colorado Public Radio for a Pueblo AM station CPR no longer needed. The station started simulcasting Indie 102.3 on May 26, 2021, and became KNDH the next day.

    Station information

    • Frequency: 96.7 MHz.
    • City of license: Carbondale.
    • Branding: Indie 102.3 (since 2021).
    • Call history: KUUR (2005–2021), KNDH (2021–present).
    • Owner: Colorado Public Radio.
    • FCC facility ID: 162283.

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  • KYAP-FM

    KYAP 96.9 is “La Guapa,” a regional Mexican station licensed to Nunn, north of Greeley. It signed on October 18, 1999, as KBPV on 96.7, then cycled through KKRR (1999), KHAT (2001) and KIMX (2003). In November 2016 the signal moved toward 96.9; after a few days testing with an oldies simulcast, it became KYAP on November 23, 2016. It played classic country as “K96.9” from November 8, 2019, and on September 13, 2024, it picked up the La Guapa regional Mexican format from another Greeley station.

    Station information

    • Frequency: 96.9 MHz (96.7 MHz originally).
    • City of license: Nunn.
    • Signed on: October 18, 1999.
    • Branding: La Guapa 96.9 (since 2024); K96.9 (2019–2024).
    • Call history: KBPV (1999), KKRR (1999–2001), KHAT (2001–2003), KIMX (2003–2016), KYAP (2016–present).
    • Owner: La Guapa Broadcasting Ideas, Inc.
    • FCC facility ID: 82007.

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  • KJMP-AM

    KJMP 870 is “Jump 104.5,” a classic hip hop station licensed to Pierce and serving Fort Collins and Greeley. It signed on in 2004 (the call letters spell “Jump”) simulcasting KJAC 105.5. White Park Broadcasting owned it until August 2009, when Brahmin Broadcasting took over, and for a while it carried ESPN Radio. On August 20, 2012, it went oldies as “The Big 870.” On November 21, 2019, Loud Media started running it as classic hip hop “Jump 104.5” under a local marketing agreement. In late 2024 Loud Media principal Aaron Ishmael’s Mid-Century Radio bought it from Brahmin for $50,000.

    Station information

    • Frequency: 870 kHz; FM translator 104.5.
    • City of license: Pierce.
    • Signed on: 2004.
    • Branding: Jump 104.5 (since 2019); The Big 870 (2012–2019).
    • Format: Classic hip hop.
    • Owner: Mid-Century Radio LLC (Loud Media).
    • FCC facility ID: 129513.

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  • KCRN-AM

    KCRN 1120 is a Catholic station licensed to Limon, and for 34 years it was Limon’s hometown station, KLIM. KLIM signed on May 4, 1984, owned by Robad Broadcasting, with 250 watts of country music and AP news for Limon and nearby towns. It ran into money trouble in the 1990s. Roger L. Hoppe II became receiver in 1996 and bought it for $8,000, and it was silent for a while in the early 2000s.

    On April 13, 2016, the FCC approved a boost to 50,000 watts by day. Catholic Radio Network bought it in 2018 and renamed it KCRN, carrying EWTN talk and teaching. The bigger daytime signal is backed up by FM translators in Colorado Springs (104.3) and, since 2025, Golden (98.1).

    Station information

    • Frequency: 1120 kHz.
    • City of license: Limon.
    • Signed on: May 4, 1984.
    • Format: Catholic (country as KLIM).
    • Call history: KLIM (1984–2018), KCRN (2018–present).
    • Owner: Catholic Radio Network, Inc.
    • FCC facility ID: 25185.

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  • KKXK-FM

    KKXK 94.1 is “94 Kix Country,” Montrose’s 100,000-watt country station. It signed on in 1977 as beautiful-music KUBC-FM, the FM sister of KUBC 580. On August 5, 1981, it became KKXK and switched to country. Townsquare Media runs it with KUBC and KSNN.

    Station information

    • Frequency: 94.1 MHz.
    • City of license: Montrose.
    • Signed on: 1977.
    • Branding: 94 Kix Country.
    • Format: Country (beautiful music 1977–1981).
    • Call history: KUBC-FM (1977–1981), KKXK (1981–present).
    • Owner: Townsquare Media.
    • FCC facility ID: 73624.

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