K230BB (93.9 FM) was an FM translator in Fowler, east of Pueblo. If you were tuning around the Lower Arkansas Valley in the mid-2010s, this little signal carried a few different Pueblo-area formats.
History
In the early 2010s, 93.9 was paired with KAVA 1480 AM, according to Pueblo Radio Group’s holdings in 2012. By 2014, SoCo Radio ran it with KFVR 94.7 as a talk and country outlet. On September 1, 2015, it flipped to classic hip-hop “The Beat,” simulcasting KFVR.
Later records list the 93.9 translator as K230BZ, as part of the KWRP package that Western Radio bought in September 2017 for $80,000 along with K262BB on 100.3.
The signal
- Frequency: 93.9 MHz (translator)
- City of license: Fowler
- Branding: The Beat (from September 2015)
This is a short page built from current station records. If you worked on or listened to this signal, we’d love to hear from you.
Sources
- RadioInsight: SoCo Resets Its Colorado Holdings (September 1, 2015)
- RadioInsight: SOCO Radio Grows In Pueblo (September 25, 2014)
- Inside Radio: Deal Digest (November 2, 2017)
- The Gazette: KCMN, KCBR purchased by Pueblo group (April 5, 2012)
STATION FILE
FROM THE TIMELINE
Moments in K230BB-FM (93.9, Fowler) History
September 2014: SoCo Radio takes over operations of United States CP’s Pueblo-area stations
SoCo Radio began running a batch of United States CP LLC stations under a lease management agreement: KFVR 94.7 in Beulah, KWRP 690 in Pueblo, translators 93.9 and 100.3, KFEZ 101.3 in Walsenburg, 103.3 in Colorado City, and two Fountain-area AM stations, 780 (KCEG) and 890 (KJME). A side effect: KFVR and KWRP stopped simulcasting two Colorado Springs AMs, 1530 KCMN and 1040 KCBR, which SoCo's deal didn't include. No purchase price was disclosed.
September 1, 2015: SoCo Radio reshuffles formats across Colorado Springs and Pueblo
Under new general manager "Sports Guy" Mike Luper, SoCo Radio changed nearly everything at once. KCBR and K253AH went from party hits "Tailgate 98" to oldies "Cruisin' 98.5," matching the Pueblo oldies on KWRP 690 and K262BB 100.3. Country "KIQ'N Country" moved to 103.3, while KFVR 94.7 and 93.9 became classic hip-hop "The Beat." KFEZ 101.3 switched from shopping to sports as "ESPN The Rock."
September 2017: Western Radio buys KWRP, ending SoCo Radio’s Pueblo lease
Mike Hernandez, known on air as Buzz Corona, led a deal for his Pueblo hometown station: his company bought KWRP 690 and translators 100.3 and 93.9 from United States CP for $80,000. The sale formally ended SoCo Radio's lease of the Pueblo stations. Hernandez had been SoCo's director of operations and programming for the Pueblo cluster.
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