KCBL-FM, the earlier call sign of the University of Northern Colorado’s public FM service in Greeley, on 91.5 MHz.
History: The station began in 1967 as a 10-watt campus operation under the call letters KCBL-FM. A Colorado state audit describes the original service as going on the air January 1, 1967; other later summaries give January 6. The surviving evidence cited here establishes the year and the KCBL identity, while the exact first-broadcast date remains unsettled. In May 1970, the station adopted KUNC, reflecting the University of Northern Colorado name. The institution’s service grew from a small campus outlet into a regional public-radio operation.
KCBL is a distinct historical call-sign chapter in KUNC’s continuing 91.5 FM lineage, rather than a separate surviving station. The contemporary FCC public file is maintained under KUNC.
Sources: Colorado state audit, KUNC-FM history (2002); KUNC, About Us; Current, “How KUNC kept its independence”; FCC public inspection file, KUNC.
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Moments in KCBL-FM History
KCBL 91.5 begins broadcasting from Greeley
On January 6, 1967, the University of Northern Colorado launched KCBL 91.5 FM in Greeley. The public-radio station changed its call letters to KUNC in 1970 and grew into a regional Northern Colorado service.
KCBL becomes KUNC
In 1970, the University of Northern Colorado's 91.5 FM changed its call letters from KCBL to KUNC, reflecting its university ownership and establishing the identity the public-radio service would retain.
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