KKRE was the 1040 AM Monument station serving the Colorado Springs area from Sept. 18, 1986 to Sept. 18, 1989.
The station launched with a Christian contemporary format. By late 1988, financial pressures led it to shift toward business news and talk using programming from the Colorado Springs-based Business Radio Network.
On Sept. 18, 1989, the station changed call letters to KCBR, reflecting the “Colorado’s Business Radio” identity.
Facility: 1040 AM, Monument — FCC Facility ID 10846.
Call-sign lineage: KRTS → KKRE → KCBR → KPPF.
Sources and further reading
- FCC historical CDBS filing for Facility ID 10846 — reproduction of the facility record with call-sign history, including KRTS and KKRE.
- RadioInsight, “New Talker To Debut In Colorado Springs” (February 16, 2021) — documents the 2020 sale and announced format transition for the 1040 AM service and its translators.
- The Gazette, “Longtime radio executive planning to resurrect Colorado Springs station” (February 17, 2021) — reports the facility’s license, transmitter power, ownership, and the KKRE-to-KCBR-to-KPPF programming lineage.
STATION FILE
Frequency1040
Best-known brandingKKRE
FormatChristian contemporary; later business news/talk
City of licenseMonument
Sign-on1986
StatusHistorical
Former call lettersKRTS
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