The 1530 AM Colorado Springs facility signed on February 9, 1964 as KRYT. It became KXXV in 1977, KKCS in 1979, KCMN in 1982 and briefly KKHI in 2015 before adopting KQSC.
The KKCS period connected 1530 with the market’s “KCS” country identity, while KCMN became the station’s longest-running call sign. On November 11, 2024, KQSC dropped its Red Dirt country programming and became the Colorado Springs simulcast of Pueblo’s revived KDZA classic-hits service. The combined operation brands as 101.9 & 107.3 KDZA, with KQSC also heard through its 107.3 FM translator.
Paired / sister stations: The current KQSC operation is paired with KDZA 1230 in Pueblo. Historically, 1530 and 101.9 FM were paired in the late 1970s when the AM/FM operation moved from KXXV/KINX into KKCS/KKCS-FM branding.
Call-sign lineage: KRYT → KXXV → KKCS → KCMN → KKHI → KQSC.
Sources: FCC call-sign history; contemporary trade directories; published KQSC/KDZA history.
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Moments in KQSC-AM History
2017: Aaron Zytle leaves KRXP-FM
2017 — When Zytle left KRXP-FM in early 2017, he returned to the Colorado Springs airwaves as morning host at KQSC /Mountain Country.
2017: Aaron Zytle returns to KQSC-AM
early 2017 — Aaron Zytle returned to KQSC-AM in early 2017.
KDZA expands into Colorado Springs on KQSC
On November 11, 2024, Mountain Radio Group expanded Pueblo classic-hits station KDZA into Colorado Springs by beginning a simulcast on KQSC. The service rebranded as 101.9 and 107.3 KDZA, replacing KQSC’s previous Red Dirt country programming and giving the combined operation a Pueblo and Colorado Springs footprint.
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