KRWZ-AM was the “Cruisin’ Oldies 950” identity on Denver’s 950 AM facility. On September 2, 2008, the station left the sports-talk identity KKFN and returned the signal to oldies programming. Denver Westword’s contemporaneous coverage described the new sound as rock oldies and followed the station’s early ratings and on-air personnel.
The oldies format did not prevent the signal from serving as a sports outlet on selected occasions. In 2010, Kroenke Sports Enterprises, Altitude and Mile High Sports Radio announced a three-year arrangement under which Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche games would return to AM 950, with KRWZ-AM named as the station carrying the broadcasts.
In December 2015, KSE Radio Ventures agreed to acquire KRWZ from Entercom. Entercom’s SEC filing later recorded the sale of the station’s Denver assets in March 2016. The acquisition ended the KRWZ identity on this signal and led into the KKSE-AM / Altitude Sports Radio era documented on the related station page.
Documented identifiers
- Call letters: KRWZ-AM
- Frequency and branding: 950 AM, “Cruisin’ Oldies 950”
- Oldies-format launch: September 2, 2008
- Owner at the time of the 2015 sale agreement: Entercom
- Sale: Agreement announced December 2015; Entercom reported the asset sale completed in March 2016.
Research note: The exact studio address and full staff roster across the KRWZ years remain to be documented from station directories and period records. No unverified address is supplied here.
Ownership, technical data and web presence
- Owner during the KRWZ identity: Entercom, 2008–March 2016. KSE Radio Ventures agreed to acquire the Denver AM assets in December 2015; Entercom reported completion in March 2016.
- KRWZ-era power: 5,000 watts on 950 kHz AM.
- Current successor signal: KKSE-AM / Altitude Sports Radio 950, 950 kHz AM, 5,000 watts. The successor station’s official website is Altitude Sports Radio.
Studios and addresses
- Former KRWZ studio: 7800 East Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, documented in a 2011 station-history/photo record.
- Current successor studio: 8467 South Yosemite Street, Lone Tree, Colorado 80124, according to the current Altitude Sports Radio contact page.
The present-day studio address belongs to KKSE-AM, the successor identity on the same 950 AM facility; it is not presented as a KRWZ-era address.
Sources
Additional research sources
- Denver radio station history and 2011 studio photographs, including KRWZ at 7800 East Orchard Road
- National Radio Club AM Radio Log, 2010–2011, KRWZ 950 AM power listing
- Altitude Sports Radio, current successor studio address
- Denver Westword, “Oldies Radio Set to Make Comeback in Denver with KRWZ”
- Denver Westword, contemporary ratings coverage of KRWZ
- Denver Nuggets / KSE, 2010 AM 950 broadcast agreement
- Radio Online, “KSE Radio Ventures to Acquire KRWZ-AM/Denver”
- Entercom 2016 SEC filing, disposition of KRWZ AM assets
- FCC, 2015 assignment filing for Denver broadcast assets
FROM THE TIMELINE
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