KRYT was the call sign used on Pueblo’s 1350 AM facility from 1988 to 1989. It followed KIDN and preceded the return of the KGHF call sign. This Pueblo station-era record is separate from the earlier KRYT identities used on Colorado Springs 1530 AM and Pueblo 107.9 FM.
History
The KRYT call letters were assigned to the 1350 kHz Pueblo station for a short period in the late 1980s. The station changed to KGHF in 1989. The call-sign sequence forms one chapter in the 1350 AM facility’s broader history, which includes other call letters and periods of silence. The sources consulted identify the call sequence but do not establish a substantial distinct KRYT-era format history.
Station information
- Historical frequency: 1350 kHz AM
- Community: Pueblo, Colorado
- Call-sign period: 1988–1989
- Preceding call sign: KIDN
- Following call sign: KGHF
- Related but distinct KRYT entries: Colorado Springs 1530 AM; Pueblo 107.9 FM
References
- “KGHF,” Wikipedia (Pueblo 1350 AM history)
- Federal Communications Commission, call-sign records
- Contemporary Pueblo radio station directories.
FROM THE TIMELINE
Moments in KRYT-AM History
Three applicants contest Pueblo 107.9 FM
Three applicants sought the new Pueblo FM facility on 107.9 MHz: Better Broadcasting Corp. filed December 23, 1983; MarTec Broadcasting Corp. January 3, 1984; and Southern Colorado Broadcasting April 23, 1984. Southern Colorado Broadcasting was 75% owned by Sunbrook Broadcasting and 25% by Deborah Kock, then sales manager at KCSJ, and proposed 100 kW.
FCC designates Pueblo 107.9 comparative hearing
The FCC formally designated the mutually exclusive Pueblo 107.9 applications for a consolidated comparative hearing in MM Docket 85-119. Southern Colorado Broadcasting later withdrew as part of a settlement, making its Sunbrook-backed proposal an important never-built FM plan.
KRYT 107.9 signs on in Pueblo
The successful Pueblo 107.9 facility began broadcasting as KRYT with 100 kW and studios at 4211 N. Elizabeth. It was paired with KGHF 1350 and used the nickname “K-Right,” referring to 107.9's position at the upper end of the FM dial. This was a different facility and ownership path from Sunbrook's abandoned Southern Colorado Broadcasting application.
1990 Pueblo dial snapshot shows Colorado Springs competition
KGRQ 107.1 was listed as classic AOR, KRYT 107.9 as oldies, KATM 100.7 as CHR/album-oriented rock, KCSJ 590 as news/talk and KCCY 97.9 as country. Duncan's Spring 1990 report noted that several Pueblo FMs were increasingly competing for Colorado Springs listening as well as Pueblo.
KDZA 1230 goes silent pending Pueblo Community College sale
KDZA 1230 simulcast KATM's rock format early in the year, then oldies KRYT-FM after KATM became KGFT. Pueblo Community College agreed to buy 1230 for $120,000, and KDZA went silent in December while the sale was pending.
KRYT-FM becomes KDZA-FM after McCoy acquisition
MarTec's KRYT-FM 107.9 remained KRYT-FM through 1990; after McCoy acquired the facility in 1993, it became KDZA-FM, transferring the historic KDZA identity from 1230 AM after that station's sale to Pueblo Community College. This corrects an apparent secondary-source claim that the FM had briefly become KGHF-FM in 1990.
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