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KSKE-FM (101.7)

KSKE-FM (101.7) is “Ski Country,” a country station licensed to Eagle, Colorado, and heard up and down the I-70 mountain corridor. If you’ve had a country station on in the Eagle Valley, around Vail or over in Summit County, this is probably the one.

Not the Kremmling KSKE

There have been other KSKEs. The 1980s Kremmling station on 106.3 is a separate facility with its own page: KSKE-FM (106.3). The KSKE call letters were also used on Vail’s 104.7 signal from 1989 to 2009, now KKVM. This page is for the Eagle station on 101.7.

History

This signal has gone by several call signs. Wikipedia lists the earlier ones as KGMJ, then KEYQ (which began in January 1987 with an adult contemporary and smooth jazz mix), and then KTUN. It also gives conflicting information about the original sign-on year, so we haven’t listed one here.

The big change came in September 2009. Wikipedia says the KTUN format moved from 104.7 in Vail to 101.7 and switched to country on September 7, 2009, and that the station took the KSKE-FM call letters on September 15, 2009. The KTUN calls now belong to a different station, KTUN-FM on 94.5. Wikipedia says the KSKE letters are short for “SKi Eagle.”

Call sign timeline

  • KGMJ: earlier years (dates unclear)
  • KEYQ: from January 1987
  • KTUN: later years, until 2009 (exact start date not found)
  • KSKE-FM: from September 15, 2009

The signal

  • Frequency: 101.7 MHz (Class C1, 12,000 watts ERP, per Wikipedia)
  • City of license: Eagle, Colorado
  • Format: Country
  • Branding: Ski Country
  • FCC facility ID: 44012
  • Also heard on: 99.1 in Dillon, 95.3 in Breckenridge and 92.3 in the Avon/Vail area, according to the station’s own listening guide

The station’s site describes coverage from the Eisenhower Tunnel to Garfield County and Vail, with country music, local news and high school sports.

Ownership history

  • Today: AlwaysMountainTime, LLC, the same mountain-town company behind Aspen’s KSPN. Wikipedia names Patricia MacDonald Garber and Peter Benedetti as the owners.
  • Earlier owners: not identified here yet.

Where the studios have been

We haven’t found studio addresses for KSKE yet. If you know them, we’d love to hear from you.

Staff and shows

These people are credited with Ski Country Radio work in the Colorado Broadcasters Association results:

The 90’s at Noon also lists a host billed only as “The Outlaw Pat Garrett.” We haven’t found a real name for that credit.

If you worked at this station, we’d love to hear from you.

Sources

Awards & Recognitions

Documented awards, honors, and finalist or nomination recognition associated with this station or broadcaster.

STATION FILE

Frequency101.7
Best-known brandingSki Country
FormatCountry
City of licenseEagle, Colorado
StatusActive
Former call lettersKGMJ, KEYQ, KTUN

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