PRESERVING RADIO HISTORY ACROSS COLORADO

Archives: Stations

  • KWRY-FM

    KWRY (106.9 FM) is Air1, the contemporary worship network from Educational Media Foundation, licensed to Pueblo. If you’ve followed 106.9 or 107.1 on the Pueblo dial over the years, you’ve heard it go through a whole lot of changes, including long stretches of Spanish-language radio.

    From KAPI-FM to KWRY

    The Pueblo FM facility now known as KWRY began on October 30, 1979, at 107.1 FM as KAPI-FM, sister to KAPI 690 AM. It was created in part to carry the AM’s Spanish-language service into nighttime hours.

    In 1981 the pair became KRMX AM and FM. KRMX-FM split from the AM schedule in 1985 and briefly used a mixed English-language presentation as “Super X FM 107.” It then became country station KUSN under Sunbrook Broadcasting, the owner of KCSJ.

    The facility went on to use KCSJ-FM, KGRQ-FM and KNKN. KNKN, starting in 1993, put the station back into Spanish-language programming for much of its run. It became KIQN in 2009 and KLCX after Educational Media Foundation bought it in 2014. EMF later changed the calls to KWRY and moved Air1 to 106.9, and KWRY continues to carry the Air1 network. Air1 is also heard on a 103.1 FM translator serving Colorado Springs.

    The full call-sign lineage runs KAPI-FM, KRMX-FM, KUSN, KCSJ-FM, KGRQ-FM, KNKN, KIQN, KLCX, KWRY.

    Sister stations over the years

    • KAPI and KRMX 690 AM in the early years
    • KCSJ during the KUSN era
    • KCSJ and KYZX in the 1990s, as part of a Pueblo group

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  • KTPJ-LP-FM

    KTPJ-LP (105.9 FM) is Hope Radio of Pueblo, a low-power religious station. If you’ve tuned in to Adventist programming in Pueblo, this is the signal that carried it.

    Hope Radio

    Hope Radio started in 2003 as a ministry of Pueblo First Seventh-day Adventist Church. The station mixes local religious programming with network content from LifeTalk Radio, 3ABN and Adventist World Radio. FCC records list Hope Radio of Pueblo Corporation as the licensee. The station has changed dial positions over the years, and today it’s on 105.9 FM.

    This is a short page built from FCC records and church materials. If you’ve been involved with Hope Radio or have more of its story, we’d love to hear from you.

    Sources

    • Wikipedia: KTPJ-LP
    • Pueblo First Seventh-day Adventist Church / Hope Radio: station history
    • FCC public notices and station records

  • KGFT-FM

    KGFT (100.7 FM) is “The Word,” a Christian teaching and talk station licensed to Pueblo and serving the Colorado Springs area. If you remember 100.7 as a Top 40 and rock station in the late 1980s, it’s the same frequency, with a very different sound.

    From KZLO to KATM

    The 100.7 facility signed on March 8, 1976, as KZLO, operating from Pueblo with easy listening and later Top 40. It became KATM in 1986. In 1988 it moved its competitive focus and its studios into Colorado Springs, going through mainstream Top 40, Rock 40 and eventually full album rock.

    The Gift

    In 1992, Salem Communications bought KATM for about $950,000. The station became KGFT, “The Gift,” and flipped from rock to Christian talk and teaching. Duncan’s summer 1992 radio supplement documents the KATM-to-KGFT call change that August. KGFT later took the name The Word FM 100.7 and has stayed a Christian teaching and talk outlet ever since.

    The call-sign lineage runs KZLO, KATM, KGFT. The format lineage runs easy listening and Top 40, then CHR, Rock 40, album rock and finally Christian teaching and talk.

    Who owns it

    KGFT is operated within Salem Media under licensee Bison Media, Inc. As of October 2026, that means Salem’s new owner. On August 20, 2026, The Christian Community Foundation, Inc., doing business as WaterStone, completed its acquisition of Salem Media and took the company private. Salem said its radio and other media operations would continue under the new ownership. The FCC facility ID is 20579, and the station is paired with KZNT.

    Where the studios have been

    • 1976 to 1987: Pueblo, during the KZLO and early KATM years
    • 1988 to 1992: 6760 Corporate Dr., Suite 340, Colorado Springs
    • 1992 to the early 2000s: still 6760 Corporate Dr., Suite 340, with Salem later pairing the operation with KBIQ
    • By 2004: 7150 Campus Dr., Suite 150, Salem’s Colorado Springs home
    • Today: 7150 Campus Dr., Suite 150, Colorado Springs, CO 80920

    Sources

    • Wikipedia: KGFT
    • The Word FM 100.7: official website
    • Broadcasting Yearbook, 1989 and 1991 (print)
    • Duncan’s Radio Market Guide / American Radio, 1992-93 (print)
    • Salem Media / GlobeNewswire: WaterStone acquisition completed (August 20, 2026)
    • FCC station records

  • KVUU-FM

    KVUU (99.9 FM) is My 99.9, the hot adult contemporary station for Colorado Springs and Pueblo. If you remember “K-View” from the 1980s, you’ve heard this frequency under an older name. It’s licensed to Pueblo, owned by iHeartMedia, and its HD2 subchannel carries contemporary Christian programming from Way-FM.

    From KPUB-FM to My 99.9

    The station began in 1975 as KPUB-FM, a country simulcast of its AM sister in Pueblo. Radio Colorado Springs bought it in 1978 and changed the calls to KYNR for a beautiful music format. In 1983 the studios moved to Colorado Springs, and the station became KVUU, “K-View,” with an adult contemporary sound. The Peoria Journal Star owned it until Triathlon Broadcasting bought it in 1996. AMFM acquired Triathlon in 1999, and Clear Channel Communications later became the owner. KVUU turned into My 99.9 in 2005 and shifted to hot adult contemporary. Clear Channel renamed itself iHeartMedia in 2014.

    Who owned it

    • 1975 to 1978: Quixote Broadcasting Company
    • 1978 to 1983: Radio Colorado Springs
    • 1983 to 1996: Peoria Journal Star
    • 1996 to 1999: Triathlon Broadcasting of Colorado Springs
    • 1999 to 2014: AMFM Inc., then Clear Channel Communications
    • 2014 to today: iHeartMedia

    The signal

    KVUU runs 57,000 watts, up to 79,000 with beam tilt, from 670 metres above average terrain. The FCC facility ID is 35868, and the licensee is iHM Licenses, LLC. Online, it’s at my999radio.iheart.com.

    Where the studios have been

    The studios moved from Pueblo to Colorado Springs in 1983. Later the Colorado Springs operation was listed at 2864 S. Circle Drive as part of the Clear Channel and iHeart cluster. Today it’s at 5725 Mark Dabling Boulevard, Suite 120, Colorado Springs, CO 80919.

    Awards

    • 2024: Award of Excellence for Best Station Personality, Laura Hall of My 99.9.
    • 2023: Award of Excellence for Best Midday Show, “Lindsey Marie” (Lindsey Broyles). Certificates of Merit for Best On-Air Contest, “Tourist in Your Own State” (Lindsey Broyles and Aaron Kinnischtzke), and Best Station Personality, Lindsey Marie.

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  • KOYC-LP-FM

    KOYC-LP (98.5 FM) is a low-power community radio station licensed to Pueblo. If you want to hear something that isn’t coming off a big-market playlist, a station like this is part of the answer.

    A very local signal

    The station is licensed to the nonprofit Occupy The Roads, also known as the OTR Foundation, which does arts and youth-focused community work in Pueblo. KOYC-LP runs at low-power FM levels, so its coverage is tightly centered on Pueblo. Public station directories list it as a community and variety outlet.

    Low-power community stations tend to rely on volunteer and locally produced programming, which makes KOYC-LP a very different part of the Pueblo radio picture from the full-power commercial and public stations.

    This is a short page built from FCC records and public station directories. If you’ve been on the air at KOYC or know its story, we’d love to hear from you.

    Sources

    • FCC facility records
    • Public Colorado radio-station directories

  • KCCY-FM

    KCCY (96.9 FM) is Y96.9, the Pueblo-licensed country station. If you grew up with country on in Pueblo or the Springs, this one has been part of your radio life for decades. It’s owned by iHeartMedia.

    From KDJQ to Y96.9

    The station signed on in 1975 as KDJQ at 97.9 FM with an automated Top 40 format. It became KCSJ-FM in October 1978 and KCCY in January 1979, and grew into a long-running country outlet. In 1993 it moved from 97.9 to 96.9 FM. Clear Channel Communications bought KCCY in 2001, and that company later became iHeartMedia. The “-FM” suffix was formally added to the call sign in 2012.

    Former White House press secretary and TV personality Dana Perino worked an overnight shift at KCCY while she was in college in Pueblo.

    Where the studios have been

    • 1981 to 1986: 3305 N. Elizabeth Street, Pueblo
    • By 1993: 106 W. 24th Street, Pueblo
    • By 2004: 2864 S. Circle Drive, Colorado Springs, where the on-air studio was

    3185 Janitell Road was used as a business and sales address, and there’s no evidence yet that it was a KCCY on-air studio.

    Awards

    At the 2024 Colorado Broadcasters Association awards, KCCY took Awards of Excellence for Best Station Promotion/Marketing Campaign (“Winning Ticket Fridays,” Aaron Kinnischtzke, Dean Nedens and Shannon Gentile) and Best Sales Event or Live Remote Broadcast (“Y Fest 2024 With Jason Aldean, Shaboozey, Tucker Wetmore and Runaway June,” Lindsey Broyles, Chelsea Thomas and Aaron Kinnischtzke).

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  • KCFP-FM

    KCFP (91.9 FM) is Pueblo’s full-power home for Colorado Public Radio’s classical service. If you’ve ever had Mozart on in the background down in Pueblo, this is the signal that brought it to you.

    CPR Classical in Pueblo

    KCFP is part of CPR’s statewide classical network and carries the same programming heard on KVOD in the Denver area. It gives Pueblo and the surrounding region a dedicated classical-music service.

    Before it was KCFP

    The 91.9 frequency in Pueblo was once known as KERP-FM. A February 1997 Westword piece reports that Colorado Public Radio had bought KERP, which was then known as KCFP. The same article covers the debate at the time over how CPR’s expansion would affect Colorado Springs’ KRCC, whose signal already reached Pueblo.

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  • KFRY-FM

    KFRY (89.9 FM) is a noncommercial religious station licensed to Pueblo. If you’ve found Family Radio programming on the dial in Pueblo, this is the signal that carried it.

    Ownership

    In 2024, an FCC assignment record moved KFRY’s license from Family Stations, Inc. to LOAM Media, Inc. KFRY is part of Family Radio’s national network rather than a locally run commercial operation.

    Where it stands

    As of October 2026, the FCC public file lists KFRY as “licensed and silent” as of July 3, 2026. The same file shows a notice of resumption posted July 30, 2026.

    This is a short page built from FCC records. If you worked at KFRY or remember it from your listening days, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • KTSC-FM

    KTSC (89.5 FM) is Rev 89, the student-run station at Colorado State University Pueblo. If you came up through Pueblo in the late 1990s or the 2000s, there’s a good chance Rev 89 was on in your car or your dorm. It’s one of Southern Colorado’s longest-running educational FM stations.

    The early years

    KTSC got its FCC license in October 1970. In the beginning it worked as a media lab, with eclectic block programming that mixed jazz, rock, classical and blues. The 1980s brought more contemporary music and experiments in public affairs, news, sports and talk.

    The Revolution

    By the early 1990s KTSC was leaning toward album rock and alternative. On July 4, 1995, it became The Revolution, Rev 89, southeastern Colorado’s first modern-rock station. CSU Pueblo says that within six months it was reaching more than 12,000 listeners in a city of roughly 120,000.

    Rev 89 later moved through Top 40, rhythmic and CHR variations. In the early 2000s it became a big ratings success in Pueblo, reaching No. 1 in the market in 2003, according to the university and Radio World. Through every format change, KTSC has stayed a training ground for students heading into broadcasting, production and media careers.

    Right now

    As of October 2026, REV 89.5 is the flagship radio home of ThunderWolf athletics. CSU Pueblo Athletics named it that on August 11, 2026, for the 2026-27 school year. The station carries every CSU Pueblo football game, men’s and women’s basketball games and the weekly Pack Football Coaches Show, so it’s now a local sports broadcaster as well as a student training operation.

    Sources

    • Wikipedia: KTSC-FM
    • Rev 89: official website
    • Colorado State University Pueblo: CSU-Pueblo Celebrates 20 years of The Revolution (2015)
    • Radio World: CSU-Pueblo’s KTSC 89.5 Rebuilds (2011)
    • CSU Pueblo Athletics: REV 89.5 named ThunderWolf flagship (August 11, 2026)
    • FCC station records

  • KTPL-FM

    KTPL (88.3 FM) is a noncommercial Christian station licensed to Pueblo. If you like hymns and gospel songs on the radio down in Pueblo, this is where you’ll find them. It’s part of the KTLF Radio Network, run by Educational Communications of Colorado Springs, and it carries the network’s service called The Legacy.

    The Legacy

    The Legacy is built around traditional Christian music, including hymns and gospel songs, plus faith-based programming. It’s one of four services in the KTLF family. The others are The Light, Reflections and Life Talk.

    Part of a statewide network

    KTPL carries the KTLF organization’s service into Pueblo and the surrounding area. According to KTLF, the network grew after satellite distribution became possible in November 1992. It now describes a system of 16 full-power stations and 27 translators reaching communities across Colorado and parts of neighboring states. The flagship is KTLF.

    The network is listener supported and works out of studios and offices on Kelly Johnson Boulevard in Colorado Springs. Online listening and the KTLF mobile app add to the over-the-air signals.

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