PRESERVING RADIO HISTORY ACROSS COLORADO

Archives: Stations

  • KFWA-FM 103.1

    KFWA (103.1 FM) in Weldona carries Christian adult contemporary from the WAY-FM Network. If you drive the plains east of Fort Morgan or Greeley and want uplifting music on the radio, that’s what 103.1 is for.

    History

    The station held the call sign KAVD from 1997 to 2010 and KLBO from 2010 to 2011. In 2011 it was acquired by WAY-FM Media and switched to the WAY-FM Network’s Christian adult contemporary format.

    Call sign timeline

    • KAVD (1997–2010)
    • KLBO (2010–2011)
    • KFWA (2011–present)

    The signal

    • Frequency: 103.1 MHz (25,000 watts ERP)
    • City of license: Weldona
    • Format: Christian adult contemporary
    • FCC facility ID: 79249
    • Owner: Hope Media Group

    This is a short page built from current station records. If you worked at KAVD, KLBO or KFWA, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • KELS-LP 104.7

    KELS-LP (104.7 FM) is a low-power station in Greeley with a variety format. If you’ve been scanning the Greeley dial and landed on something that doesn’t sound like anything else, this might be it.

    History

    A construction permit was issued in 2003, and the license to cover was received on May 2, 2005.

    The signal

    • Frequency: 104.7 MHz (low power)
    • City of license: Greeley
    • Format: Variety
    • FCC facility ID: 131356

    This is a short page built from current station records. If you’ve worked at or listened to KELS-LP, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • KCIC-FM 88.5

    KCIC (88.5 FM) in Grand Junction is a religious station owned by Pear Park Baptist Schools. If you grew up on the Western Slope in the 80s, this might be the first Christian station you ever tuned in.

    History

    The station signed on in March 1979 as the first Christian radio station in Grand Junction. In the early 1980s Pear Park Baptist Church built separate station facilities. Early operations used a converted nursery and an all-volunteer staff.

    The signal

    • Frequency: 88.5 MHz (Class A, 440 watts ERP)
    • City of license: Grand Junction
    • Format: Religious
    • FCC facility ID: 52039
    • Owner: Pear Park Baptist Schools

    This is a short page built from current station records. If you were one of those early volunteers, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • KCEG-AM 890

    KCEG (890 AM) in Fountain is a classic country station. If you like your country with a few decades of dust on it, and you’re south of Colorado Springs, this is your dial spot.

    History

    The FCC granted the original construction permit on July 28, 2005, and the call sign KJME was assigned on August 19, 2005. The license was issued January 6, 2012, and the station went on the air that year with an adult standards format. Later it carried classic country, sports and an all-Beatles format as “890 Yesterday” from December 2016.

    It powered off on November 24, 2018, after its tower agreement was not renewed. On February 7, 2022, it swapped call signs and formats with its 780 AM sister station, becoming KCEG with classic country.

    Call sign timeline

    • KJME (2005–2022)
    • KCEG (2022–present)

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    The signal

    • Frequency: 890 kHz (Class D, 2,500 watts day, 12 watts night)
    • City of license: Fountain
    • FCC facility ID: 135886

    This is a short page built from current station records. If you worked at KJME or KCEG, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • KCDC-FM 102.5

    KCDC (102.5 FM) is licensed to Loma, near Grand Junction, and according to current listings it’s silent. If you remember it from its Dove Creek days as KDVC, it’s come a long way from there.

    History

    As KDVC (2007 to 2015), the station received an FCC construction permit on May 21, 2009, to change its city of license from Dove Creek to Loma, move its transmitter, reduce power to 400 watts and raise antenna height to 383 meters. The FCC issued the license for the new facility on September 6, 2016.

    The signal

    • Frequency: 102.5 MHz (Class C2, 400 watts ERP)
    • City of license: Loma
    • Status: Silent, per current listings
    • FCC facility ID: 164124

    This is a short page built from current station records. If you worked at KDVC or KCDC, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • KBJD-AM 1650

    KBJD (1650 AM) in Denver is a Spanish-language Christian teaching station. If you’ve ever scanned the very top of the AM dial in the Denver area, 1650 is the end of the line.

    History

    On March 17, 1997, the FCC authorized KRKS in Denver to move from 990 to the expanded-band frequency of 1650 kHz, and the new construction permit received the KBJD call letters on August 10, 1998.

    In January 2003, Salem changed KBJD from contemporary Christian (The Rock) to conservative talk as KNUS 2. On October 29, 2007, it changed to Spanish-language Christian programming, and on January 6, 2022, it rebranded as Radio La RED.

    The signal

    • Frequency: 1650 kHz (Class B, 10,000 watts day, 1,000 watts night)
    • City of license: Denver
    • Branding: Radio La RED (since 2022)
    • FCC facility ID: 87151
    • Owner: Salem Media Group

    This is a short page built from current station records. If you worked at KBJD, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • KAVP-AM 1450

    KAVP (1450 AM) in Colona is an ESPN Radio sports station. If you follow games out in the Montrose and Ouray area, this is where the sports talk lives on AM.

    History

    The FCC granted the construction permit on April 15, 1997, and assigned the KAVP call sign on June 13, 1997. The station’s first air date is given as 2001, and the license to cover was issued April 21, 2003.

    The signal

    • Frequency: 1450 kHz (Class C, 1,000 watts day and night)
    • City of license: Colona
    • Format: Sports (ESPN Radio)
    • FCC facility ID: 82282
    • Owner: Western Slope Communications

    This is a short page built from current station records. If you worked at KAVP, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • KAAI-FM 98.5

    KAAI (98.5 FM) in Palisade carries Air 1, the Christian worship music network from Educational Media Foundation. If you’re in the Grand Valley and want worship music on the dial, this is the signal.

    History

    The station launched in 2007. A Christian broadcaster bought it in March 2008 and started a contemporary Christian format. The call sign became KVTT on October 1, 2009 and KJSA on October 14, 2009, and the station went silent in October 2009.

    Educational Media Foundation agreed to buy it on February 4, 2010. The sale closed April 8, 2010, and the call letters returned to KAAI on April 14, 2010, as an Air 1 station.

    The signal

    • Frequency: 98.5 MHz (Class C3, 260 watts ERP)
    • City of license: Palisade
    • Format: Christian worship (Air 1)
    • FCC facility ID: 164273
    • Owner: Educational Media Foundation

    This is a short page built from current station records. If you worked at KAAI, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • K230BB-FM (93.9, Fowler)

    K230BB (93.9 FM) was an FM translator in Fowler, east of Pueblo. If you were tuning around the Lower Arkansas Valley in the mid-2010s, this little signal carried a few different Pueblo-area formats.

    History

    In the early 2010s, 93.9 was paired with KAVA 1480 AM, according to Pueblo Radio Group’s holdings in 2012. By 2014, SoCo Radio ran it with KFVR 94.7 as a talk and country outlet. On September 1, 2015, it flipped to classic hip-hop “The Beat,” simulcasting KFVR.

    Later records list the 93.9 translator as K230BZ, as part of the KWRP package that Western Radio bought in September 2017 for $80,000 along with K262BB on 100.3.

    The signal

    • Frequency: 93.9 MHz (translator)
    • City of license: Fowler
    • Branding: The Beat (from September 2015)

    This is a short page built from current station records. If you worked on or listened to this signal, we’d love to hear from you.

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  • K262BB-FM (100.3, Boone)

    K262BB (100.3 FM) is an FM translator licensed to Boone, Colorado. It carries the oldies of KWRP 690 AM, so if you’re in the Pueblo area and prefer your oldies on FM, this is how they get to you.

    SoCo Radio years

    In September 2014, SoCo Radio began operating KWRP and its translators under a lease agreement with the station’s owner. On September 1, 2015, the 100.3 signal became part of “Cruisin’ 98.5” oldies, matching the format SoCo ran in Colorado Springs on K253AH and KCBR. Same songs, two cities.

    In September 2017, Western Radio bought KWRP and the two translators, K262BB and K230BZ, for $80,000. The deal ended SoCo’s lease.

    The signal

    • Frequency: 100.3 MHz (translator)
    • City of license: Boone
    • Rebroadcasts: KWRP 690 AM

    This is a short page built from current station records. If you worked on or listened to this signal, we’d love to hear from you.

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