KRWZ
| City of license | Parker, Colorado |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Denver-Boulder-Longmont, Northern Colorado and Colorado Springs.[1] |
| Frequency | 950 kHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Repeaters | 107.5-2 KQKS-HD2 |
| First air date | 1954 (as KIMN) |
| Format | Stunting |
| Power | 5,000 watts unlimited |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 30839 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Former callsigns | KIMN (1954-1988) KYGO (1988-1994) KKFN (1994-2008) |
| Affiliations | Denver Nuggets Colorado Avalanche |
| Owner | Entercom (sale pending to KSE Media Ventures) (Entercom Denver II License, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KEZW, KALC, KQKS, KQMT |
| Webcast | Cruisin' Oldies Player |
KRWZ (950 AM) is a radio station licensed to Parker, Colorado, USA, the station serves the Denver area. It is currently stunting. As of June 26, 2015, the station is currently owned by Entercom.[2][3] Its studios are located in the Denver Tech Center district, and the transmitter is in Thornton.
History
The station was previously known as KIMN from 1954 to 1988, and was Denver's top-rated top-40 outlet (which would later shift to adult contemporary in the mid-1980s). After KIMN's demise, the station flipped to Country and adopted the KYGO calls beginning April 26, 1988. The programming was separate from its then-FM sister. On October 12, 1994, the station changed its call sign to KKFN, and adopted a sports format with the moniker "AM 950 The Fan" (the KYGO-AM calls and country format would move to 1600 AM later that year). The sports format would begin simulcasting on 104.3 FM (formerly KJCD) on March 6, 2008, as part of a format transfer. Finally, on September 2, 2008, the AM station became KRWZ with an oldies format as "Cruisin' Oldies 950".[4]
On December 8, 2014, Entercom announced it would purchase Lincoln Financial Group's entire 15-station lineup in a $106.5 million deal, and would operate the outlets under a LMA deal. On December 22, 2014, Entercom announced that it will retain KRWZ and its current format.[5] The FCC approved the deal on June 26, 2015.[6] However, on December 17, 2015, Entercom sold KRWZ to KSE Radio Ventures, who will add the station to its three recently acquired FM properties in the Denver market. KRWZ will flip to a new format when the sale closes, as Entercom will move the Oldies format to KEZW.[7] On December 27, KRWZ began stunting with mostly adult standards music, as well as redirecting listeners to KEZW.
Previous Logo
References
- ↑ KRWZ Coverage.
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- ↑ "Entercom Acquires Lincoln Financial Media" from Radio Insight (December 8, 2014)
- ↑ "FCC OKs Lincoln Financial-Entercom Deal" from All Access (June 26, 2015)
- ↑ "KSE Media Ventures Acquires KRWZ Denver From Entercom" from Radio Insight (December 17, 2015)
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KRWZ
- Radio-Locator Information on KRWZ
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KRWZ
- FCC History Cards for KRWZ
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