KYGO-FM
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| City of license | Denver, Colorado |
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| Broadcast area | Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area |
| Branding | 98-5 KYGO |
| Slogan | "Denver's #1 For New Country" |
| Frequency | 98.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Translator(s) | 103.1 K276FK (Denver, relays HD2) |
| First air date | 1953 (as KFML) |
| Format | Country music HD2: Comedy |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 555 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 30829 |
| Callsign meaning | Pronounced "Why Go" |
| Former callsigns | KFML (1953-1974) KIMN-FM (1974-1979) |
| Owner | Lincoln Financial Group |
| Sister stations | KEPN, KRWZ, KKFN, KQKS |
| Webcast | Listen Live Player |
| Website | kygo.com comedy1031.com (HD2) |
KYGO-FM is a country music radio station in Denver, Colorado. The Lincoln Financial Media outlet operates at 98.5 MHz with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100 kW.
KYGO-FM is Colorado's secondary (LP-2) Emergency Alert System station. KOA is the primary (LP-1) station.
History
The station signed on the air in 1953 as KFML, but following the sale of the station to Jefferson-Pilot Broadcasting in 1974, adopted the KIMN-FM call letters. The station changed call letters to KYGO in 1979 and later that year changed from contemporary hits to the country music format. Bob Call, previously of WSOC-FM in Charlotte, North Carolina, flipped the switch; when he started at WSOC he knew little about country music but learned fast.
In June 2007 Lincoln announced that would put its television and radio stations up for sale. KYGO, along with its sister stations in Denver, is among the properties being shopped around by Lincoln.
In 2007, the station was named Country music station of the year in a top 25 market by Radio & Records magazine. Other nominees included WUSN Chicago, WYCD Detroit, KEEY-FM Minneapolis, WXTU Philadelphia, and KSON-FM San Diego.[1]
References
- ^ "2007 Industry Achievement Awards". Radio and Records. September 28, 2008.
External links
- 98.5 KYGO's website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KYGO
- Radio-Locator information on KYGO
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KYGO
- Query the FCC's FM station database for K276FK
- Radio-Locator information on K276FK
- State of Colorado Emergency Alert System
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