Colorado Public Radio

Colorado Public Radio
Type	Public Radio Network
Country	United States
Founded	1991
Broadcast area	Colorado
Affiliation	National Public Radio
Official website	Colorado Public Radio

The Colorado Public Radio studios in Centennial, Colorado.

Colorado Public Radio (CPR) is a public radio state network based in Denver, Colorado that broadcasts three services: news, classical music and OpenAir, which plays adult album alternative music. CPR operates a 30-signal, statewide radio network accessible to 80 percent of Coloradans.^[1] As of 2013, CPR had 440,000 weekly listeners, 47,000 contributing members and annual revenue of $14 million.^[1]

CPR is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization. Private support from listeners, corporations, foundations and partners accounts for approximately 95 percent of CPR’s total budget.

History

The first station in what would become Colorado Public Radio, KCFR (90.1 FM) in Denver, went on the air in 1970. The station was initially licensed to the University of Denver. In 1973, KCFR began carrying programming from National Public Radio (NPR), beginning with "All Things Considered." "Morning Edition" was added in 1979. More NPR programming was added the following year when the network began to distribute programming via satellite.

KCFR separated from the University of Denver in 1984, becoming a community-licensed public radio station. That same year, KPRN in Grand Junction signed on the air. In 1991, KPRN merged with KCFR, forming the new entity Colorado Public Radio. The original plan as proposed to the Western Slop listeners and the FCC during the license acquisition phase was to continue providing original localized programming for the needs of the Western Slope audience. But despite protests from those listeners, within a few years the KPRN studios were closed, all volunteers and news staff positions were eliminated and it became a satellite station of KCFR.^[2]^[3]

CPR added more satellite stations in the following years, including KPRE Vail in 1994, KCFP Pueblo in 1996 and KPRH Montrose in 1998. CPR also began adding other low-power translators, sometimes in competition with existing public radio stations. Stations in other areas not served by CPR, like KDNK in Carbondale, complained that CPR would also send out fundraising solicitation letters to KDNK listeners leaving the impression that they could thank CPR for receiving popular NPR programs like All Things Considered or Morning Edition, sometimes resulting in misdirected donations.^[2]

Until 2001, CPR's format was a mix of NPR programming and classical music. However, in 1999, CPR bought Denver classical music station KVOD, a prelude to providing both a 24-hour news format and a 24-hour classical format^[4]

In 2001, CPR attempted to purchasing the University of Northern Colorado's FM station KUNC in a closed-door deal with then UNC President Hank Brown. When the pending deal was announced to the public, irate devoted KUNC listeners immediately raised over $1,000,000 in a week of emergency fundraising as a successful counteroffer to CPR's, thus ending CPR's plans to acquire the KUNC radio network.

In 2001, KCFC Boulder, KKPC Pueblo and KPRU on the Western Slope joined the CPR network. In 2004, CPR brought KVOV in Glenwood Springs on the air as part of its statewide network. In 2008, CPR’s news service moved to 90.1 FM, and 88.1 FM carried CPR’s classical service in Denver. In 2011, CPR launched the new-music station OpenAir on 1340 AM as KVOQ, and in 2015, OpenAir switched to broadcasting as KVOQ-FM on 102.3 FM in Denver/Boulder, and KVXQ on 88.3 FM in Fort Collins.

CPR News

CPR News includes a locally produced program called “Colorado Matters,” local newscasts throughout the day and national/international news from sources like NPR and the BBC. As of 2015, 13 signals broadcast CPR News throughout the state of Colorado. Over the years, Colorado Public Radio’s newsroom has received a number of journalism awards, including RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Awards,^[5] Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) Awards^[6] and Colorado Broadcasters Association (CBA) Awards.^[7]

Stations

*NOTE: Italics denote low-power translator stations. Many of the listed translators are owned by county cooperatives, and may change stations or frequencies with little notice.

Location	Frequency	Call sign	Format
Aspen	101.5 FM	K268BJ (KVOV)	Classical
Boulder	1490 AM	KCFC	News
Boulder	99.9 FM	K260AL (KVOD)	Classical
Carbondale	90.5 FM	KVOV	Classical
Colorado Springs	94.7 FM	K234AJ (KCFP)	Classical
Cortez	102.5 FM	K273AE (KVOD)	Classical
Craig	88.3 FM	KPYR	News
Delta	103.3 FM	KPRU	Classical
Denver	90.1 FM	KCFR	News
Denver	88.1 FM	KVOD	Classical
Dove Creek	88.7 FM	K204DZ (KVOD)	Classical
Fort Collins	88.3 FM	KVXQ	OpenAir
Glenwood Springs	100.1 FM	K261AI (KVOV)	Classical
Grand Junction	89.5 FM	KPRN	News
Gunnison	88.5 FM	K203BB (KPRN)	News
Gunnison	89.1 FM	K206BE (KVOD)	Classical
Meeker	91.1 FM	K216BP (KPRN)	News
Montrose	88.3 FM	KPRH	News
Ouray	91.5 FM	K218BE (KPRN)	News
Parachute	88.3 FM	K202BI (KPRN)	News
Pueblo	1230 AM	KKPC	News
Pueblo	91.9 FM	KCFP	Classical
Rangely	91.1 FM	K216BO (KPRN)	News
Old Snowmass	93.9 FM	K234BJ (KVOV)	Classical
Thomasville	93.7 FM	K229AI (KVOV)	Classical
Vail	89.9 FM	KPRE	News

References

1 2 "Colorado Public Radio". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
1 2 Michael Roberts (1997-06-12). "Feedback - - Music - Denver". Westword. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
↑ Steve Behrens (1991-05-27). "Battle of Grand Junction, 1991". Current.org. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
↑ "Application Search Details, File Number: BPED-19960926MD, KVOD". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
↑ "2015 dward_R._Murrow_Awards". Radio Television Digital News Association. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
↑ "2014 PRNDI Award Winners Outdo Fierce Competition". Public Radio News Digital Incorporated. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
↑ "Colorado Broadcasters 2014 Certificates of Merit" (PDF). Colorado Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

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Colorado Public Radio

Radio stations in the Denver–Boulder, Colorado market

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.1 88.5 89.3 89.7 90.1 91.1 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.7 93.7♦ 94.1 94.7 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.5 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.3 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9 ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (KXDP-LP/Spanish Sports)

By AM frequency	560 630 670 710 760 810 850 910 950 990 1060 1090 1150 1190 1220 1280 1340 1390 1430 1490 1510 1550 1600 1650 1690

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.450 162.500 162.550

Digital radio	560 670 710 760 810 910 950 990 1090 1220 1340 1390 1490 1600 1690 88.5-1 89.3-1 89.3-2 89.3-3 90.1-1 90.1-2 92.1-1 92.5-1 92.5-2 93.3-1 93.3-2 95.7-1 95.7-2 97.3-1 97.3-2 98.5-1 98.5-2 98.5-3 99.5-1 99.5-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 100.3-3 101.1-1 101.1-2 103.5-1 103.5-2 104.3-1 104.3-2 104.3-3 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.9-1 105.9-2 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.5-1 107.5-2

By callsign	K300CP K231BQ KALC KBCO KBJD KBNO KBPI KBUD♦ KCFC KCFR-FM KCKK KDCO KDMT KDSP KEC76 KEPN KEZW KFCO KFWA KGNU KHOW KIMN KJAC KJHM KJMN KKCL KKFN KKSE KLDC KLDV KLTT KLVZ KLZ KMXA KNRV KNUS KOA KOSI KPOF KPTT KQKS KQMT KRCN KRFX KRKS KRKS-FM KTCL KUVO KVCU KVOD KVOQ-FM KWOF KXKL KXPK KXGR KXWA KYGO-FM WNG550 WXJ45

Notes	♦=To Enter Denver as a move-in; Date TBD

Nearby radio markets Aspen Cheyenne Colorado Springs Ft. Collins–Greeley Pueblo See also List of radio stations in Colorado

NPR member stations in the state of Colorado

Colorado Public Radio News stations	Boulder KCFC Craig KPYR Denver KCFR-FM Grand Junction KPRN Montrose KPRH Pueblo KKPC Vail KPRE

Colorado Public Radio Classical stations	Carbondale KVOV Delta KPRU Denver KVOD Pueblo KCFP

Colorado Public Radio OpenAir stations	Fort Collins KVXQ Greenwood Village-Denver KVOQ-FM

KRCC stations	Colorado Springs KRCC La Junta KECC Starkville KCCS

KUVO stations	Denver KUVO Vail KVJZ

KUNC stations	Greeley KUNC Estes Park KENC Minturn KVNC Steamboat Springs KRNC

Other stations	Alamosa KRZA Aspen KAJX Carbondale KCJX Carbondale KDNK Cortez KSJD Crested Butte KBUT Ignacio KSUT Ignacio KUTE Manitou Springs KCME Montrose KVMT Paonia KVNF Telluride KOTO

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Colorado

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