KXKL-FM

KXKL-FM

City	Denver, Colorado
Broadcast area	Denver-Boulder-Longmont
Branding	KOOL 105
Slogan	Denver's Greatest Hits
Frequency	105.1 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	December 1, 1956 (as KTGM)
Format	Classic Hits HD2: KWOF simulcast HD3: 50s-60s Oldies
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	356 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	59599
Callsign meaning	K X KooL
Former callsigns	KTGM (1956-1969) KADX (1969-1982) KBRQ-FM (1982-1987)
Owner	Stan Kroenke (KSE Radio Ventures, LLC)
Sister stations	KIMN, KKSE, KWOF
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kool105.com

KXKL-FM (105.1 FM, KOOL 105) is a Classic Hits station serving the Denver-Boulder area. This station is licensed to Denver, Colorado and broadcasts at 105.1 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW and is under ownership of Stan Kroenke's KSE Radio Ventures. Its studios are located on Colorado Boulevard in Glendale, and the transmitter is located near Mount Lindo west of Littleton.

History

The station first signed on the air in 1956 with the call letters KTGM with a MOR/Beautiful Music format, under the ownership of Good Music Associates. The station was acquired by Sound Corporation of Colorado in 1968, and changed call letters to KADX that same year. As KADX, the station had a MOR format that continued until it was sold to Columbine Broadcasting in 1973, who then flipped it to Jazz that same year. By 1978, it was sold again to Welcome Radio, but kept the Jazz format intact. By 1981, Great Empire Broadcasting added KADX to its portfolio, but would flip the station to Country in 1982 and take the call letters KBRQ, simulcasting its AM sister at 1280. During its tenure and through its numerous ownerships, the station, formats, signal, and its ratings, went unnoticed.

By July 1987, KBRQ would switch formats to Oldies and changed call letters to KXKL under the ownership of Shamrock Communications. The format was also simulcast for the next 9 years on 1280 AM. After several ownership changes during the 1990s and 2000s, including Chancellor Media, AM/FM, and Infinity/CBS Radio, Wilks Broadcasting acquired the station in 2008, along with sister stations KIMN and KWOF.^[1] KXKL continues the Classic Hits format today, playing music from the 1970s, 1980s, and the 1990s.

An established Denver tradition is the annual KOOL Concert, featuring live performances from artists from the genre ranging from Earth, Wind & Fire to Huey Lewis & The News.

On October 12, 2015, Kroenke Sports Enterprises, owned by Altitude Sports and Entertainment founder Stan Kroenke, announce they would acquire Wilks Broadcasting's Denver properties, including KXKL-FM, Country KWOF, and Adult Top 40 KIMN. Once the sale was approved by the FCC, KSE was expected to flip one of the three outlets to Sports, which could see the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, and Colorado Rapids moving from its current home in Denver, which is KKFN.^[2] The transaction was consummated on December 31, 2015, at a purchase price of $54 million.

HD channels

KXKL-HD2 simulcasts sister station KWOF, which airs a Country format.
KXKL-HD3 plays an oldies format of the 1950s and 1960s, similar to the format KXKL adopted upon their original sign-on.

References

↑ CBS to sell three Denver radio stations to Wilks Broadcasting for $19.5 Mln cash - Update - RTTNews (released December 22, 2008)
↑ "Kroenke Sports Acquires Wilks' Denver Stations" from Radio Insight (October 12, 2015)

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KXKL

Radio-Locator information on KXKL

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KXKL

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 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 KVAM♦ 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

Classic Hits radio stations in Colorado

By frequency	1400 1440 93.5 95.5 97.5 98.1 101.5 104.7 105.1 105.3

By callsign	KAYW KFTM KGJX KKVM KPHT KRDZ KTND KWUZ KXKL-FM KZKS

By city	Aspen Denver Fort Morgan Fruita Meeker Poncha Springs Rifle Rocky Ford Vail Wray

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

Coordinates: 39°36′00″N 105°12′36″W / 39.600°N 105.210°W / 39.600; -105.210

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