KYGO-FM

KYGO-FM

City	Denver, Colorado
Broadcast area	Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area
Branding	98-5 KYGO
Slogan	Denver's New #1 for New Country
Frequency	98.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1953 (as KFML)
Format	Country music
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	Bonneville International Corporation
Sister stations	KEPN, KOSI, KKFN
Webcast	Listen Live Player
Website	kygo.com

KYGO-FM is a country music radio station in Denver, Colorado. The Bonneville International outlet operates at 98.5 MHz with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100 kW. Its studios are located in Greenwood Village, and the transmitter is on Squaw Mountain near Evergreen.

KYGO-FM is Colorado's secondary (LP-2) Emergency Alert System station. KOA is the primary (LP-1) station.

KYGO-FM broadcasts in HD.^[1]

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 2006, as part of Lincoln Financial's acquisition of Jefferson-Pilot (including the J-P media properties), KYGO would become a Lincoln Financial Media station.

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.^[2]

On December 8, 2014, Entercom announced they would purchase Lincoln Financial Group's entire 15-station lineup (including KYGO) in a $106.5 million deal, and operated the outlets under a LMA deal. On December 22, 2014, Entercom announced that it will retain KYGO and its current format.^[3] The FCC approved the deal on June 26, 2015.^[4] However, on July 14, 2015, the Department of Justice forced Entercom to spin off KYGO, KOSI, KKFN and KEPN to Bonneville International in exchange for Bonneville's KSWD in Los Angeles to meet ownership limits. Both Bonneville and Entercom began operating their new clusters via Time Brokerage Agreements on July 17, 2015 until the transaction was consummated on November 24, 2015.^[5]

References

↑ http://www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=71
↑ "2007 Industry Achievement Awards". Radio and Records. September 28, 2008.
↑ "Entercom Acquires Lincoln Financial Media" from Radio Insight (December 8, 2014)
↑ "FCC OKs Lincoln Financial-Entercom Deal" from All Access (June 26, 2015)
↑ https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/93470/fcc-approves-entercom-acquisition-of-lincoln-financial-media/

External links

98.5 KYGO's website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KYGO

Radio-Locator information on KYGO

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

Country radio stations in the state of Colorado

Stations:	KALQ-FM – Alamosa KATC-FM – Colorado Springs KATR-FM – Otis KBCR-FM – Steamboat Springs KBVC – Buena Vista KBWZ – Steamboat Springs KCCY-FM – Pueblo KCEG – Fountain KCGC – Merino KCRT – Trinidad KCSF – Colorado Springs KEKB – Fruita KFWA – Weldona KIQN - Colorado City KISZ-FM – Cortez KKVM – Vail KKXK – Montrose KLMR – Lamar KMOZ-FM – Grand Junction KMTS – Glenwood Springs KNAB – Burlington KNAB-FM – Burlington KNNG – Sterling KPKE – Gunnison KQSC - Colorado Springs KRAI – Craig KRKY – Granby KRSJ – Durango KRYD – Norwood KSLV – Monte Vista KSPK-FM – Walsenburg KSTY – Canon City KTHN – La Junta KUAD-FM – Windsor KUBC – Montrose KVAY – Lamar KWGL – Ouray KWOF – Broomfield KWUF – Pagosa Springs KYDN – Monte Vista KYGO-FM – Denver

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

Bonneville International

Radio stations	KEPN KIRO KIRO-FM KKFN KMVP KMVP-FM KOSI KRSP-FM KSFI KSL-AM-FM KTAR KTAR-FM KTTH KYGO-FM

Television stations	KSL-TV (NBC) KJZZ-TV§

^§ Operated by KSL, owned by Larry H. Miller Communications. See also: BYU Broadcasting

Coordinates: 39°40′34″N 105°29′10″W / 39.676°N 105.486°W / 39.676; -105.486

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