KXRE

KXRE (1490 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a Public; Adult Album Alternative radio format simulcasting sister station, 102.3 FM KVOQ, Denver. Licensed to Manitou Springs, Colorado, the station serves the Colorado Springs radio market. The station is currently owned by Colorado Public Radio, through licensee Public Broadcasting of Colorado, Inc.[1]

KXRE
Simulcasts KVOQ, Denver
CityManitou Springs, Colorado
Broadcast areaColorado Springs area
Frequency1490 kHz
BrandingIndie 102.3
Programming
FormatPublic; Adult Album Alternative
(KVOQ simulcast)
Ownership
OwnerColorado Public Radio
(Public Broadcasting of Colorado, Inc.)
KVOQ (FM)
History
Former call signs
KCMS (1956–1970)
KEDI (1970–1974)
KIIQ (1974-1984)
KIKX (1984-1987)
KRYN (1987-1988)
Technical information
Facility ID54258
ClassC
Power500 watts day
1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
38°51′43″N 104°55′32″W
Translator(s)See § Translators
Links
WebcastListen live
WebsiteIndie 102.3

KXRE is also heard on two FM translator stations: 180 watt 98.5 K253AH in Colorado Springs and 99 watt 102.1 K271CK in Manitou Springs.

History

1490 signed on in Manitou Springs in November 1956 as KCMS, the simulcast partner of KCMS-FM 102.7, which had signed on three years earlier.[2]

In early 1970, Edmonds sold KCMS-AM-FM to a group of retired Air Force officers doing business as the Black Forest Development Company. Black Forest took the AM station into an "information and education" format, taking the call letters KEDI. KEDI-KCMS was sold in 1974 and the stations became KIIQ-AM-FM. Wiskes/Abaris Communications acquired KIIQ-AM-FM in October 1979.

The station changed its call letters to KIKX on September 15, 1984 to match its then sister station. In 1987, Wiskes/Abaris sold off KIKX-AM and became a stand alone station as KRYN on September 17, 1987, broadcasting an Adult Standards format. KRYN became KXRE on February 1, 1989, [3] broadcasting an Adult Contemporary Christian format. KXRE was a continuation of crosstown KKRE which was Christian AC from 1986 until 1988. After 1990, KXRE would go through several ownership and format changes, but would keep the KXRE calls.

In December 2016, Colorado Public Radio agreed to pay then owner Latino Communications $550,000 for KXRE and FM translator K271CK (102.1 FM). KXRE began broadcasting CPR's NPR/news format, originating from KCFR-FM in Denver, in April 2017.[4]

On April 2, 2020, KXRE began simulcasting the AAA format of sister station KVOQ in Denver. With the switch, KVOQ's format now had complete coverage of the Front Range from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs.[5]

Colorado Public Radio and Pikes Peak Community College announced that in early-2022, CPR's "Indie 102.3" format would move to KEPC 89.7 FM and its Pueblo translator at 93.3 FM. KEPC's "Maximum Variety" format will move to KXRE and become "Xtra Music 102.1."[6]

Translators
Broadcast translators of KXRE
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseFacility
ID		ERP
(W)		Height
(m (ft))		Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
K271CK102.1Manitou Springs, Colorado14216899−491 m (−1,611 ft)38°51′43″N 104°55′32″WFCC LMS

References
  1. "KXRE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "1959 Broadcasting Yearbook" (PDF). 1959. p. B-122. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  3. "KXRE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. "Colorado Public Radio buying two Colorado Springs stations". Colorado Springs Gazette, January 12, 2017.
  5. https://radioinsight.com/headlines/185785/indie-102-3-expands-to-colorado-springs/
  6. https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/a-radio-station-swap-in-colorado-springs


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