KBNO (AM)

KBNO
City	Denver, Colorado
Broadcast area	Denver-Boulder
Branding	Que Bueno
Frequency	1280 kHz
First air date	June, 1948
Format	Regional Mexican
Power	5,000 watts fulltime
Class	B
Facility ID	59956
Transmitter coordinates	39°36′5″N 104°58′48″W / 39.60139°N 104.98000°W / 39.60139; -104.98000
Former callsigns	KTLN (1948-1969) KTLK (1969-1981) KBRQ (1981-1987) KXKL(1987-1996) KRRF (1996-4/1999) KEXX (4/1999-5/1999) KXKL (5/1999-6/1999) KVOD (1999-2001)
Owner	Latino Communications, LLC.
Website	KBNO Website

KBNO (1280 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Denver, Colorado, USA, it serves the Denver-Boulder area. The station is currently owned by Latino Communications, LLC.

History

KBNO signed on May 16, 1948, as KTLN on 990 kHz. It was owned by Alfred M. Landon, former governor of Kansas.^[1] It moved to 1150 kHz in 1951. It moved to its current frequency in 1954.

In 1981, the station joined in a long-term simulcast with then-sister station KBRQ (including its flip to oldies in 1987), which would last until August 1, 1996, when 1280 flipped to a talk format as "Ralph 1280" (which would later be renamed "1280 The X").^[2] On March 21, 1999, the station returned to a simulcast with now-KXKL.^[3] Two months later, 1280 became the third home of Denver's heritage classical station KVOD.^[4]

In September 2000, Latino Communications, owned by Zee Ferrufino, bought KVOD from Clear Channel for a reported $3.3 million. Ferrufino announced plans to rename the station to KBNO (which was formerly on 1220 AM), and said that he planned to rehire numerous former KBNO personalities to play what he called "Mexican regional music," among other styles.^[5]^[6]^[7] The following month, Colorado Public Radio acquired the KVOD intellectual properties, call letters and music library (the deal would be completed in March 2001).^[8]^[9] KVOD would cease independent operations after 43 years on December 15, 2000.^[10] CPR then moved the classical format to 90.1 FM.

References

↑ "KTLN Takes the Air" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 24, 1948. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
↑ https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67789006.html
↑ https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67476910.html
↑ https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67483465.html
↑ Michael Roberts, The Missing Linc: Who on earth would want to work at the News these days? Bernie Lincicome, for one.", Denver Westword, October 12, 2000
↑ https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-81027153.html
↑ https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-81070246.html
↑ https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-81071361.html
↑ https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-72098713.html
↑ https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67624066.html

Original call letters and planned debut date

Date of call letter change to KTLK: July 1, 1969

External links

FCC History Cards for KBNO

Query the FCC's AM station database for KBNO

Radio-Locator Information on KBNO

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KBNO

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 94.1 94.3 94.7 95.7 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.5 99.5 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.3 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9 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 KVCU KVOD KVOQ-FM KWOF KXKL KXPK KXGR KXWA KYGO-FM WNG550 WXJ45

Defunct	KBUD (93.7 FM)

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

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