KQSC

For the Santa Barbara, California radio station that held the call sign KQSC at 88.7 FM from 2004 to 2014, see KDRW.

KQSC
City	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Broadcast area	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Branding	Mountain Country 107.3 & 1530
Frequency	1530 kHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	107.3 K297BQ (Fountain)
First air date	1964 (as KXXV)
Format	Country
Power	15,000 watts day 1,000 watts critical hours 15 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	33731
Transmitter coordinates	38°49′8″N 104°46′32″W / 38.81889°N 104.77556°W / 38.81889; -104.77556
Former callsigns	KXXV (1964-1979) KKCS (1979-1982) KCMN (1982-2015) KKHI (2/2015-10/2015)
Owner	Mountain Radio Group (Kona Coast Radio, LLC)
Sister stations	KFVR-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	mymountaincountry.com

KQSC (1530 AM) is a radio station licensed to broadcast from Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, with a power of 15,000 watts, and can be heard by day from the outskirts of Denver to the state's border with New Mexico.^[1]

In August 2006, Don Crawford Jr. bought the then-KCMN and a sister station, KCBR, from his father's radio company, Crawford Broadcasting, for an undisclosed amount (formally, KCMN was purchased by a new company called DJR Broadcasting, owned by Crawford). The new owner said that the formats and staffing would stay the same at the stations. Crawford had begun working at Crawford Broadcasting in 1989, and had been a regional manager since 1994, responsible for the company's stations in Colorado Springs, Denver, Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Following the purchase, Crawford was to continue to manage KAAM in Dallas, which continues to run a "Legends" adult standards format similar to KCMN's former format.^[2]

Beginning in 2007, the station began broadcasting in HD Radio format.^[3]

In 2012, DJR Broadcasting sold KCMN (along with sister station KCBR) to the locally owned Pueblo Radio Group. PRG flipped KCMN from "Legends 1530" to an oldies format, even though KCMN added Classic Top 40/Oldies titles from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s under the ownerships of Crawford Sr. and Jr.

On February 5, 2015, KCMN changed their call letters to KKHI.

On March 18, 2015, Kona Coast Radio closed on their acquisition of KKHI at a price of $200,000. Following the acquisition, KKHI went silent. On October 16, 2015, the station changed their call sign to KQSC.

On January 1, 2016 KQSC has flipped to a country music format called Mountain Country 1530.^[4]

References

↑ "Father Sells Sons Two Radio Stations", KCBR News, July 31, 2006
↑ Andrew Wineke, "Son buys KCMN and KCBR from father", The Gazette (Colorado Springs), August 2, 2006
↑ Andrew Wineke, "KRCC Jumps on Next Wave of HD Radio Capabilities: Station's 2 New Digital Subchannels Will Add to Offerings", The Gazette (Colorado Springs), December 2, 2007
↑ "Mountain Country Debuts In Colorado Springs". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2016-02-25.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KQSC

Radio-Locator Information on KQSC

Radio stations in the Colorado Springs Market

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NOAA Weather Radio	162.475

By callsign	KAFA-FM KATC-FM KAVA KBIQ KCBR KCCY KCCY-FM KCEG KCME KCSF KCSJ KDZA-FM KEPC KFCS KFEL KGFT KIBT KILO KJME KKFM KKLI KKMG KKPC KKPK KPHT KQSC KRCC KRDO KRDO-FM KRLN KRXP KSTY KTLC KTLF KTPL KVOR KVUU KWRP KXRE KZNT WXM56

Nearby radio markets Denver–Boulder 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

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