KVOQ-FM

KVOQ-FM

City	Greenwood Village, Colorado
Broadcast area	Denver, Colorado
Branding	102.3 FM Open Air Radio
Slogan	New Music From Colorado Public Radio
Frequency	102.3 MHz
Repeater(s)	102.3 KVOQ-FM2 (Boulder)
First air date	1996 (as KAGM)
Format	Public; Adult album alternative
Language(s)	English
ERP	1,000 watts
HAAT	238 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	37028
Transmitter coordinates	39°43′59″N 105°14′10″W / 39.73306°N 105.23611°W / 39.73306; -105.23611Coordinates: 39°43′59″N 105°14′10″W / 39.73306°N 105.23611°W / 39.73306; -105.23611
Former callsigns	KAGM (1992-2005) KJEB (3/2005-11/2005) KCUV-FM (2005-2006) KCUV (2006-2010) KDSP (2010-2015)
Affiliations	NPR
Owner	Colorado Public Radio (Public Broadcasting of Colorado, Inc.)
Website	Open Air at 102.3

KVOQ-FM (102.3 FM) is a non-commercial radio station located in Denver, Colorado, at 102.3 FM and broadcasts a Public radio format under the ownership of Colorado Public Radio.

Station history

KCUV (as the station was previously known) originally began on 1510 AM, and moved to the 102.3 FM signal in 2005, replacing the former KAGM (licensed to Strasburg, Colorado) that aired a contemporary country format for many years. The station's city of license was moved to the Denver suburb of Greenwood Village.

KCUV featured a very large and diverse playlist, including a mix of rhythm and blues, classic rock, folk, alternative, modern rock, and blues and soul. The station's lineup included "KCUV's Live From Ebbets Field," a concert show featuring live, intimate performances from the best bands performing at Chuck Morris' Ebbets Field concert club in downtown Denver. KCUV also periodically had CD releases of "Live From Ebbets Field" performances in cooperation with Chuck Morris and Listen Up, with proceeds going to the Morgan Adams Foundation.

On September 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM, KCUV ended broadcasting and became a simulcast of sister station KJAC (licensed to Timnath, Colorado), which aired the Jack FM-branded adult hits format (the first United States radio station to be so branded). The simulcast gave KJAC better coverage in the Denver area.

In the Summer of 2010, after KCUV and KJAC were purchased by Moreland Properties, LLC, from NRC Broadcasting, KCUV dropped the Jack FM simulcast and began stunting. The Denver Post revealed in a July 15, 2010 report that KCUV would be adopting an all-sports format under the new call sign of KDSP, which would make it the 4th all-sports station in the Denver market.^[1] The format was scheduled to launch on July 26, 2010, and confirmed talent on the station include longtime KCNC and KEPN personalities Vic Lombardi and Gary Miller in an expected 7-9AM weekday slot.^[2]^[3]

On July 26, 2010, The Denver Post is reporting that the sports format originally set to take place on KDSP will make a last minute switch to another Denver station at 87.7 FM.^[4]

On July 27, 2010, KDSP changed their format to ESPN Deportes.

In May 2010, the station was sold to Front Range Sports Network, LLC.^[5] In June 2011, Front Range Sports sold translator K245AD (licensed to Arvada, Colorado) to media investor Chuck Lontine.

On March 31, 2011, KXDP-LP and KDSP switched formats and titles, with KXDP-LP becoming the ESPN Deportes affiliate and KDSP becoming 102.3 The Ticket. On January 1, 2012, KDSP became an ESPN Radio affiliate.^[6]

On January 5, 2015, Colorado Public Radio acquired KDSP and converted it to non-commercial status as a simulcast of AM sister KVOQ's "Open Air" Adult Album Alternative format on January 27. The purchase was consummated on April 29, 2015 at a price of $5.75 million. Former sister station KJAC/Fort Collins continued airing the ESPN Radio format until December of that year, when that station was sold to Community Radio for Northern Colorado and flipped it to a non-commercial AAA format.^[7]

References

↑ Saunders, Dusty (July 15, 2010). "Shakeup in Denver sports talk radio, FM dial has new station". The Denver Post.
↑ "Dealin' Doug Moreland talks about KDSP, new sports-talk station debuting next week", from Westword, 7/21/2010
↑ "Vic Lombardi on making the jump from ESPN Radio to the new KDSP", from Westword, 7/23/2010
↑ Dusty Saunders: New names, dial places for Denver's sports-talk radio
↑ "KDSP Ownership Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
↑ Denver Business Journal (March 27, 2011). "ESPN Radio switching from The Fan to The Ticket". Retrieved 2011-04-04.
↑ "Colorado Public Radio Acquires ESPN 102.3 Denver" from Radio Insight (January 5, 2015)

External links

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Radio-Locator information on KVOQ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KVOQ

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

NPR member stations in the state of Colorado

Colorado Public Radio News stations	Boulder KCFC Craig KPYR Denver KCFR-FM Grand Junction KPRN Montrose KPRH Pueblo KKPC Vail KPRE

Colorado Public Radio Classical stations	Carbondale KVOV Delta KPRU Denver KVOD Pueblo KCFP

Colorado Public Radio OpenAir stations	Fort Collins KVXQ Greenwood Village-Denver KVOQ-FM

KRCC stations	Colorado Springs KRCC La Junta KECC Starkville KCCS

KUVO stations	Denver KUVO Vail KVJZ

KUNC stations	Greeley KUNC Estes Park KENC Minturn KVNC Steamboat Springs KRNC

Other stations	Alamosa KRZA Aspen KAJX Carbondale KCJX Carbondale KDNK Cortez KSJD Crested Butte KBUT Ignacio KSUT Ignacio KUTE Manitou Springs KCME Montrose KVMT Paonia KVNF Telluride KOTO

See also List of NPR stations

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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