KBCO
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| City of license | Boulder, Colorado |
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| Broadcast area | Denver/Boulder, Colorado |
| Slogan | World Class Rock |
| First air date | Around 1950 as KFEL-FM |
| Frequency | 97.3 MHz |
| Format | Adult album alternative |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | Boulder, CO (KBCO's city of license.) |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Website | www.kbcoradio.com |
KBCO-FM is an adult album alternative radio station licensed to Boulder, Colorado and serves the Denver-Boulder area. The station's format is an eclectic variety of blues, reggae, folk, pop, and rock from the late-1960s to the present, which they call "world class rock".
The Clear Channel Communications outlet broadcasts at 97.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100 kW. Studios are located on the well-known Pearl Street in Boulder. The current weekday on-air line-up at KBCO: 5:30–10 a.m. Bret Saunders and Robin Hart, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Ginger, 3 p.m.–7 p.m. Keefer, 7 p.m.–12 midnight Marcus.
Scott Arbough, who started as a part time DJ at KBCO in 1985, is the current Program Director.
[edit] History
KBCO, whose slogan is "World Class Rock," has been in the adult rock format since its sign on in June 1977 and has attracted a loyal following ever since. KBCO has been rated #1 in the Denver-Boulder Arbitron ratings with listeners 12+ years old several times (first in 1988). KBCO is often rated #1 with its target audience 25–54 year old adults. The call letters stand for Boulder, CO. KBCO's change of ownership to Clear Channel has resulted in a tightening of the formerly unpredictable format, and KBCO DJs no longer have control over any of the tracks they play except during special features. The format has evolved more in the direction of Adult Contemporary Rock with a high Classic Rock component compared to the pre-Clear Channel format.
In 1988, KBCO Studio C was born with a performance by Melissa Etheridge in a hallway. The studio has since upgraded and many artists in Colorado for a concert tour or promotion tour stops by to play live on the radio. The station releases a CD every year in late November or early December with the best or most memorable Studio C performances. The CDs sell out in a matter of hours and all proceeds from the album are donated to charity. The 2005 disc was KBCO Studio C - Volume 17. Two retrospective CDs have been released combining the best of the previous CDs and a couple of unreleased songs. In 2005, the station debuted a HD channel playing only songs recorded in Studio C.
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| FM Radio Stations in the Denver Market (Arbitron #22) |
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Denver/Boulder area: KRMA 87.7¹ | KFDN 88.1 | KGNU 88.5 | KUVO 89.3 | KVOD 90.1 | KGUD 90.7 | KLDV 91.1 | KJMN 92.1 | KWLI 92.5 | KTCL 93.3 | KRKS 94.7 | KPTT 95.7 | KXPK 96.5 | KBCO 97.3 | KYGO 98.5 | KQMT 99.5 | KIMN 100.3 | KOSI 101.1 | KTNI 101.5 | KCUV 102.3 | KRFX 103.5 | KJCD 104.3 | KXKL 105.1 | KALC 105.9 | KBPI 106.7 | KSYY 107.1 | KQKS 107.5 | |
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Fort Collins/Loveland/Greeley signals:KLHV 88.3 | KRFC 88.9 | KXWA 89.7 | KCSU 90.5 | KUNC 91.5 | KKQZ 94.3 | KRPX 95.3 | KSME 96.1 | KQLF 97.9 | KUAD 99.1 | KKPL 99.9 | KOLZ 100.7 | KXDC 102.1 | KTRR 102.5 | KARS 102.9 | KJAC 105.5 | KPAW 107.9 |
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Colorado Springs/Pueblo signals:KTPL 88.3 | KCME 88.7/K215CB 90.9 | KTSC 89.5 | KEPC 89.7 | KTLF 90.5/K290AK 105.9 | KRCC 91.5/K211AW 90.1 | KCFP 91.9 | KKPK 92.9 | KILO 94.3 | KATC 95.1 | KPHT 95.5 | KIBT 96.1 | KCCY 96.9 | KKFM 98.1 | KKMG 98.9 | KVUU 99.9 | KGFT 100.7 | KGDQ 101.9 | KBIQ 102.7 | KTPJ 103.5 | KYZX 103.9 | KKCS 104.5 | KRDO 105.5 | KKLI 106.3 | KNKN 106.9 | KDZA 107.9 |
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¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (PBS) |
