KRDO-FM
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| City of license | Security, Colorado |
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| Broadcast area | Colorado Springs area |
| Branding | Newsradio |
| Frequency | 105.5 MHz |
| Format | News Talk Information |
| Audience share | 1.1, #19 (Fa'07, R&R[1]) |
| ERP | 1,600 watts |
| HAAT | 682.0 meters |
| Class | C2 |
| Facility ID | 50402 |
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| Former callsigns | KWYD-FM (1973-1989) KBZE (1989-1991) KHII (1991-1996) KSKX (1996-2006) |
| Affiliations | ABC Radio , ESPN Radio, Westwood One |
| Owner | Optima Communications, Inc. |
| Website | krdo.com |
KRDO-FM (105.5 FM) is a News/Talk radio station simulcast on KRDO 1240 and based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The format complements KRDO-TV's news broadcasts. It is owned by Optima Communcations and operated by the News-Press & Gazette Company of St. Joseph, Missouri under a lease marketing agreement.
Throughout the day, KRDO carries syndicated talk show hosts Dave Ramsey and Dr. Laura Schlessinger, news commentator Paul Harvey, and Sporting News Radio.
[edit] History
105.5 signed on in the early 1970s as KWYD-FM. For the first few years KWYD broadcast a country music format before flipping to a Christian radio format in 1975 which was a combination of brokered teaching and talk programming mixed in with music, news and information. In 1989 KWYD was sold to Optima Communications which flipped the station to a NAC/Smooth Jazz format as KBZE, using the on-air moniker "The Breeze."
Two years later, the call letters and format were changed again. It became a country station with the call KHII, using the on-air handle "K-High." Optima Communications entered into a time brokerage agreement with Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company in 1993, and although it switched programing feeds it remained a country music format station until the fall of 1996 when Pike's Peak Broadcasting Company flipped the station back to a smooth jazz format. This time it was called Sax 105.5 and adopted the KSKX call letters. The station remained smooth jazz until News Press & Gazette launched its News/Talk Radio format in August 2006. KRDO (1240 AM) is a News/Talk radio station simulcasted KRDO-FM 105.5 and based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The format complements KRDO-TV's news broadcasts. KRDO is owned and operated by the News-Press & Gazette Company of St. Joseph, Missouri.
The station was renamed in 2007 from Newschannel FM 105.5 AM 1240 to KRDO Newsradio FM 105.5 AM 1240.
[edit] References
- ^ "Colorado Springs Market Ratings", Radio and Records.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KRDO-FM
- Radio Locator information on KRDO-FM
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KRDO-FM
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