KYGO-FM

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KYGO
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City of license Denver, Colorado
Broadcast area Denver, Colorado
Branding "98.5 KYGO"
Frequency 98.5 (MHz)
Format Country music
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 555 meters
Class C
Facility ID 30829
Callsign meaning Pronounced "Why Go"
Owner Lincoln Financial Group
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.kygo.com

KYGO is a very successful Country music station in Denver, Colorado. The Lincoln Financial Media outlet operates at 98.5 MHz with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100 kW. The lineup includes the morning show: Kelly and Mudflap, JoJo, "Professor" Paul Donovan in middays, Craig "Catfish" Hunter in the afternoon. and Flip in the evening. Joel Burke is the program director and Garret Doll is music director and morning show producer. KYGO Is the Primary Emergency Alert System activation station for Colorado.

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[edit] History

The station signed on the air in 1960 as KFML, but would later adopt the KIMN calls in 1979, of which they would drop six months later to go Country and pick up the KYGO calls.

In June 2007 Lincoln announced that would put its television and radio stations up for sale. KYGO, along with its sister stations in Denver, is among the properties being shopped around by Lincoln.

[edit] Awards

In 2007, the station was named Country music station of the year in a top 25 market by Radio & Records magazine. Other nominees included WUSN Chicago, WYCD Detroit, KEEY-FM Minneapolis, WXTU Philadelphia, and KSON-FM San Diego.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "2007 Industry Achievement Awards", Radio and Records, Sept 28, 2008. 

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