| City of license | Monument, Colorado |
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| Broadcast area | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Frequency | 1040 kHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Format | Christian Talk |
| Power | 15,000 watts (day) 2,000 watts (critical hours) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 10846 |
| Owner | DJR Broadcasting |
| Website | http://www.1040kcbr.com |
KCBR (1040 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian Talk format. It is licensed to broadcast from Monument, Colorado, 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]
The station first signed on back in 1986 as KKRE; broadcasting a Christian Adult Contempoary format and was a handful of stations at the time that did an all Christian music format. The studio was located in Monument during its early years. In late 1988 after losing too much money, KKRE flipped to a Business News/Talk format via the Colorado Springs based network at the time BRN (Business Radio Network). KKRE would later change its call letters to KCBR (originally standing for "Colorado's Business Radio") that would reflect the Business format on the station. In 1991 after BRN switched its flagship affilated station, KCBR went dark. By 1992 under the ownership of the owners of KCMN at the time (and one of the Country's first duopolys) KCBR returned to the air with Combnation format of Christian Talk and Christian AC, and the call letters now stood for for "Colorado's K-Bright." KCBR ran Christian teaching and talk program during the morning hours and played Christian Music in the afternoons and Weekends. With the sign on of KBIQ on the FM band KCBR gradually phased out the music. In the late 1990's KCBR along with KCMN were sold to Crawford Broadcating Company. Crawford soon adopted the nickname "Victory Radio" for KCBR.
In August 2006, Don Crawford Jr. son of Crawford Broadcasting owner Don Crawford Sr. bought KCBR and KCMN, for an undisclosed amount. (Formally, KCBR 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 Jr. 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.[2]
Beginning in 2007, the station began broadcasting in HD Radio format.[3]
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