| City of license | Broomfield, Colorado |
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| Broadcast area | Denver-Boulder-Longmont and Northern Colorado |
| Branding | 92.5 The Wolf |
| Slogan | Denver's Wolf Country Playing the Most Music. Period. |
| Frequency |
HD2: Classic Country HD3: All-news |
| First air date | 1967 |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 57,000 watts |
| HAAT | 377 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 59972 |
| Callsign meaning | K WOlF |
| Former callsigns | KYOU (1984-1989) KDHT (1989-1993) KZDG (1993-1996) KVOD (1996-1999) KDJM (1999-2005) KLWL (2005-2006) KWLI (2006-2009) |
| Owner | Wilks Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | KIMN, KXKL |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 925thewolf.com |
KWOF is a commercial radio station located in Denver, transmitting from Broomfield, Colorado, broadcasting to the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area on 92.5 FM. KWOF airs a country music format branded as "The Wolf". It is currently under ownership of Wilks Broadcasting, which has bought the entire Denver radio cluster (including KWOF) from CBS Radio in 2008.[1]
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The station was originally licensed to Greeley, Colorado before being moved to Broomfield. Prior to February 1989, it broadcasted a hybrid country/country-rock format under the call letters KYOU. The calls changed to KDHT on February 17, 1989, and under the programming leadership of Ira Gordon, KDHT became one of the earliest folk/americana/AAA hybrids.
On January 1, 1993, APB Broadcasting reached a deal to sell the station to Premiere Radio Networks for $3.5 Million. Premiere would change the format to New Country as KZDG, "Big Dog 92.5", and then to "Z 92.5".
On March 13, 1996, at midnight, KZDG became the home to Denver's classical music station KVOD (the actual call letters would be adopted on March 22). The format was formerly at the 99.5 frequency until it was sold from Henry Broadcasting (it is currently owned by Entercom). Tribune reached a deal with Chancellor media to move KVOD over to their newly acquired 92.5 frequency.
In May 1999, Chancellor Media moved KVOD's classical format to 1280 AM. With the emergence of urban oldies stations in markets such as Chicago, Fresno, and Los Angeles, as well as having a diverse ethnic population that the format caters to (Hispanics and African-Americans), Chancellor decided to launch the format in Denver as "Jammin 92-5", with new call letters KDJM adopted on June 25, 1999. The "Jammin' Oldies" format consisted of Classic Soul, Disco and R&B tunes. Core artists included Marvin Gaye, The Gap Band, Prince, Isley Brothers, Michael Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Teena Marie, Earth, Wind & Fire and Chaka Kahn. The station was acquired by AMFM, which was formed under the merge of Chancellor and Evergreen Communications.
In 2000, Clear Channel merged with AMFM. This resulted in the sale of the station to meet ownership rules according to the FCC. KDJM was sold to Infinity Broadcasting, along with KXKL and KIMN. Under Infinity Broadcasting, the station was known as "Jammin Oldies & More" with a broader playlist consisting of newer R&B music, but still retaining Old school. The station became a CBS Radio-owned and operated station with the renaming of Infinity in 2005.
While the station was a success for over 6 years, the station suffered low ratings later in its life because of poor promotion and marketing. On December 14, 2005, the station began stunting with Christmas greetings from soldiers stationed overseas to their families back home. On December 15 at 9 AM, CBS decided to bring the country format back as "Willie 92.5" and the slogan "Wide Open Country". The station played an eclectic mix of old and new Country western music. The call letters were briefly changed to KLWL on December 21, and then to KWLI on January 12, 2006. The rhythmic oldies format would be revived in September 2010 on KJHM (101.5).
In late 2006, the station was renamed "92.5 The Wolf" and began focusing on newer country artists. The former format was moved to KWLI's HD Radio 2 signal.
On March 6, 2009, 92.5 The Wolf changed its call letters from KWLI-FM to KWOF-FM after being acquired by Wilks Broadcasting.
92.5 The Wolf plays current country music. The station also provides two HD radio subchannels: 92.5-HD2 "Willie 92.5" which plays Classic Country, and 92.5-HD3 "Denver's NewsRadio 92.5". The current weekday DJ line-up is: Jonathan Wilde in the Morning: 5-9am, Brooke Diaz: 10am-2pm, Captain Lee: 2-7pm, & CMT Radio Live with Cody Allen: 7pm-Midnight.
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