KDCO (AM)

KDCO
City of license	Denver, Colorado
Branding	Mile High Sports
Frequency	1340 kHz
First air date	1940 (as KMYR)
Format	Sports
Power	1,000 watts
Class	C
Facility ID	34585
Callsign meaning	K Denver COlorado
Former callsigns	KMYR (1940-1956) KDEN (1956-1993) KKYD (1993-2001) KCFR (2001-2011) KVOQ (2011-2015)
Affiliations	Yahoo! Sports Radio
Owner	Victor Michael, Jr. (Cedar Cove Broadcasting, Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	milehighsports.com

KDCO (1340 AM) is a radio station licensed to Denver, Colorado. The station is owned by Victor Michael, Jr., through licensee Cedar Cove Broadcasting, Inc., and airs a sports format, branded as "Mile High Sports".

The station was launched by Frederick W. Meyer, a wholesale grocer, in 1940 as KMYR with 250 watts of power.^[1] The station's sale in 1956 brought a call letter change to KDEN. In December 1993, after an eight-month period off the air 1340 AM became KKYD "Radio AAHS", the Denver outlet of the first nationwide network of radio programs for children. The downfall of Radio AAHS came when the Walt Disney Company established a competitor, Radio Disney. After the sign-off of Radio AAHS in January 1998, Children's Broadcasting Corporation needed programming for the network of stations until it could find buyers. KKYD and the other nine CBC-owned and operated Radio AAHS affiliates became an outlet for "Beat Radio", which broadcast electronic dance music 12 hours a night until late October 1998. KKYD then switched to a religious format, which it aired until sale from Catholic Radio Network to Colorado Public Radio. The announcement of CPR's purchase February 9, 2001, also mentioned plans to convert the station from commercial to non-commercial status.^[2]

In 1999, CPR acquired the then-classical station KVOD-AM 1280. In 2001, KVOD replaced KCFR at 90.1 FM and KCFR was moved to 1340 AM. On July 9 of 2008, KCFR moved back to 90.1 FM.

On October 31, 2011, CPR launched OpenAir on 1340 AM, billing it "New Music from Colorado Public Radio." It has a broad-based format that focuses on current independent artists with a great deal of current Colorado talent. OpenAir also streams online at www.openaircpr.org.

Effective July 24, 2015, Colorado Public Radio swapped KVOQ to Victor Michael's Cedar Cove Broadcasting in exchange for KRKY-FM; Michael also forgave $100,000 in debt as part of the swap. On July 27, 2015, KVOQ changed their format to sports, branded as "Mile High Sports". Its previous OpenAir format is now heard on KVOQ-FM 102.3.

On August 28, 2015, the station changed its call sign to the current KDCO.

References

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KDCO

Radio-Locator Information on KDCO

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KDCO

Radio stations in the Denver–Boulder, Colorado market

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.1 88.5 89.3 89.7 90.1 91.1 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.7 93.7♦ 94.1 94.7 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.5 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.3 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9 ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (KXDP-LP/Spanish Sports)

By AM frequency	560 630 670 710 760 810 850 910 950 990 1060 1090 1150 1190 1220 1280 1340 1390 1430 1490 1510 1550 1600 1650 1690

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.450 162.500 162.550

Digital radio	560 670 710 760 810 910 950 990 1090 1220 1340 1390 1490 1600 1690 88.5-1 89.3-1 89.3-2 89.3-3 90.1-1 90.1-2 92.1-1 92.5-1 92.5-2 93.3-1 93.3-2 95.7-1 95.7-2 97.3-1 97.3-2 98.5-1 98.5-2 98.5-3 99.5-1 99.5-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 100.3-3 101.1-1 101.1-2 103.5-1 103.5-2 104.3-1 104.3-2 104.3-3 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.9-1 105.9-2 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.5-1 107.5-2

By callsign	K300CP K231BQ KALC KBCO KBJD KBNO KBPI KBUD KCFC KCFR-FM KCKK KDCO KDMT KDSP KEC76 KEPN KEZW KFCO KFWA KGNU KHOW KIMN KJAC KJHM KJMN KKFN KLDC KLDV KLTT KLVZ KLZ KMXA KNRV KNUS KOA KOSI KPOF KPTT KQKS KQMT KRCN KRFX KRKS KRKS-FM KRWZ KTCL KUVO KVAM♦ KVCU KVOD KVOQ-FM KWOF KXKL KXPK KXGR KXWA KYGO-FM WNG550 WXJ45

Notes	♦=To Enter Denver as a move-in; Date TBD

Nearby radio markets Aspen Cheyenne Colorado Springs Ft. Collins–Greeley Pueblo See also List of radio stations in Colorado

Sports Radio Stations in the state of Colorado

Stations:	KAVP - Colona KCCY - Pueblo KCSF - Colorado Springs KDCO - Denver KDSP - Thornton KEPN - Lakewood KIUP - Durango KJME - Fountain KKFN - Longmont KNAM - Silt KRGS - Rifle KTMM - Grand Junction KTYV - Steamboat Springs

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Colorado See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

Coordinates: 39°41′00″N 105°00′24″W / 39.68333°N 105.00667°W / 39.68333; -105.00667

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