KIMN

KIMN

City of license	Denver, Colorado
Broadcast area	Denver, Colorado
Branding	Mix 100
Slogan	Today's Best Mix
Frequency	100.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	August 8, 1959 (as KLIR)
Format	CHR
ERP	97,000 watts
HAAT	345 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	59597
Callsign meaning	In homage to the former AM Top 40 station that served Denver from 1954 to 1988. Original callsign stood for "K InterMountain Network"
Former callsigns	KLIR (1959-1984) KMJI (1984-1989) KXLT (1989-1992) KMJI (1992-1995)
Owner	KSE Radio Ventures
Sister stations	KWOF, KXKL
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	mix100.com

For the former AM station in Denver, see KRWZ.

KIMN (100.3 FM, "Mix 100.3") is a CHR radio station in Denver, Colorado. The station broadcasts at 100.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 97 kW and is under ownership of KSE Radio Ventures. Its studios are located in LoDo and the transmitter site is on Mount Morrison west of Lakewood.

History

The station signed on the air on August 8, 1959 as KLIR and spent most of its life with an MOR format and as a beautiful music outlet. On June 7, 1984, the station switched to an Adult Contemporary format as KMJI ("Majic 100"), but would later tweak its direction to Soft AC and change its calls to KXLT ("XL 100"). In November 1991, the station would revert to the "Majic 100" moniker, and in 1992, would reclaim the KMJI call letters,^[1] with the format evolving to an all-'70s direction in 1994. The KIMN calls were picked up on April 18, 1995, along with the name "KIM 100."^[2]

In 1997, KIMN returned to AC (again as "KIM 100"), and in 1999, the station evolved into a Hot AC format and adopted the "Mix 100" moniker. For the next several years, weekend programming on KIMN featured music entirely from the 1980s.

CBS Radio sold KIMN, along with sister stations KXKL and KWOF, to Wilks Broadcasting in 2008.^[3]

In the summer of 2014, KIMN updated its moniker to "Mix 100.3" and changed its positioning statement from "Denver's Best Music Mix" to "All The Hits", while shifting towards Top 40 (CHR). Despite the format shift, KIMN continues to report to both Mediabase and Billboard/BDS's Adult Top 40 charts. This also makes the station more in competition with Entercom's CHR/Top 40 KALC and Rhythmic Top 40 sister KQKS, and iHeartMedia's CHR-leaning Rhythmic Top 40 KPTT.

On October 12, 2015, Kroenke Sports Enterprises, owned by Altitude Sports and Entertainment founder Stan Kroenke, announce they will acquire Wilks Broadcasting's Denver properties, including KIMN, Country KWOF, and Oldies KXKL. Once the sale is approved by the FCC, KSE is expected to flip one of the three outlets to Sports, which could see the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, and Colorado Rapids moving from its current home in Denver, which is KKFN.^[4]

Today

The popular morning show is the family-friendly "Dom in the Morning" (formally known as "The Dom & Jane Show") featuring Dom Testa with producers Jeremy Padgett and Emily McKenzie. "Dom in the Morning" regularly rates number 1 among Denver morning shows with adults 25-54. Other station airstaff include Mark Andrew (weekdays 10am-3pm) and Bo Jaxon (weekdays 3-7pm).

In June 2008, KIMN became the Denver affiliate of the syndicated show "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest". The station would drop the show in February 2009. The station currently airs "American Top 40" hosted by Ryan Seacrest on Sunday mornings.

HD Channels

Mix also provides listeners with two HD subchannel stations: 100.3-HD2 features "Ultimate 80's Mix" and 100.3-HD3 plays Jazz favorites.^[5]

Origin

The call letters KIMN originally belonged to a Denver AM station located at 950kHz. From the late 1950s to the 1980s, KIMN was the dominant Top 40 music station in Denver. The station also highlighted the popular local rock n' roll bands of that era, such as the Astronauts, Daniels, Fogcutters, Moonrakers, Soul Survivors,and others.^[6] The station had other nicknames as the Denver Tiger, Boss Radio, and 95 Fabulous KIMN.^[7] The station was then owned and operated by the late Kenneth E. Palmer(1925-1984).^[8]

References

↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-11-16.pdf
↑ Stark, Phyllis (April 29, 1995). "Vox Jox". Billboard 107 (17): 92.
↑ CBS to sell three Denver radio stations to Wilks Broadcasting for $19.5 Mln cash - Update - RTTNews (released December 22, 2008)
↑ "Kroenke Sports Acquires Wilks' Denver Stations" from Radio Insight (October 12, 2015)
↑ http://www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=71
↑ Bob Groke Denver Bands
↑ The KIMN Tribute Site
↑ KIMN Tribute Photos and History Page

External links

Mix 100.3's website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KIMN

Radio-Locator information on KIMN

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KIMN

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

Coordinates: 39°40′19″N 105°13′16″W / 39.672°N 105.221°W / 39.672; -105.221

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