KEPN
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KEPN, 1600AM, is an all-sports radio station licensed to Lakewood, Colorado and serving the Denver, Colorado
area. On January 1, 2007, it became the local affiliate of ESPN Radio
for the Denver area and the "Front Range
." It is owned by Lincoln Financial Media
.
Before that date, it was "16Kicks" KCKK
and played classic country music
. The format was moved to another station in the market, which had been KYOL. (KCKK is now also an all-sports station, branded "Mile High Sports.")
was originally assigned the call letters KLAK in 1955. The station played Country & Western music. In 1966, they opened a new transmitter and also began broadcasting on the FM band at 107.5 MHz. The FM station is now KQKS
, also owned by Lincoln Financial Media. According to the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), other call signs for this station have been KRXY, KWMX, and KYGO (the first two being simulcasts of their FM counterparts on 107.5.)
In June 2007 Lincoln announced that would put its television and radio stations up for sale. KEPN, along with its sister stations in Denver is among the properties being shopped around by Lincoln.
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
area. On January 1, 2007, it became the local affiliate of ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
for the Denver area and the "Front Range
Front Range
The Front Range is a mountain range of the Southern Rocky Mountains of North America located in the north-central portion of the U.S. State of Colorado and southeastern portion of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is the first mountain range encountered moving west along the 40th parallel north across...
." It is owned by Lincoln Financial Media
Lincoln Financial Media
Lincoln Financial Media is a subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation that owns radio stations in the United States.-History:In April 2006, Lincoln Financial acquired Jefferson-Pilot's television and radio operations, which were renamed Lincoln Financial Media. The group owns 14 radio stations in...
.
Before that date, it was "16Kicks" KCKK
KCKK
KCKK is an American sports-talk broadcast radio station licensed in Littleton, Colorado, and serving the Denver/Boulder/Fort Collins area. KCKK is owned by NRC Broadcasting and operated by Mile High Sports under a local marketing agreement.-History:...
and played classic country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
. The format was moved to another station in the market, which had been KYOL. (KCKK is now also an all-sports station, branded "Mile High Sports.")
History
The 1600 kHz frequencyFrequency
Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency...
was originally assigned the call letters KLAK in 1955. The station played Country & Western music. In 1966, they opened a new transmitter and also began broadcasting on the FM band at 107.5 MHz. The FM station is now KQKS
KQKS
KQKS, also known as KS107.5, is a very successful Mainstream Urban radio station with a couple pop songs mixed into the playlist. It is owned by Lincoln Financial Group serving the Denver-Boulder metropolitan area. The station, which broadcasts at 107.5 megahertz with an ERP of 91 kilowatts , is...
, also owned by Lincoln Financial Media. According to the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC), other call signs for this station have been KRXY, KWMX, and KYGO (the first two being simulcasts of their FM counterparts on 107.5.)
In June 2007 Lincoln announced that would put its television and radio stations up for sale. KEPN, along with its sister stations in Denver is among the properties being shopped around by Lincoln.