KYGO
Encyclopedia
KYGO-FM is a Country music
radio station
in Denver
, Colorado
. The Lincoln Financial Media
outlet operates at 98.5 MHz with an effective radiated power
(ERP) of 100 kW.
KYGO-FM is Colorado's secondary (LP-2) Emergency Alert System station. KOA
is the primary (LP-1) station.
In June 2007 Lincoln announced that would put its television and radio stations up for sale. KYGO, along with its sister stations in Denver, is among the properties being shopped around by Lincoln.
In 2007, the station was named Country music
station of the year in a top 25 market by Radio & Records magazine
. Other nominees included WUSN
Chicago, WYCD
Detroit, KEEY-FM Minneapolis, WXTU
Philadelphia, and KSON-FM
San Diego.
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...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
in Denver
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...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. The Lincoln Financial Media
Lincoln National Corporation
Lincoln National Corporation is a Fortune 200 American holding company, which operates multiple insurance and investment management businesses through subsidiary companies...
outlet operates at 98.5 MHz with an effective radiated power
Effective radiated power
In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...
(ERP) of 100 kW.
KYGO-FM is Colorado's secondary (LP-2) Emergency Alert System station. KOA
KOA (AM)
KOA is a clear channel, news/talk radio station serving the Denver-Boulder and Colorado Springs, Colorado markets. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications and is nicknamed "the Blowtorch of the West" for its 50,000 watt signal.KOA was originally owned by General Electric and began...
is the primary (LP-1) station.
History
The station signed on the air in 1960 as KFML, but following the sale of the station to Jefferson-Pilot Broadcasting in 1974, adopted the KIMN-FM call letters. The station changed call letters to KYGO in 1979 and later that year changed from Contemporary Hits to the Country music format.In June 2007 Lincoln announced that would put its television and radio stations up for sale. KYGO, along with its sister stations in Denver, is among the properties being shopped around by Lincoln.
In 2007, the station was named 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...
station of the year in a top 25 market by Radio & Records magazine
Radio & Records
Radio & Records was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It originally started out as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006, up until its final issue in 2009.-History:The company was founded in 1973 and...
. Other nominees included WUSN
WUSN
WUSN is an FM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, The station broadcasts on 99.5 MHz and is a country radio station owned by CBS Radio. The station focuses on country music from the '90s, along with current product and some classic country from the '70s and '80s.-99.5 WEFM/99-"We" FM:Until 1978,...
Chicago, WYCD
WYCD
WYCD is a radio station in Detroit, Michigan. The station is the only country music station in the Detroit area. WYCD's offices and studios are located on Woodward Heights . near Interstate 75 in Ferndale, Michigan...
Detroit, KEEY-FM Minneapolis, WXTU
WXTU
WXTU is a Country music formatted radio station which is broadcast in the Philadelphia area. It is the largest country radio station in the United States based on listener cume . The station plays a variety of country music, including current hits, as well as older hits...
Philadelphia, and KSON-FM
KSON-FM
KSON is a radio station licensed to serve San Diego, California, USA. The station, founded in 1964, is owned by Lincoln Financial Media and the broadcast license is held by Lincoln Financial Media Company of California....
San Diego.
Airstaff
The current lineup (as of May 23, 2011) is as follows- Morning Show (5 am - 9 am): Kelly & Rider with Kelly Ford, Mark Rider, Ed Greene and Chuck Clark (News)
- Mid-Days (9 am - 2 pm): Alisha Scott
- Afternoon Drive (2 pm - 7 pm): Paul Donovan
- Nighttime (7 pm - 12 am): TBA
- Overnights (12 am - 5 am): Monica Turner
- Weekend's/Fill-ins: George B., Grant Brooks, Michael Collins and Rob de Latino
- Program Director: John "JT" Thomas
- Assistant PD/Music Director: Garrett Doll
- Station Voice: John Willyard