KCOL (AM)
iHeartMedia, Inc. | |
| K235BT, K246CI, KBPI, KIIX, KOLT-FM, KPAW KSME, KXBG | |
| History | |
First air date | January 12, 1959 (as KZIX Fort Collins) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Colorado |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 68685 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 500 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°39′0″N 105°02′51″W / 40.65000°N 105.04750°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 600kcol.iheart.com |
KCOL (600
iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are on Byrd Drive in Loveland, while the transmitter
is off North County Road 13 in Fort Collins.
Weekdays begin with a local news and information show, Mornings with Jimmy Lakey. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of
.History
On January 12, 1959, the station
daytimer, required to go off the air at sunset to protect KFSD
in San Diego.
In August 1965, KZIX was acquired by Poudre Valley Broadcasting.[2] The following month, it signed on an FM station, 93.3 KFMF (now KTCL Wheat Ridge). In the 1970s, KZIX broadcast a country music format. It switched its call sign to KIIX. In the 1980s, it increased its power to 5,000 watts and added nighttime service at 500 watts, while also changing its city of license to Wellington, just north of Fort Collins. It continued to air country music in the daytime but also added syndicated talk shows at night from NBC Talknet.
In 1998,
AM 1410 that had been KCOL now was called KIIX. KCOL switched to its current talk format, while KIIX began broadcasting a sports radio
format.
References
External links
- Newstalk 600 KCOL Facebook
- KCOL
- KCOL in the FCC AM station database
- KCOL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database