KEPC

KEPC (89.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, the station serves the Colorado Springs area. The station is currently owned by Pikes Peak Community College, and all of the on-air personalities heard are Radio and Television students at the college, as experience at the radio station is a requirement for the Associates of Applied Science in Telecommunications Production degree offered by the school.^[1][2][3] The station is also broadcast on HD radio.^[4]

History[]

The station originally signed on at 90.5 in 1957 as KSHS which was owned by School District 11 and operated out of the Colorado Springs High School which would soon change its name to Palmer High School after a second high school in the city was completed. The KSHS calls were given in honor of Palmer High's original name. In the early 1970's KSHS was acquired by El Paso Community College which changed its call letters to KEPC which is based on the name of EPCC and/or El Paso County. EPCC would move KEPC first to its then main offices on West Las Vegas in the early 1970's before moving to a building on Bott Ave in the mid 1970's near its then main campus. By 1978, EPCC would move KEPC to its brand new Centennial Campus south of Colorado Springs neighboring Fort Carson in 1978. EPCC would also be renamed Pikes Peak Community College. In 1991 KEPC switched frequencies with Christian formatted KTLF and began broadcasting on 89.7 FM. In the late 1990's KEPC would sign on two translators. One in Manitou Springs at 89.1 FM and in Pueblo at 93.1 FM.

In November 2021, it was announced that Pikes Peak Community College would swap frequencies once again. This time with Colorado Public Radio (licensed as Public Broadcasting of Colorado, Inc.). CPR would acquire KEPC and its translators in Mantiou Springs and Pueblo, while PPCC acquires KXRE AM 1490 along with its local FM translator at 102.1 FM.

Translator[]

In addition to the main station, KEPC is relayed by additional translators to widen its broadcast area.

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP (W)	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
K206BZ	89.1	Manitou Springs, Colorado	10	D	38°51′50″N 104°54′49″W / 38.86389°N 104.91361°W / 38.86389; -104.91361 (K206BZ)	FCC FM Query
K227DI	93.3	Pueblo, Colorado	41	D	38°22′21″N 104°33′38″W / 38.37250°N 104.56056°W / 38.37250; -104.56056 (K228EY)	FCC FM Query

References[]

External links[]

• KEPC in the FCC FM station database
• KEPC on Radio-Locator
• KEPC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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