KXRE

KXRE

Simulcasts KVOQ, Denver
City	Manitou Springs, Colorado
Broadcast area	Colorado Springs area
Frequency	1490 kHz
Branding	Indie 102.3
Programming
Format	Public; Adult Album Alternative (KVOQ simulcast)
Ownership
Owner	Colorado Public Radio (Public Broadcasting of Colorado, Inc.)
Sister stations	KVOQ (FM)
History
Former call signs	KCMS (1956–1970) KEDI (1970–1974) KIIQ (1974-1982, 1983-1984) KRTS (1982-1983) KIKX (1984-1987) KRYN (1987-1988)
Technical information
Facility ID	54258
Class	C
Power	500 watts day 1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	38°51′43″N 104°55′32″W / 38.86194°N 104.92556°W / 38.86194; -104.92556
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	Indie 102.3

KXRE (1490 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a Public; Adult Album Alternative radio format simulcasting sister station, 102.3 FM KVOQ, Denver. Licensed to Manitou Springs, Colorado, the station serves the Colorado Springs radio market. The station is currently owned by Colorado Public Radio, through licensee Public Broadcasting of Colorado, Inc.^[1]

KXRE is also heard on two FM translator stations: 180 watt 98.5 K253AH in Colorado Springs and 99 watt 102.1 K271CK in Manitou Springs.

History[]

1490 signed on in Manitou Springs in November 1956 as KCMS, the simulcast partner of KCMS-FM 102.7, which had signed on three years earlier.^[2]

In early 1970, Edmonds sold KCMS-AM-FM to a group of retired Air Force officers doing business as the Black Forest Development Company. Black Forest took the AM station into an "information and education" format, taking the call letters KEDI. KEDI-KCMS was sold in 1974 and the stations became KIIQ-AM-FM. Wiskes/Abaris Communications acquired KIIQ-AM-FM in October 1979. KIIQ-AM broke away from its FM simulcast by adopting the call letters KRTS and broadcasting a Adult Standards format. In 1983 it returned to its KIIQ-AM calls but with a Tourist Information format.

The station changed its call letters to KIKX on September 15, 1984 to match its then sister station, but still was broadcasting a Tourist Information format. Eventually KIKX-AM would simulcast its FM sister in 1985. In 1987, Wiskes/Abaris sold off KIKX-AM and became a stand alone station as KRYN on September 17, 1987, broadcasting an Adult Standards format. KRYN became KXRE on February 1, 1989, ^[3] broadcasting an Adult Contemporary Christian format. KXRE was a continuation of crosstown KKRE which was Christian AC from 1986 until 1988. After 1990, KXRE would go through several ownership and format changes (including a period of going dark), but the KXRE calls stayed the same.

In December 2016, Colorado Public Radio agreed to pay then owner Latino Communications $550,000 for KXRE and FM translator K271CK (102.1 FM). KXRE began broadcasting CPR's NPR/news format, originating from KCFR-FM in Denver, in April 2017.^[4]

On April 2, 2020, KXRE began simulcasting the AAA format of sister station KVOQ in Denver. With the switch, KVOQ's format now had complete coverage of the Front Range from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs.^[5]

Colorado Public Radio and Pikes Peak Community College announced that in early-2022, CPR's "Indie 102.3" format would move to KEPC 89.7 FM and its Pueblo translator at 93.3 FM. KEPC's "Maximum Variety" format will move to KXRE and become "Xtra Music 102.1."^[6]

Translators[]

Broadcast translators of KXRE

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP (W)	Height (m (ft))	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
K271CK	102.1	Manitou Springs, Colorado	142168	99	−491 m (−1,611 ft)	38°51′43″N 104°55′32″W / 38.86194°N 104.92556°W / 38.86194; -104.92556 (K271CK)	FCC LMS

References[]

External links[]

• KXRE in the FCC AM station database
• KXRE on Radio-Locator
• KXRE in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

• FCC History Cards for KXRE

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