KXRE
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Broadcast area | Colorado Springs |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1490 kHz |
| Branding | eXtra Music 102.1 & 89.1 FM |
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| Format | Variety |
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| Operator | Pikes Peak State College |
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Call sign meaning | Originally was a variation of former Christian AC station KKRE AM 1040 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | C |
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| [[Broadcast relay station|TranslatorTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | See § Translators |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | pikespeak |
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KXRE (1490 AM, "eXtra Music 102.1") is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Manitou Springs, Colorado, United States, and serving the Colorado Springs market. The station is currently owned by Colorado Public Radio and operated by Pikes Peak State College. 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.
KXRE is also heard on two low-power FM translators: 89.1 K206BZ in Colorado Springs and 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 an 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 "eXtra Music 102.1."[6]
Translators
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KXRE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1959 Broadcasting Yearbook" (PDF). 1959. p. B-122. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KXRE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Heilman, Wayne (January 12, 2017). "Colorado Public Radio buying two Colorado Springs stations". Colorado Springs Gazette, January 12, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Indie 102.3 Expands to Colorado Springs". April 2, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A Radio Station Swap in Colorado Springs". November 10, 2021.
External links
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- KXRE in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History Cards for KXRE". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
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