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| Broadcast area | Denver–Boulder |
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| Frequency | 95.7MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Hits 95-7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR)-LeaningRhythmic AC |
| Subchannels | HD2:KBPIsimulcast (active rock) |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
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| KBCO,KBPI,KDFD,KHOW,KOA,KRFX,KTCL,KWBL | |
| History | |
First air date | December 15, 1966 (1966-12-15) (as KMYR at 95.5) |
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies | 95.5 MHz (1966–1970) |
Call sign meaning | "Denver's Hits" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 48967 |
| Class | C0 |
| ERP | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 346 meters (1,135 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°43′59″N105°14′10″W / 39.73306°N 105.23611°W /39.73306; -105.23611 |
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KDHT (95.7MHz) is acommercialFMradio station inDenver, Colorado. KDHT broadcasts atop 40 format branded as "Hits 95.7", and is owned byiHeartMedia. The station has studios and offices on South Monaco Street in theDenver Tech Center, while thetransmitter site is atopLookout Mountain inGolden.
KDHT has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000watts. KDHT broadcasts in theHD Radio format, with its HD2 subchannelsimulcastingKBPI'sactive rock format.
On December 15, 1966, the stationsigned on as KMYR.[2] The station originally broadcast at 95.5 MHz at 51,000 watts, about half the power it has today. It was owned by Karlo Broadcasting, Ltd. KMYR airedmiddle of the road music and carried news fromABC Radio.
KMYR moved to its current frequency, 95.7 MHz, in 1970, and also increased its power to current level, 100,000 watts.[3] In 1975, it was acquired byDoubleday, a publishing and broadcasting company, which had bought one of Denver's topAM stations,KHOW, in 1968.
After the closing of the sale, KMYR'scall sign was switched to KHOW-FM. The two stationssimulcasted some of their news and music, butFederal Communications Commission rules at the time required AM and FM stations to broadcast separate programming for most of the day.
From 1977 to 1980, it aired aTop 40 format as KXKX.
In 1980, the station returned to the KHOW-FM call letters, and flipped to aprogressive rock format.
On July 19, 1983, the station returned to Top 40 music as"All Hit 96 KPKE".[4] For a time, KPKE had some of the highest ratings in the market.[5] In April 1986, Legacy Broadcasting, owned byRobert F.X. Sillerman, bought KPKE and KHOW.
In June 1987, KPKE changed tosoft adult contemporary, this time as KSYY, "Sunny 95.7."[6][7] Over the next several years, KHOW and KSYY changed hands several times. In April 1988, the stations were bought by Metropolitan Broadcasting, formerlyMetromedia. Two months later, Command Communications bought the stations. In November 1989,Viacom bought KHOW and KSYY.
On February 4, 1991, KSYY changed call letters back to KHOW-FM and began an AM-FM simulcast with KHOW.
In October 1993, shortly after Noble Broadcast Group acquired the station, KHOW-FM adopted asmooth jazz format and the call letters KHIH.[8][9] (KHIH was originally on 94.7 FM until Salem purchased the station that same month and dropped it for a Christian Talk/Teaching format.) KHOW meanwhile flipped to a News/Talk format which has been the format to the present day, in spite of staff and personality changes over the years.
In 1996, Noble merged withJacor, taking advantage of theTelecommunications Act of 1996, allowing one company to own several radio stations in the same market, no longer limited to one AM and one FM. In 1999, Jacor merged with Clear Channel Communications, now known asiHeartMedia.
On September 1, 2000, 95.7 returned to contemporary hits as KFMD, "95.7KISS FM", giving the market its first Mainstream Top 40 outlet sinceKHHT's demise in 1997. (The smooth jazz format was picked up byKCKK 104.3 later that day.)[10][11][12] However, with competition fromRhythmic Top 40KQKS andAdult Top 40KALC, ratings for KFMD were not impressive.
On April 27, 2005, KFMD changed call letters to KMGG, and flipped to aHispanic Urban format as "Mega 95.7."[13][14]
KMGG was one of four FM stations targeting the Mile High City'sHispanic population, the other three beingKJMN,KKCS andKXPK; unlike the latter three, KMGG was more focused on the bilingual-speaking second and third generation Hispanics. In addition, KMGG took advantage of KQKS's decision to hold off on certainReggaeton and Hispanichip hop tracks. However, the format did not help the station's popularity, as KMGG was continually ranked low in the Arbitron ratings.
On September 18, 2006, at Midnight, after ending its "Sunday Night Sabor" show and playing "My Way" byFrank Sinatra, KMGG flipped to aRhythmic Adult Contemporary format targeting females ages 25–49, branded as "95.7 The Party." The first song wasP!nk's "Get The Party Started."[15][16][17] The KPTT call letters were adopted on October 18, 2006.
As a Rhythmic AC, the station's playlist consisted of current and recurrent upbeat rhythmic and pop tracks, and old schoolhip hop andR&B, as well as some classicdance anddisco tracks. KPTT primarily targeted the older audience ofKQKS (as well as the market's other adult contemporary-oriented stations), and was the first adult-oriented rhythmic outlet in Denver sinceKDJM flipped in December 2005.
KPTT aired a Sunday-Thursday nightslow jams program called "Between The Sheets", as well as the syndicatedLGBTQ-oriented "Radio with a Twist" on weekends. The station also served as the Denver outlet forWhoopi Goldberg's national morning show, "Wake Up with Whoopi", which was syndicated byPremiere Networks, co-owned with KPTT byClear Channel Communications.[18] The show was cancelled in 2008.
During the summer of 2009, KPTT transitioned from rhythmic AC to rhythmic hot AC, and then to a rhythmic-leaningTop 40/CHR format.[19] Morning show host Issa, who took over the morning drive slot after the cancellation of Whoopi's show, was moved to middays and was replaced by Johnjay & Rich, who are syndicated fromKZZP inPhoenix.
By March2010, KPTT shifted to Rhythmic Top 40 altogether, thus putting it in direct competition with KQKS. On November 1, 2010, Johnjay & Rich were dropped from morning drive and were replaced with a music-intensive morning show hosted by former night host Chino. At the same time, the station introduced a new logo, which was loosely based on sisterKYLD inSan Francisco. This shift to Rhythmic Top 40 proved to be successful for a few years, giving KQKS a serious competitor.
In the fall of 2014, KPTT evolved back to a more mainstream Top 40 direction with the inclusion of pop tracks in its playlist, while maintaining a Rhythmic presentation. The adjustment helped the station overtake KQKS in terms of ratings and audience cumes. The transition became official in April 2015, whenBillboard moved KPTT from the Rhythmic panel to the Top 40/CHR panel; Mediabase followed suit in May 2015. The following month, KPTT adopted the slogan "Denver's #1 Hit Music Station."
In November 2015, the station brought in a new morning show, hosted by JJ Kincaid (from sister stationWHTZ in New York), Deanna Regalado and producer Robert 'Dubz' Trigilio.[20] Regalado would move to middays in May 2018, and was replaced with Nina Blanco.[21] Kincaid would be released from the station in April 2019, and replaced with David 'Deuce' Jacobson.[22]
On July 2, 2021, morning hosts David ‘Deuce’ Jacobson, Nina Blanco, and Robert ‘Dubz’ Trigilio were released from the station. This, combined with the recent registration of new web domains by iHeart as early as mid-May, suggested KPTT would undergo a significant overhaul of its format, as the station dropped to 19th place with a 2.0 share in the May 2021 Nielsen Audio ratings for the market. Shortly before Midnight on July 14, after playing "Only Human" byThe Jonas Brothers, KPTT beganstunting, playing only music byBritney Spears as "Free Britney Radio", as the stunt took place during herongoing conservatorship court dispute, the next hearing which would take place that afternoon. KPTT also promoted a change to take place the following day at noon. At the promised time, KPTT relaunched their Top 40/CHR format as "Hits 95.7". The new format jabbed KQKS and KALC upon launch, as "Hits 95.7" would be a flanker between the two stations.[23] The first song on "Hits" was "Good 4 U" byOlivia Rodrigo.[24][25]
In August 2021, KPTT became the Denver affiliate of the nationallysyndicated "The Jubal Show", hosted by Jubal Fresh and co-hosts Alex Fresh and 'English' Evan Omelia, based atSeattle sister stationKBKS.[26]
On March 14, 2022, KPTT changed its callsign to KDHT; aside from adjusting to match the new branding, it also returned a heritage callsign to the area, as it had previously been used on92.5 FM from 1989 to 1993, and on107.1 FM from 2009 to 2014.[27]
In July 2006, KPTT's HD2 subcarrier signed on with a format focusing onRegional MexicanOldies. In September 2006, the format was replaced with KPTT's previousHispanic rhythmic format. This was later replaced with "Pride Radio", which targeted theLGBT community. In mid-2012, this was replaced with thedance radio format "Club Phusion"; which was in turn relaunched in 2003 as "Evolution".[28]
On December 11, 2017,KBPI/Fort Collins began simulcasting the station'sactive rock format on KPTT-HD2's subchannel and ontranslatorK300CP (107.9 FM) in Denver, which is a relay of KPTT-HD2. At the same time, KPTT moved the "Evolution" format from KPTT-HD2 to a new HD3 sub-channel.
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