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| Broadcast area | Fort Collins–Greeley–Loveland–Boulder–Longmont, Colorado andCheyenne, Wyoming |
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| Frequency | 600kHz |
| Branding | 600 KCOL |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| K235BT,K246CI,KBPI,KIIX,KOLT-FM,KPAWKSME,KXBG | |
| History | |
First air date | January 12, 1959 (1959-1-12) (as KZIX Fort Collins) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Colorado |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 68685 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000watts day 500 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°39′0″N105°02′51″W / 40.65000°N 105.04750°W /40.65000; -105.04750 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 600kcol.iheart.com |
KCOL (600kHz) is acommercialAMradio stationlicensed toWellington, Colorado, and serving theFort Collins-Greeleyradio market. The station airs anews/talkformat and is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are on Byrd Drive inLoveland, while thetransmitter 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 ofsyndicated talk shows, includingRush Limbaugh,Sean Hannity,Glenn Beck,Mark Levin, Clyde Lewis,Coast to Coast AM withGeorge Noory andThis Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal. Weekends feature shows on health, money, religion, home repair and technology, some of which are paidbrokered programming. Weekend hosts includeGary Sullivan,Leo Laporte,Joe Pags andBill Cunningham. Most hours begin withFox News Radio.
On January 12, 1959, the stationsigned on as KZIX, originally licensed to Fort Collins.[2] It was a 1,000–wattdaytimer, required to go off the air at sunset to protectKFSD in San Diego.
In August 1965, KZIX was acquired by Poudre Valley Broadcasting.[3] The following month, it signed on an FM station, 93.3 KFMF (nowKTCLWheat Ridge). In the 1970s, KZIX broadcast acountry music format. It switched itscall sign to KIIX. In the 1980s, it increased its power to 5,000 watts and added nighttime service at 500 watts, while also changing itscity 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 fromNBC Talknet.
In 1998,Clear Channel Communications, a forerunner of current owner iHeartMedia, paid $6.1 million to acquire KIIX andalternative rock KTCL.[4] KIIX's format switched to softoldies andadult standards. On November 5, 1999, Clear Channel flipped the call letters of two of its Fort Collins-area stations. AM 600 KIIX became KCOL.[5] Meanwhile, the station atAM 1410 that had been KCOL now was calledKIIX. KCOL switched to its current talk format, while KIIX began broadcasting asports radio format.