| Broadcast area | Colorado Springs metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1240kHz |
| Branding | KRDO NewsRadio 105.5FM & 1240AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One ABC News Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KRDO-FM,KRDO-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | March 1947 |
Call sign meaning | KoloRaDO (K is a substitute for the C) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 66250 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°49′43.00″N104°50′20.00″W / 38.8286111°N 104.8388889°W /38.8286111; -104.8388889 |
| Translator | 92.5 K223CU (Colorado Springs) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | krdo.com/radio |
KRDO (1240AM) is a commercialradio station inColorado Springs,Colorado. The station is owned and operated by theNews-Press & Gazette Company ofSt. Joseph, Missouri and it airs anews/talkradio format,simulcast withKRDO-FM. Both stations are aided by the news department of co-ownedKRDO-TV, with some TV newscasts also heard on the radio stations.
Studios, offices and the AMtransmitter are on South 8th Street in Colorado Springs.[2]Weekdays, after a morning news block, KRDO-AM-FM carrynationally syndicated programs, three of which are about family finances:Dave Ramsey,Clark Howard andDenver-basedTom Martino. Also heard weekdays areSean Hannity, Clyde Lewis andCoast to Coast AM withGeorge Noory.[3] Weekends feature shows on money, health, home repair, guns, computers and travel. Syndicated weekend hosts includeKim Komando andRudy Maxa. Some weekend hours are paidbrokered programming. Most hours begin with world and national news fromABC News Radio.
In March 1947,KRDO firstsigned on. It was owned by thePikes Peak Broadcasting Company and was Colorado Springs' second radio station (afterKVOR).[4] Thecall sign has always been KRDO, referring toKoloRaDO, with a "K" substituting for the "C." The station originally transmitted with a power of 250watts.
In 1953, KRDO put a TV station on the air, Channel 13 KRDO-TV, as Colorado Springs'NBC TVNetwork affiliate.[5] (The TV station today is anABC TV affiliate.) By the late 1960s, KRDO got a daytime power boost to 1,000 watts, though the station still had to reduce power at night to 250 watts. In 1969, anFM station was put on the air,KRDO-FM, abeautiful music outlet.
In 1975, KRDO joined NBC's News and Information Service to become anall-news radio station.[6] When that service was discontinued in 1977, KRDO switched to amiddle of the road format of popular music and news, as an affiliate of theMutual Broadcasting System.[7] and later the RKO Radio Network. By the mid-1980s, the older songs were dropped and the station moved to afull serviceadult contemporary music format while returning to Mutual Broadcasting and clearing Larry King's evening talk program. In 1985, the FCC allowed KRDO to remain powered at 1,000 watts, both day and night.[8] In late 1987, KRDO switched to anoldies format utilizing the Pure Gold (now Classic Hits) services from Satellite Music Network (SMN), whose interests are now owned byWestwood One which in turn is currently owned byCumulus Media. In 1991, the station flipped to acountry music format.[9] By the mid-1990s, the station was broadcasting anall sports format. During most of its run as a sports station, KRDO carried One On One Sports (later known as Sporting News Radio and today is known asSportsMap Radio Network).
In June 2006, KRDO-AM-TV were sold to the News-Press & Gazette company, while KRDO-FM went to Citadel Broadcasting, switching call letters toKATC-FM as a country music outlet. The Hoth Family, as Pikes Peak Broadcasting, had owned KRDO from its founding in 1947 until 2006, nearly six decades. The new owners coupled KRDO with FM 105.5, changing the FM call sign to KRDO-FM and having both radio stations simulcast a news-talk format, while drawing on the news department resources of KRDO-TV.
KRDO (AM) is rebroadcast on translator K223CU in Colorado Springs at 92.5 FM.