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| Frequency | 1230kHz |
| Branding | 101.9 and 107.3 KDZA |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Ownership | |
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| Operator | Mountain Radio Group |
| History | |
First air date | December 29, 1947 (77 years ago) (1947-12-29) |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 53851 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°16′40″N104°39′16.9″W / 38.27778°N 104.654694°W /38.27778; -104.654694 |
| Translator | 101.9 K270CM (Pueblo) |
| Repeater | 1530 KQSC (Colorado Springs) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KDZA (1230AM) is a radio station licensed toPueblo, Colorado. KDZA broadcasts aclassic hits forma. The studios are on West Orman Avenue in Pueblo. KDZA is owned byMarcos A. Rodriguez's Colorado Radio Marketing; under alocal marketing agreement, it is operated by Mountain Radio Group, owner ofKQSC inColorado Springs.
The station brands itself as "101.9 and 107.3 KDZA". Programming is also heard onFM translatorK270CM at 101.9MHz in Pueblo and on KQSC (1530 AM and 107.3 FM) in Colorado Springs. KDZA and KQSC air classic recordings of theWolfman Jack Oldies Show on Saturday evenings.
The station signed on in December 29, 1947,[2] and from around 1962 until the mid-1980s was Pueblo's leading AMTop 40 outlet.
By 1992, KDZA was a simulcast ofrock station KATM-FM; when KATM was sold and becameKGFT that August, KDZA began simulcasting theoldies format of KRYT-FM.[3] In late 1992, J. Kent Nichols' Surrey Front Range L.P. sold the station toPueblo Community College (PCC) for $120,000.[4] KDZA went off the air that December while the sale was pending;[5] in May 1993, it returned as KKPC with business news from the Business Radio Network.[6] KRYT-FM then took on the KDZA-FMcall sign. In July 1995, KKPC switched to asports radio format provided by Prime Sports Radio;[7] that November, it became anall-news station featuringCNN Headline News.[8]
Pueblo Community College agreed to sell KKPC to Monte Spearman's MK Inc. for $270,000 in 2000;[9] the station joined existing Spearman holdings in Colorado that includedKFKA inGreeley,KEZZ inEstes Park, andKHPN inLoveland.[10] PCC decided to sell KKPC as it was not cost-effective to operate, and was no longer seen as necessary after entering a partnership with theUniversity of Southern Colorado (USC) that allowed PCC students to work at USC's student-runKTSC-FM.[11] After taking control on April 27, 2001, MK replaced KKPC's commercialnews/talk programming withColorado Public Radio (CPR)'s news and information service at 11 a.m. on May 1; Public Broadcasting of Colorado operated the station under a management agreement[11] ahead of a $275,000 purchase,[12] with MK continuing to operate a local studio on the PCC campus in the interim.[11] CPR's acquisition of KKPC was part of its split into news andclassical music networks; its existing Pueblo station, KCFP (91.9 FM), would become a full-time transmitter for the classical service on May 25 after a temporary simulcast with KKPC.[11]
In 2021,Marcos A. Rodriguez, through Colorado Radio Marketing (CRM), acquired KKPC in a swap forKUUR inCarbondale and its four translators. CPR no longer needed KKPC after it began to manageKRCC in 2020; the swap allowed CPR to expand its "Indie 102.3" network toGlenwood Springs and theColorado Western Slope.[13] On September 23, 2021, KKPC's format was changed toadult hits, branded as "101.9 The Lake" in reflection of its simulcast onFM translator K270CM; the new format was programmed by Mountain Radio Group, owner ofKQSC inColorado Springs, under alocal marketing agreement.[14]
On May 18, 2023, a month after returning to its original call sign (which had remained on107.9 FM until 2018, and was then used on1350 AM until 2022), KDZA changed its format from adult hits to classic hits, branded as "101.9 KDZA".[15] By the spring of 2024, KDZA had risen to the top of the PuebloNielsen Audio ratings, narrowly outrating competing classic hits stationKPHT;[16] morning host Nick Donovan had served in the same capacity for KPHT before being laid off fromiHeartMedia in March 2023.[15]
On November 11, 2024, KDZA began simulcasting in Colorado Springs on Mountain Radio Group's KQSC (1530 AM and 107.3 FM), rebranding to "101.9 & 107.3 KDZA" and replacing KQSC'sred dirt country format. Before the change, Colorado Springs did not have a classic hits or oldies station.[16]
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