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| Broadcast area | Denver metro area |
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| Frequency | 105.1MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | KOOL 105 |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | December 1, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-12-01) |
Former call signs | KTGM (1956–69) KADX (1969–82) KBRQ-FM (1982–87) |
Call sign meaning | K XKooL |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 59959 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 356 meters (1,168 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°36′00″N105°12′36″W / 39.600°N 105.210°W /39.600; -105.210 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KXKL-FM (105.1MHz, "KOOL 105") is aclassic hits station serving theDenver metropolitan area. This station is licensed toDenver, Colorado and broadcasts with an ERP of 100 kW and is under ownership ofStan Kroenke's KSE Radio Ventures. Its studios are located on Colorado Boulevard inGlendale, and the transmitter is located on Mt. Morrison.
The station began broadcasting in 1956 with the call letters KTGM with aMOR/Beautiful Music format, under the ownership of Good Music Associates. The station was acquired by Sound Corporation of Colorado in 1968, and changed call letters to KADX that same year.
As KADX, the station had a MOR format that continued until it was sold to Columbine Broadcasting in 1973, who then flipped it toJazz that same year. By 1978, it was sold again to Welcome Radio, but kept the Jazz format intact.
By 1981, Great Empire Broadcasting added KADX to its portfolio, but would flip the station toCountry in 1982 and take the call letters KBRQ, simulcasting its AM sister at 1280. During its tenure and through its numerous ownerships, the station, formats, signal, and its ratings, went unnoticed.
On July 3, 1987, KBRQ would switch formats tooldies as "KOOL 105", and changed call letters to KXKL. Shamrock Communications owned the station at the time of the flip.[2] The format was also simulcast for the next nine years on 1280 AM. After several ownership changes during the 1990s and 2000s, including Chancellor Media, AM/FM, and Infinity/CBS Radio, Wilks Broadcasting acquired the station in 2008, along with sister stationsKIMN andKWOF.[3] Like many oldies stations, KXKL evolved into aclassic hits format, playing music from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s.
The radio station organizes the annual KOOL Concert, featuring live performances from artists from the genre.
On October 12, 2015,Kroenke Sports Enterprises, owned byAltitude Sports and Entertainment founderStan Kroenke, announced they would acquire Wilks Broadcasting's Denver properties, including KXKL-FM, CountryKWOF, and Hot ACKIMN. Once the sale was approved by the FCC, KSE was expected to flip one of the three outlets to Sports, which could see theDenver Nuggets,Colorado Avalanche, andColorado Rapids moving from its current home in Denver, which isKKFN.[4] The transaction was consummated on December 31, 2015, at a purchase price of $54 million. However, KXKL retained its Classic Hits format as KWOF made the flip to Sports on September 17, 2018.