- KYGO-FM
Infobox Radio Station
name = KYGO
city =Denver, Colorado
area =Denver, Colorado
branding = "98.5 KYGO"
slogan = | Denver's #1 For New Country airdate =1961
frequency = 98.5 (MHz)
format =Country music
erp = 100,000watt s
haat = 555meter s
class = C
facility_id = 30829
owner =Lincoln Financial Group
webcast = [http://www.kygo.com/listen/ Listen Live]
website = [http://www.kygo.com/ www.kygo.com]
callsign_meaning = Pronounced "Why Go"KYGO is a
Country music radio station in Denver,Colorado . The Lincoln Financial Media outlet operates at 98.5 MHz with aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 100 kW. The lineup includes the morning show:Kelly and Mudflap, JoJo, "Professor" Paul Donovan in middays,Craig "Catfish" Hunter in the afternoon. andFlip in the evening.Joel Burke is the program director andGarret Doll is music director and morning show producer.History
The station signed on the air in
1960 as KFML, but would later adopt the KIMN calls in1979 , of which they would drop six months later to go Country and pick up the KYGO calls.In June 2007 Lincoln announced that would put its television and radio stations up for sale. KYGO, along with its sister stations in Denver, is among the properties being shopped around by Lincoln.
Awards
In 2007, the station was named
Country music station of the year in a top 25 market by Radio & Records magazine. Other nominees includedWUSN Chicago,WYCD Detroit,KEEY-FM Minneapolis,WXTU Philadelphia, andKSON-FM San Diego.cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=2007 Industry Achievement Awards | date=Sept 28, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://www.radioandrecords.com/Conventions/con2007/awards/indexFinal.asp | work =Radio and Records]Emergency Alert System
KYGO-FM is Colorado's secondary (LP-2) Emergency Alert System station. KOA is the primary (LP-1) station.
References
External links
* [http://www.kygo.com 98.5 KYGO's website]
*FMARB|KYGO
*FMQ|KYGO
*FML|KYGO
* [http://www.startcolorado.com/eas/ State of Colorado Emergency Alert System]
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