KKHI (FM)

Infobox Radio station
name = KKHI


city = Centennial, Colorado
area = Denver area
branding =
slogan = "Smooth 101.9"; "Denver's New K-HIGH"
airdate = 1979-09-12 (as KKCS-FM)
frequency = 101.9 MHz
format = Smooth AC
power =
erp = 9,500 watts
haat = 163 meters
class = C3
facility_id = 70822
coordinates = coord|39|23|7.00|N|105|2|52.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = KGDQ (2005-2008)
KKCS-FM (1979-2005)
KGDQ (2005-2008)
owner = Bustos Media of Colorado License Corp.
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.smooth1019.net smooth1019.net]
affiliations =

KKHI (101.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Smooth Jazz format. Licensed to Centennial, Colorado, USA, the station serves the Denver area. The station is currently owned by Bustos Media of Colorado License Corp.. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KGDQ |title=KGDQ Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

History

The station went on the air as KKCS-FM on September 12, 1979. On December 8, 2005, the station changed its call sign to KGDQ. [ cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=70822&Callsign=KGDQ |title=KGDQ Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ] The station upgraded its coverage to include the Denver metropolitan area. The station was sold to Bustos Media and adopted a Regional Mexican format known as "La Gran D 101.9." Prior to the sale, KGDQ-FM was country music station KKCS. That format has since moved to KSTY 104.5.

On June 9, 2008, KGDQ dropped Regional Mexican in favor of picking up the Smooth Jazz format that was dropped several months earlier by KJCD, in which they will utilize programming from Broadcast Architecture's "The Smooth Jazz Network". They also changed their call letters to KKHI and hired former KJCD hosts - morning host Kenny Cortes and one-time midday host Maria Lopez. In addition, the station airs syndicated afternoon host and sax star Dave Koz, formerly heard in afternoons on KJCD. In a statement from the online website All Access, Bustos Media CEO Amador Bustos stated that "We will put our improved 101.9 FM signal to its best and highest use, by filling an evident music vacuum in the Denver metro, with the outstanding Smooth Jazz format produced by Broadcast Architecture in combination of some outstanding local talent."

This is the third Smooth Jazz station to serve the Denver area, after KJCD (104.3) and KHIH (95.7).

Former logos

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External links

*FMQ|KKHI
*FML|KKHI
*FMARB|KKHI