KDNK

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KDNK
KDNK logo.gif
Broadcast area Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado
Frequency 88.1 MHz
Programming
Format Variety
Ownership
OwnerCarbondale Community Access Radio, Inc.
History
First air date
April 15, 1983
Technical information
Facility ID 88445
Class C2
ERP 1,200 watts horizontal
1,070 watts vertical
HAAT 775 meters
Transmitter coordinates
39°25′08″N107°22′10″W / 39.41889°N 107.36944°W / 39.41889; -107.36944
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website kdnk.org

KDNK (88.1 FM) is a community access station broadcasting an eclectic format of music and local news in western Colorado in the United States. The station serves Carbondale, Aspen, Glenwood Springs, and other parts of the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond through its main transmitter and a series of mountain-top translators stretching from the Crystal Valley to Leadville. The station is owned by Carbondale Community Access Radio, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit.

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Station history

The original idea for KDNK came from Lee Swidler, who placed an ad in the local newspapers looking for volunteers to help start a community radio station. Among the first to volunteer were Bruce Stolbach, Bill Phillips, Brian Vancil, Jim Groh, Brenda Jochems, Pat Noel, Wick Moses, and Marple Lewis, who met in Swidler's locksmith shop at night to plan their strategy. Using an NTIA grant and money pledged by local residents, KDNK took to the air on April 15, 1983. Today, the station has a small paid staff, roughly 100 volunteer program hosts, and a board of directors elected by its membership.

Low powered translators

In addition to its main signal, KDNK radio also has low-powered translators throughout western Colorado.

Broadcast translators for KDNK-FM
Call sign Frequency City of license ERP (W) Class FCC info
K202AB88.3 FM West Glenwood Springs, Colorado 5 horizontal D FMQ
K202AT88.3 FM Aspen, Colorado 9 horizontal
47 vertical
D FMQ
K203EG88.5 FM Basalt, Colorado 10 horizontalD FMQ
K203EH88.5 FM Redstone, Colorado 10 verticalD FMQ
K228AG93.5 FM Leadville, Colorado 107 horizontalD FMQ
K234BJ94.7 FM Woody Creek, Colorado 22D FMQ
K235AP94.9 FM Thomasville, Colorado 10 verticalD FMQ
K260BZ99.9 FM Snowmass Village, Colorado 23 verticalD FMQ

See also

39°25′08″N107°22′12″W / 39.419°N 107.370°W / 39.419; -107.370


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