KDNK

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KDNK
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 [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
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
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website kdnk.org

KDNK is a community access radio station with studios in Carbondale, Colorado. The main transmitter broadcasts at 88.1 FM from Sunlight Mountain near Glenwood Springs. [2] It broadcasts a 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 FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
K202AB88.3 FM West Glenwood Springs, Colorado 87635 horizontal D LMS
K202AT88.3 FM Aspen, Colorado 87659 horizontal
47 vertical
D LMS
K203EG88.5 FM Basalt, Colorado 5269910 horizontalD LMS
K203EH88.5 FM Redstone, Colorado 5271010 verticalD LMS
K228AG93.5 FM Leadville, Colorado 36298107 horizontalD LMS
K234BJ94.7 FM Woody Creek, Colorado 13807222D LMS
K235AP94.9 FM Thomasville, Colorado 13805010 verticalD LMS
K260BZ99.9 FM Snowmass Village, Colorado 14873623 verticalD LMS

See also

References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KDNK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "KDNK". FCC. Broadcast map area

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