KDZA (AM)

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KDZA
Frequency 1230 kHz
Branding101.9 and 107.3 KDZA
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
Owner
  • Mountain Radio Group
  • (Colorado Radio Marketing, LLC)
History
First air date
February 1948
Former call signs
  • KDZA (1948–1993)
  • KKPC (1993–2023)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 53851
Class C
Power 1,000 watts
Translator(s) 101.9 K270CM (Pueblo)
Repeater(s) 1530  KQSC (Colorado Springs)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website kdzaradio.com

KDZA (1230 AM) is a radio station licensed to Pueblo, Colorado. The station is owned by Mountain Radio Group, through licensee Colorado Radio Marketing, LLC. KDZA simulcasts a classic hits format with sister station KQSC Colorado Springs. The studios are on West Orman Avenue in Pueblo.

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The station brands itself as "101.9 and 107.3 KDZA". Programming is also heard on FM translator K270CM at 101.9 MHz in Pueblo and both 1530 AM and 107.3 FM in Colorado Springs. The stations air classic recordings of the Wolfman Jack Oldies Show on Saturday evenings.

History

The station signed on in February 1948, and from around 1962 until the mid-1980s was Pueblo's leading AM Top 40 outlet.

In 1993, the station became KKPC and was operated by Pueblo Community College, airing Colorado Public Radio's news and talk programming.

On September 23, 2021, the format changed to adult hits, branded as "101.9 The Lake". [2]

On May 18, 2023, a month after returning to its original call sign (which had been used on 107.9 FM and then 1350 AM after being dropped from this station in 1993), KDZA changed its format from adult hits to classic hits, branded as "101.9 KDZA". [3]

On November 11, 2024, KDZA began simulcasting on KQSC 1530 AM Colorado Springs and rebranded as "101.9 107.3 KDZA". [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KDZA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ 101.9 The Lake Debuts In Pueblo Radioinsight - September 23, 2021
  3. ↑ KDZA Returns to Pueblo Radioinsight - May 18, 2023
  4. ↑ Mountain Country Gives Way to KDZA in Colorado Springs Radioinsight - November 11, 2024

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