KBCO
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| City | Boulder, Colorado |
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| Broadcast area | Denver-Boulder, Colorado |
| Branding | 97.3 KBCO |
| Slogan | World Class Rock |
| Frequency | 97.3 FM (MHz) (also on HD Radio) 97.3 HD-2 The Studio C Channel 97.3 HD-3 News/Talk (KOA simulcast) |
| Translator(s) | 94.1 K231BQ (Golden, relays HD3) 94.3 K232AC (Breckenridge) |
| First air date | October 1, 1949 (as KRNW) |
| Format | AAA |
| ERP | 100,000 watts horiz 85,000 watts vert |
| HAAT | 469 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 48966 |
| Callsign meaning | K Boulder, COlorado |
| Former callsigns | KFEL (1949-1960) KRNW (1960-1979) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KBPI, KHOW, KDSP, KPTT, KOA, KRFX, KTCL |
| Webcast | Listen Live! |
| Website | kbco.com |
KBCO (97.3 FM) is a AAA radio station licensed to Boulder, Colorado, United States, that serves the Denver-Boulder area. The station's format, dubbed "World Class Rock," is an eclectic variety of pop, rock, blues, reggae and folk, from the late-1960s to the present.
The iHeartMedia, Inc. outlet broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 100 kW. KBCO's studios are no longer located in Boulder. They now broadcast out of the iHeartMedia, Inc. broadcast facility in south Denver. The transmitter is located southwest of Eldorado Springs, Colorado, at the top of Eldorado Mountain at an elevation of 8,400 feet above sea level, or 469 meters above average terrain.
Scott Arbough, who started as a part-time DJ at KBCO in 1985, is the current Program Director.
KBCO can also be heard via translator K232AC (94.3 FM) located west of Denver in Summit County on Baldy Mountain.
KBCO, whose slogan is "World Class Rock," has been in the adult rock format since its sign on in June 1977. The format on the station was derived in part from Boulder station KADE (1190 AM) which had gone on the air in 1973. KADE was purchased in 1975 by Bob Greenlee. Two years later Greenlee also purchased FM station KRNW, which then became KBCO. The original studio was located in an office complex at 1900 Folsom Street. The station's original transmitter was located on a tower atop Lee Hill with a low-power 610-watt signal. Bob Greenlee worked with consulting engineers and petitioned the FCC to increase the power to its current 100,000-watt signal.
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