KBIQ
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| City | Manitou Springs, Colorado |
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| Broadcast area | Colorado Springs Metropolitan Area |
| Branding | Q102.7 |
| Slogan | "Safe For The Whole Family" "Your Home for The Holidays" (Nov.-Dec.) |
| Frequency | 102.7 MHz |
| First air date | Early 1960s (as KCMS) |
| Format | Christian AC (Christmas music Nov.-Dec.) |
| ERP | 72,000 watts |
| HAAT | 695 meters (2,280 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 73073 |
| Callsign meaning |
BIson Media (Salem's subsidiary) Q Branding |
| Former callsigns | KCMS (1960s-1970s) KIIQ (1970s-1984) KIKX (1984-1996) |
| Owner |
Salem Media Group (Bison Media, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KGFT, KZNT |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kbiqradio.com |
KBIQ, known as "Q102.7", is a Christian Adult Contemporary radio station broadcasting at 102.7 FM. The station serves the Colorado Springs, Colorado, area of the United States. The station is owned by the Salem Media Group.
The radio station, 102.7 was built by Bud Edmonds and was the first stereo FM radio station west of the Mississippi River. It was operated as KCMS (Colorado's Classical Music Station). Edmonds operated it out of a studio he built in his garage at 66 Minnehaha Avenue. At times, Edmonds and his wife would take turns operating the Seeburg record changer, announcing the music that was being played and changing the albums. The station simul-cast with its AM counterpart at 1530 after the FM tower was moved to the top of Cheyenne Mountain.
In early 1970, Edmonds sold the station to a group of retired Air Force officers who intended to take the AM station into an "information and education" format, taking the call letters KEDI. The FM became a music station, playing classical during the day, and free form album rock at night.
By 1973 the station was a full-time contemporary music station using the moniker "KEDI-KCMS, Colorado's Music Mother" and was programmed by Colorado Springs top 40 radio pioneer Steve Scott. It was the first Top 40 station on FM, and led the move to the band by music stations, finally defeating former top 40 legend KYSN. Never a financial success, the station was sold in the mid-1970s to a new group, who moved the studios to a location on Manitou Avenue, changing the call letters to KIIQ, still playing a top-40 format, but one that was less aggressive.
In the early 1980s the station known as KIIQ broadcasting a Modern Rock format. In 1984 it returned to its roots as a CHR as KIKX (Kicks 102.7), and become one of the top rated stations in the market.
In 1988 KIKX got competition from not one but two CHR move-in's from Pueblo. First in the spring KATM (The Kat) moved in with a similar programmed station, later in the fall KKMG moved in with a Rhythmic Crossover leaning CHR. KIKX responded with KKMG moving into the market by leaning Rhythmic but would move back to a Mainstream playlist.
However, KKMG became the dominant CHR in the market and KIKX bowed out of the format, and flipped back to a Modern Rock station in 1993 but keeping the KIKX calls and using "The Max" moniker. It switched to a satellite fed country music station a year later, and in 1995 flipped to an all '70s format using the "Kicks" moniker.
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