KBPI
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| City | Parker, Colorado |
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| Broadcast area | Denver metro area |
| Branding | 106.7 KBPI |
| Slogan | Denver Rocks The Rockies |
| Frequency | 106.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | June 19, 1962 |
| Format |
Active Rock HD2: Alternative Rock |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 408 meters |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 29739 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°43′58.00″N 105°14′8.00″W / 39.7327778°N 105.2355556°W |
| Former callsigns | KLZ-FM (1962–77) KAZY (1977–94) |
| Affiliations |
Compass Media Networks iHeartRadio Premiere Networks Premium Choice |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KBCO, KHOW, KDSP, KPTT, KOA, KRFX, KTCL |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kbpi |
KBPI (106.7 FM) – branded 106.7 KBPI – is a commercial Active Rock radio station licensed to Denver, Colorado, serving the Denver metro area. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., KBPI serves as the Denver affiliate for Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx and Skratch 'N Sniff. The KBPI studios are located in Denver, while the station transmitter resides in Golden on Lookout Mountain. In addition to a standard analog transmission, KBPI broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, and is available online via iHeartRadio.
KBPI started at 105.9 in 1965, broadcasting from the 20th floor of the D&F Tower in downtown Denver. The owner and General manager of the station was Bill Pierson, who named KBPI for "Bill Pierson Incorporated." He sold the station in 1974.
During the 1970s and 1980s, its television commercials featured a blonde woman lip-synching with bits of popular Rock songs and DJ's voices, and the tagline "KBPI Rrrrrrrrocks the Rrrrockies!" This catchphrase is still used in advertising and for a while the campaign was used at other rock radio stations in the United States and Canada. The "blonde woman" AKA "KBPI's Remarkable Mouth" was Kelly Harmon, sister of actor Mark Harmon.
During the 70's, KBPI gained press for inviting people to bring their disco records to the station office for destruction, and this was frequently broadcast live over the air to the tune of Black Sabbath songs. This was commonplace among AOR stations who were riding the anti-Disco theme at the time. For four years, Steven B. and the Hawk ruled the Denver morning FM ratings, mixing rock music with their witty repartee and routines. As they put it, in their own words, "It really didn't matter what kind of music they played. Listeners tuned in to hear them."
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