KCKK
| City | Littleton, Colorado |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Denver metropolitan area |
| Branding | 93.7 The Rock |
| Slogan | We Play Anything! |
| Frequency | 1510 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 93.7 K229BS (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| First air date | August 27, 1957 (as KMOR) |
| Format | Adult Hits |
| Power | 10,000 watts daytime 25,000 watts nighttime 99 watts (translator) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 52249 |
| Callsign meaning |
KiCKs K former branding |
| Former callsigns | KMOR (1957-1964) KDKO (1964-2002) KNRC (2002-2003) KCUV (2003-2006) KYOL (3/2006-12/2006) |
| Owner | James and Janice Hunt (Hunt Broadcasting LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 937therock.com |
KCKK (1510 kHz "93.7 The Rock") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Littleton, Colorado, and serving the Denver metropolitan area. KCKK is owned by James and Janice Hunt, through licensee Hunt Broadcasting LLC. The station airs an adult hits radio format that features titles from the 1950s to the present day. Most songs are rock-oriented, although some rhythmic and pop songs are heard.
KCKK has studios and offices on South Union Boulevard in Lakewood and its transmitter is off Riverdale Road in Thornton, Colorado. KCKK is unusual in that its AM transmitter increases power at night, going from 10,000 watts to 25,000 watts. Both the day and night signals are quite directional, in a north-south pattern.
KCKK's programming is simulcast on 93.7 MHz, over FM translator K229BS in Lakewood, Colorado.
On August 22, 1957, the station first signed on as KMOR. Owned by Bob Rubin from 1960 to 1965 and operated from above the theater at the Woodlawn Shopping Center, the original format was country music.
On April 1, 1967, the station switched call letters to KDKO Radio and was known as "Denver's Soul Radio" due to its rhythm & blues format. It broadcast from studios on Santa Fe Road, just south of County Line Road. During its tenure in this format, KDKO, thanks to its popular multiracial disc jockeys, became a ratings success story throughout the Denver market and within the growing African-American community. A bit of notoriety would take place in 1976 when the station served as the co-sponsor of a planned Marvin Gaye concert that was to take place at the Denver Coliseum. Hours before it was to go on, a KDKO staffer told the crowd that Gaye would arrive shortly, only to learn that Gaye was at his home in Los Angeles and was sleeping. This embarrassment led to an uproar at the coliseum. The staffer was taken off the air for his safety after he used foul language at the concertgoers. Several lawsuits were filed alleging fraud and deceiving ticket buyers. Later KDKO dabbled with disco music (even calling itself "KDisKO") but as disco started to fade, the station returned to its R&B roots.
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