KKFN
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| City | Longmont, Colorado |
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| Broadcast area | Denver, Colorado |
| Branding | Sportsradio 104.3 The Fan |
| Slogan | "Denver's Sports Station" |
| Frequency | 104.3 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | September 1964 (as KLMO-FM) |
| Format |
Sports HD2: Sports (KEPN simulcast) |
| ERP | 91,000 watts |
| HAAT | 206 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 71767 |
| Callsign meaning | The FaN |
| Former callsigns | KLMO-FM (1964-1986) KQKS (1986-1997) KCKK (1997-1999) KCKK-FM (1999-2000) KJCD (2000-2008) KKFN-FM (2008-2009) |
| Owner | Bonneville International Corporation |
| Sister stations | KEPN, KOSI, KYGO |
| Webcast | Listen Live Page and Listen Live Player |
| Website | 1043thefan.com |
KKFN (104.3 FM, "104.3 The Fan") is a sports radio station serving the Denver-Boulder area. Owned and operated by Bonneville International, the outlet broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 91 kW and is licensed to Longmont, Colorado. Its studios are located in Greenwood Village, and the transmitter is in Lakewood on Green Mountain.
The frequency was home to KLMO-FM, targeting Longmont, Boulder and areas north of Denver. In December 1986, the station was sold to local owners Western Cities Broadcasting, adopted a Top 40 format, changed call letters to KQKS, and adopted the moniker "104.3 Kiss FM". By 1989, they evolved into a Dance-leaning rhythmic contemporary hit direction as "KS104", but by 1993, they would start shifting back to a mainstream Top 40 direction again after they were left standing as the only Top 40 in the market.
However, by 1995, they would see new competition from two new stations, KHHT (K-HITS 107.5) and KALC (Alice 105.9), going after listeners with a mainstream Top 40 direction. As a result of this, KQKS returned to rhythmic contemporary hits that year. But by 1996, KQKS would receive a major jolt when their air staffers defected to another new rhythmic contemporary hit radio station, KJMN (JAM'N 92.1), and began attacking them on-air and on the streets.
In November 1996, Western Cities sold the station to Jefferson-Pilot. On January 8, 1997, Jefferson-Pilot (which later became part of the Lincoln Financial Group) moved the calls and Rhythmic Top 40 format to 107.5. After the move, on January 18, J-P placed a classic country format on the signal as KCKK, "Kicks 104." But on September 1, 2000, they would move that format over to the AM band so they can fill the smooth jazz void that was left open by KHIH after the latter flipped to Top 40 earlier that day. The station adopted the call letters KJCD shortly after the move.
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