KPTT
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| City | Denver, Colorado |
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| Broadcast area | Denver–Boulder |
| Branding | 95.7 The Party |
| Slogan | Denver's #1 Hit Music Station |
| Frequency | 95.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) 95.7 HD2 for "Evolution" |
| Translator(s) | 94.1 K231AA (Boulder) |
| First air date | 1968 (as KMYR at 95.5) |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 346 meters |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 48967 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°43′59″N 105°14′10″W / 39.73306°N 105.23611°W |
| Callsign meaning | KParTy (T) |
| Former callsigns | KMYR (1968-1975) KHOW-FM (1975-1976) KXKX (1976-1980) KHOW-FM (1980-1983) KPKE (1983-1987) KSYY (1987–1991) KHOW-FM (1991–1993) KHIH (1993–2000) KFMD (2000–2005) KMGG (2005–2006) |
| Former frequencies | 95.5 MHz (1968-1970) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KBCO, KBPI, KHOW, KDSP, KOA, KRFX, KTCL, K300CP |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 957theparty.com |
KPTT (95.7 FM) is a commercial radio station located in Denver, Colorado airing a Top 40 (CHR)) music format branded as 95.7 The Party. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., the station has studios in Southeast Denver, while the transmitter site is atop Lookout Mountain in Golden.
KPTT signed on in 1968 as MOR KMYR, which was at 95.5 before moving to its current frequency in 1970. It went through a succession of adult contemporary music formats as KHOW-FM (1975–76, 1980–83, and 1991–93), and KXKX (1977–80). 95.7 FM was (and continues to be) co-owned with its long-time sister station KHOW. The stations were owned by Doubleday and Company until 1981 when Doubleday sold the KHOW stations to Metromedia.
In 1983, KHOW-FM's format was changed to Top 40 (CHR) as KPKE, All Hit 96 FM, Denver's Brand New Peak. KPKE had some of the highest ratings in the market. In 1986, all of Metromedia's stations, including KPKE, were spun off into a new company titled Metropolitan Broadcasting. In 1987, KPKE changed back to adult contemporary, this time as KSYY, "Sunny 95.7". In April 1988, Legacy Broadcasting, owned by Robert F.X. Sillerman, bought Metropolitan. Two months later, Command Communications bought the station. In November 1989, Viacom bought the station.
In October 1993, shortly after Noble Broadcast Group acquired the station, KHOW-FM adopted the smooth jazz format and KHIH calls. (KHIH was on 94.7 FM until Salem purchased the station that same month and dropped it for a religious format.) In 1996, Noble merged with Jacor, as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. In 1999, Jacor would merge with Clear Channel Communications (now known as iHeartMedia).
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