City | Security, Colorado |
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Broadcast area | Colorado Springs-Pueblo, Colorado |
Branding | KRDO NewsRadio FM 105.5 AM 1240 |
Frequency | 105.5 MHz |
First air date | April 8, 1973 (as KWYD-FM) |
Format | News Talk Information |
ERP | 1,600 watts |
HAAT | 652 metres (2,139 ft) |
Class | C2 |
Facility ID | 50402 |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°44′40.00″N 104°51′41.00″W / 38.7444444°N 104.8613889°W |
Callsign meaning | KoloRaDO |
Former callsigns | KWYD-FM (1973–1989) KBZE (1989–1991) KHII (1991–1996) KSKX (1996–2006) |
Affiliations |
Premiere Networks Westwood One ABC News Radio |
Owner |
News-Press & Gazette Company (Pikes Peak Television, Inc.) |
Sister stations | KRDO, KRDO-TV |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | krdo.com |
KRDO-FM (105.5 MHz) is commercial FM radio station licensed to Security, Colorado and serving the Colorado Springs-Pueblo media market. It is owned and operated by the News-Press & Gazette Company of St. Joseph, Missouri, through its licensee Pikes Peak Television, Inc. KRDO-FM airs a News/Talk radio format. All programming is simulcast on AM 1240 KRDO and both radio stations share news resources with co-owned Channel 13 KRDO-TV.
Studios and offices are on South 8th Street in Colorado Springs. The transmitter is off Transmitter Lane, also in Colorado Springs, amid antennas for several area FM and TV stations.
Weekdays, after a morning news block, KRDO-AM-FM carry nationally syndicated programs, three of which are about family finances: Dave Ramsey, Clark Howard and Denver-based Tom Martino. Also heard weekdays are Sean Hannity, Clyde Lewis and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Weekends feature shows on money, health, home repair, guns, computers and travel. Syndicated weekend hosts include Kim Komando and Rudy Maxa. Some weekend hours are paid brokered programming. Most hours begin with world and national news from ABC News Radio.