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| City | Broomfield, Colorado |
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| Broadcast area | Denver-Boulder-Longmont and Northern Colorado |
| Branding | 92.5 The Wolf |
| Slogan | Denver's Wolf Country Playing the Most Music. Period. New Country, Now! |
| Frequency | 92.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) 92.5 HD2: Classic Country "Willie 92.5" |
| Translator(s) | 101.7 K269AE (Boulder) |
| First air date | June 1967 (as KGRE at 92.3) |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 57,000 watts |
| HAAT | 377 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 59972 |
| Callsign meaning | K WOlF |
| Former callsigns | KGRE (1967-1984) KYOU (1984-1989) KDHT (1989-1993) KZDG (1993-1996) KVOD (1996-1999) KDJM (1999-2005) KLWL (2005-2006) KWLI (2006-2009) |
| Former frequencies | 92.3 MHz (1967-1982) |
| Owner |
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (KSE Radio Ventures, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KIMN, KKSE, KXKL-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 925thewolf.com |
KWOF is a commercial radio station located in Denver, broadcasting to the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area on 92.5 FM. KWOF airs a country music format branded as "The Wolf". KWOF has studios on Colorado Boulevard in Glendale, with a transmitter located near the town of Frederick in Weld County. It is currently under ownership of Stan Kroenke's KSE Radio Ventures, who also owns sister stations KXKL-FM, KKSE and KIMN.
The station was originally licensed to Greeley, Colorado as KGRE at 92.3 FM (moving to 92.5 FM in 1982) before being relicensed to Broomfield. Prior to February 1989, it broadcast a hybrid country/country-rock format under the call letters KYOU. The calls changed to KDHT on February 17, 1989, and under the programming leadership of Ira Gordon, KDHT became one of the earliest folk/americana/AAA hybrids.
On January 1, 1993, APB Broadcasting reached a deal to sell the station to Premiere Radio Networks for $3.5 Million. Premiere would change the format to New Country as KZDG, "Big Dog 92.5" on January 10. Shamrock Broadcasting would acquire the station in March 1995, with the station then rebranding as "Z 92.5." Chancellor Media purchased the station in early 1996.
On February 18, 1996, at Midnight, KZDG became the home to Denver's classical music station KVOD (the actual call letters would be adopted on March 22). The format was formerly at the 99.5 frequency until it was sold from Henry Broadcasting to Tribune (it is currently owned by Entercom). Tribune reached a deal with Chancellor to move KVOD over to their newly acquired 92.5 frequency, and agreed to simulcast for nearly a month until 99.5 debuted their new classic rock format on March 4.
On May 21, 1999, at 5 p.m., Chancellor Media moved KVOD's classical format to 1280 AM. With the emergence of rhythmic oldies stations in markets such as Chicago, Fresno, and Los Angeles, as well as having a diverse ethnic population that the format caters to (Hispanics and African-Americans), Chancellor launched the format in Denver as "Jammin 92-5", with new call letters KDJM adopted on June 25, 1999. The "Jammin' Oldies" format consisted of Classic Soul, Disco and R&B tunes. Core artists included Marvin Gaye, The Gap Band, Prince, Isley Brothers, Michael Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Teena Marie, Earth, Wind & Fire and Chaka Kahn. Later in 1999, the station was acquired by AMFM, which was formed under the merge of Chancellor and Evergreen Media. The station's original moniker was "Denver's Jammin' Oldies."
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