City | Cheyenne, Wyoming |
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Broadcast area |
Cheyenne, Wyoming Fort Collins-Greeley |
Branding | Big 97.9 |
Slogan | Northern Colorado's Best Country |
Frequency | 97.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
Translator(s) | 107.3 K297AK (Loveland, CO, relays HD2) |
First air date | 1968 (as KFBC-FM) |
Format |
Country HD2: Contemporary Christian "UP! 107.3" |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 165 meters |
Class | C1 |
Facility ID | 7693 |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°6′1.00″N 105°0′23.00″W / 41.1002778°N 105.0063889°W |
Callsign meaning | K X BiG Country |
Former callsigns | KFBC-FM (1968-1978) KFBQ-FM (1978-1996) KIGN (1996-2002) KQLF (2002-2007) KQMY (2007-2008) |
Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
Webcast |
Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
Website |
big979.com up1073.com (HD2) |
KXBG (97.9 FM, Big 97.9) is a radio station broadcasting a Country format. Licensed to Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States, the station serves the Fort Collins-Greeley, Colorado area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and licensed Citicasters Licenses, L.P. The KXBG studios are located in Loveland, Colorado.
The station was assigned the call sign KFBQ-FM on 1978-11-20. On 1996-04-15 it changed to KIGN and on 2002-06-03 to KQLF. On 2007-06-06 the station became KQMY and finally on 2008-01-17 the current KXBG.