KBPL

KBPL
City Pueblo, Colorado
Broadcast area Colorado Springs-Pueblo
Branding 107.9 KBPI
Slogan Rocks The Rockies
Frequency 107.9 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s) 107.9 K300CP (Denver)
Repeater(s) 95.7-2 KPTT-HD2 (Denver)
107.9 KBPI (Fort Collins)
First air date March 3, 1987 (as KRYT)
Format Active rock (KBPI simulcast)
ERP 32,000 watts
HAAT 674 meters (2,211 ft)
Class C0
Facility ID 40848
Transmitter coordinates 38°44′41″N 104°51′46″W / 38.74472°N 104.86278°W / 38.74472; -104.86278Coordinates: 38°44′41″N 104°51′46″W / 38.74472°N 104.86278°W / 38.74472; -104.86278
Callsign meaning Disambiguation of KBPI
Former callsigns KRYT (1986–1988)
KRYT-FM (1988-1993)
KDZA-FM (1993-2018)
Owner iHeartMedia
(Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations KDZA, KCCY, KCSJ, KIBT, KPHT
Webcast Listen Live
Website kbpi.iheart.com

KBPL (107.9 FM, "107.9 KBPI") is a radio station licensed to Pueblo, Colorado, and serving the Colorado Springs/Pueblo radio market. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts an active rock format. The transmitter is located on Cheyenne Mountain amid other TV and FM towers for stations in the Colorado Springs-Pueblo market.

KBPL is part of a trimulcast stretching across much of Colorado along Interstate 25. KBPL serves as a rebroadcaster of KBPI in Fort Collins, Colorado and includes translator station 107.9 K300CP in Parker, Colorado, serving the Denver metropolitan area.

History

The station first signed on as KRYT on March 3, 1987.[1] It was the FM counterpart to AM 1350 KGHF (now KDZA). The call sign reflected the station nickname "K-Right," as 107.9 is at the far right end of the FM dial. On December 1, 1988, the station changed its call sign to KRYT-FM.

On January 1, 1993, the station was bought by the McCoy Broadcasting Company.[2] It became KDZA-FM.[3] The KDZA call letters had previously been on AM 1230 which had been sold to Pueblo Community College. KDZA-FM had an oldies format. On June 24, 2008, it switched to Classic Hits, calling itself Jet 107.9.[4]

In 2000, it was sold to Clear Channel Communications, the forerunner of today's iHeartMedia.[5] On July 13, 2009, Clear Channel flipped KDZA-FM to Album Rock and moved the studios and offices to Colorado Springs. KDZA-FM switched to classic rock as Z107.9 on November 30, 2011.[6] A few years later, KDZA-FM got a boost in its coverage area when it was allowed to relocate its tower to Cheyenne Mountain. The height above average terrain (HAAT) increased from 230 feet to 2,211 feet (674 meters).

On December 11, 2017, iHeart created a trimulcast based on the longtime hard-edged rock station in Denver, KBPI. In the Colorado Springs-Pueblo market, KDZA-FM flipped to active rock. In Fort Collins, an iHeart station at 107.9 became the new KBPI.[7] And a translator station, K300CP in the Denver radio market was the third leg in the trimulcast. KDZA-FM changed its call sign to KBPL on January 23, 2018.

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 page B-56
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1994 page D-62
  3. ↑ "KBPL Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ ""Oldies" KDZA returns to Pueblo; Ventura gets "True Oldies"". Radio-Info.com. June 24, 2008.
  5. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2002-2003 page D-76
  6. ↑ "KDZA Colorado Springs Gets Legendary - RadioInsight". 30 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "KBPI Moves To 107.9 As Three Station Trimulcast In Denver, Fort Collins & Colorado Springs". RadioInsight. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2017-12-11.


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