KDMT (AM)

KDMT
City Arvada, Colorado
Broadcast area Denver-Boulder, Colorado
Branding Denver's Money Talk 1690
Frequency 1690 kHz
Format Business Talk and Talk Radio
Power 10,000 watts (day)
1,000 watts (night)
Class B
Facility ID 86619
Transmitter coordinates 39°39′21″N 105°4′27″W / 39.65583°N 105.07417°W / 39.65583; -105.07417Coordinates: 39°39′21″N 105°4′27″W / 39.65583°N 105.07417°W / 39.65583; -105.07417
Callsign meaning K Denver's Money Talk
Former callsigns KAYK (1997-1998)
KADZ (1998-1999)
KDDZ (1999-2015)
Affiliations Salem Radio Network
Bloomberg Radio
Townhall Radio News
Owner Salem Media Group
(Salem Media of Colorado, Inc.)
Website moneytalk1690.com

KDMT (1690 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Arvada, Colorado, and serving the Denver-Boulder radio market. The station is owned and operated by Salem Media Group. It airs a business news and talk radio format in the daytime and carries nationally syndicated conservative talk shows at night. Hosts include Ray Lucia, Larry Elder, Lars Larson and Eric Metaxas. It also uses programming from Bloomberg Radio and news updates from Townhall Radio News. Some shows are paid brokered programming.

History

Final Radio Disney Logo used on KDDZ from 2013-2015.

In June 1998, the station signed on as KAYK.[1] The call sign was changed to KADZ on December 11, 1998. On January 15, 1999, the call letters were changed to KDDZ.[2] From its inception, the station aired Radio Disney children's radio programming. It was owned by the Walt Disney Corporation.

On August 13, 2014, Disney put KDDZ and twenty-two other Radio Disney stations up for sale, in order to focus more on digital distribution of the Radio Disney network.[3][4]

On September 15, 2015, it was announced that the Salem Media Group had acquired the last five Radio Disney owned-and-operated stations for sale (including KDDZ) for $2.225 million.[5] KDDZ was acquired through Salem Media of Colorado, Inc., for $550,000.[6] According to Radio Insight, KDDZ would become Salem's Wall Street Business Network affiliate in Denver.[7] The sale was completed on December 8, 2015.[8] The call sign was changed to KDMT. On December 17, 2015 began stunting with music by Johnny Cash as "Cash Country 1690". The stunt lead into the February 1, 2016 launch of "Money Talk 1690."[2]

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 page D-68
  2. 1 2 "KDMT Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ Lafayette, Jon (August 13, 2014). "Exclusive: Radio Disney Moving Off Air to Digital". Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Radio Disney to Sell the Majority of Its Stations". Billboard. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Salem Acquires Radio Disney’s Final Five - Radio Insight
  6. ↑ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission.
  7. ↑ Daily Domains 11/15: Columbus To Go Boom - Radio Insight
  8. ↑ Consummation Notice - Federal Communications Commission


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