KKLI

KKLI
City Security-Widefield, Colorado
Broadcast area Colorado Springs, Colorado
Branding Sunny 106.3
Slogan The Best Variety Of The 80's, 90's and Today
Frequency 106.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date 1987 (as KKQX)
Format Mainstream AC
Christmas music (Nov. - Dec.)
ERP 1,600 watts
HAAT 678 meters (2,224 ft)
Class C2
Facility ID 67187
Transmitter coordinates 38°44′41″N 104°51′46″W / 38.74472°N 104.86278°W / 38.74472; -104.86278
Callsign meaning K K-LIte (previous branding)
Former callsigns KKQX (1986-1988)
Owner iHeartMedia
(Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations KBPL, KCCY-FM, KVUU, KIBT,
Webcast Listen Live
Website sunny1063online.com

KKLI (106.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Mainstream AC format. Licensed to Security-Widefield, Colorado, United States, it serves the Colorado Springs area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia. On November 6, 2014 K-Lite rebranded as Sunny 106.3.

History

The station signed on in 1987 as KKQX, broadcasting a soft AC format. It changed to its present call letters KKLI in 1988 when a Portland, Oregon station dropped the respected calls and changed its format. The station used various forms of the 'Lite' moniker since its sign-on until November 6, 2014 when they rebranded as Sunny 106.3.

The station was owned by Colorado Springs radio veteran Henry Tippie (d/b/a Tippie Communications, Inc.) in the early 1990s. Following deregulation in 1996, Citadel Broadcasting in Colorado Springs (then KKFM and KKMG) acquired the station.

In a multi-station swap deal, KKLI was sold in 1999 to Capstar Broadcasting, which merged with Chancellor Broadcasting to become AMFM Inc. and soon after absorbed into Clear Channel Communications. Clear Channel Communications became iHeartMedia in 2014, after its increasingly successful iHeartRadio internet radio platform.


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