KXBG

KXBG

City Cheyenne, Wyoming
Broadcast area Cheyenne, Wyoming
Fort Collins-Greeley
Branding Big 97.9
B107.3 (HD2)
Slogan Northern Colorado's #1 for New 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 FM/HD1:Country
HD2: 90s hits "B107.3"
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 165 meters (541 ft)
Class C1
Facility ID 7693
Transmitter coordinates 41°6′1.00″N 105°0′23.00″W / 41.1002778°N 105.0063889°W / 41.1002778; -105.0063889
Callsign meaning K X BiG (station branding)
Former callsigns KFBC-FM (1968-1978)
KFBQ-FM (1978-1996)
KIGN (1996-2002)
KQLF (2002-2007)
KQMY (2007-2008)
Owner iHeartMedia
(Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Webcast Listen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
Website big979.com
b1073online.iheart.com (HD2)

KXBG (97.9 FM, "Big 97.9") is a radio station licensed to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts a country music format targeting the Fort Collins-Greeley, Colorado area. Its studios are located in Loveland, Colorado.

History

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.[1]

KXBG-HD2

On June 29, 2017 KXBG launched a 90's hits format on its HD2 subchannel, branded as "iHeart 90s 107.3", simulcast on translator K297AK 107.3 FM in Loveland. On August 11, 2017, the channel was rebranded as "B107.3".[2]

References

  1. ↑ "KXBG Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "Fort Collins' iHeart 90s Rebrands As B107.3". RadioInsight. 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2018-04-14.


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