KXRE

KXRE
City Manitou Springs, Colorado
Broadcast area Colorado Springs area
Branding Colorado Public Radio
Frequency 1490 kHz
Translator(s) 98.5 K253AH (Colorado Springs)
102.1 K271CK (Manitou Springs)
Format Public radio news-talk
Power 500 watts day
1,000 watts night
Class C
Facility ID 54258
Transmitter coordinates 38°51′43″N 104°55′32″W / 38.86194°N 104.92556°W / 38.86194; -104.92556
Former callsigns KIKX (1984-1987)
KRYN (1987-1988)
Owner Colorado Public Radio
(Public Broadcasting of Colorado, Inc.)
Website cpr.org

KXRE (1490 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a public radio news and information radio format. Licensed to Manitou Springs, Colorado, the station serves the Colorado Springs radio market. The station is currently owned by Colorado Public Radio, through licensee Public Broadcasting of Colorado, Inc.[1]

KXRE is also heard on two FM translator stations: 180 watt 98.5 K253AH in Colorado Springs and 99 watt 102.1 K271CK in Manitou Springs.

History

The station went on the air as KIKX on 1984-09-15. on 1987-09-17, the station changed its call sign to KRYN, on 1988-02-01 to the current KXRE,[2]

In December 2016, Colorado Public Radio agreed to pay Latino Communications $550,000 for KXRE and FM translator K271CK (102.1 FM.) KXRE began broadcasting CPR's NPR/news format, originating from KCFR-FM in Denver, in April 2017.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "KXRE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "KXRE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "Colorado Public Radio buying two Colorado Springs stations". Colorado Springs Gazette, January 12, 2017.


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