KXWA

KXWA (101.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Centennial, Colorado, United States. The station serves the Denver metropolitan area and is currently owned by the WAY-FM Network.[1] Its studios are located in Longmont, and the transmitter is near Castle Rock.

For the airport serving Williston, North Dakota assigned the ICAO code KXWA, see Williston Basin International Airport.
KXWA
CityCentennial, Colorado
Broadcast areaDenver, Colorado
Frequency101.9 MHz
BrandingWAY-FM
Programming
FormatContemporary Christian
Ownership
OwnerWay-FM Media Group
KCWA
History
First air date
January 28, 1967 (as KRYT-FM)
Former call signs
KRYT-FM (1967-1978)
KINX (1978-1979)
KKCS-FM (1979-2005)
KGDQ (2005-2008)
KKHI (2008-2011)
Call sign meaning
K X WAY-FM (WAY-FM station branding)
Technical information
Facility ID70822
ClassC3
ERP9,500 watts
HAAT163 meters (535 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
39°23′7″N 105°2′52″W
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitekxwa.wayfm.com

History

The station was originally licensed to Colorado Springs as KRYT-FM, broadcasting a middle-of-the-road music format as the full-time companion to daytime-only KRYT-AM 1530 (now KCMN).

Walton Stations purchased the station in 1978 and began broadcasting country music as KKCS-FM under Program Director Lee Reynolds. While in the country format, KKCS-FM was a major player in the Colorado Springs market until the station was purchased by Bustos Media for $16 million in 2005.

Bustos Media's plans were to turn 101.9 into a Denver station by changing the city of license to Centennial, Colorado, and the transmitter location to the Monument Hill area. On December 2, 2005, the station moved to a Regional Mexican format, "La Gran D," and switched call letters from KKCS-FM to KGDQ on December 8, 2005. With all those changes, 101.9 FM effectively left Colorado Springs to broadcast to the larger Denver market.

On June 9, 2008, KGDQ abandoned Regional Mexican in favor of picking up the Smooth Jazz format that was dropped several months earlier by KJCD. Bustos Media CEO Amador Bustos told AllAccess.com, "We will put our improved 101.9 FM signal to its best use, by filling an evident music vacuum in the Denver metro with Smooth Jazz programming." The call letters changed to KKHI, for "K-High," the slogan used by a previous Denver smooth jazz station, KHIH.

On April 30, 2010, it was announced on KKHI Operations Manager/Program Director Steve Hamilton's Facebook page that the current format will be moving to the station's website.

As of May 1, 2010 101.9 was sold by Bustos Media to Way-FM Communications, who then replaced the Smooth Jazz format with a Contemporary Christian format, using programming from the WAY-FM Network. The station's programming can also be heard in Northern Colorado on KCWA.[2]

References
  1. "KXWA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  2. "Letter from Bob Augsburg". WAY-FM.com.


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