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{{Infobox Radio station
{{Infobox radio station
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| name = KXWA
| image =
| name = KXWA
| city = [[Centennial, Colorado|Centennial]], [[Colorado]]
| logo =
| area = Denver
| city = [[Centennial, Colorado]] | country = US
| slogan = ''Way-FM''
| area = [[Denver, Colorado]]
| branding =
| branding = ''WAY-FM''
| frequency = 101.9 [[MHz]]
| frequency = 101.9 [[MHz]] {{HD Radio}}
| repeater =
| repeater =
| airdate =
| airdate = January 28, 1967 (as KRYT-FM)
| format = [[Contemporary Christian]]
| format = [[Christian adult contemporary]]
| subchannels = HD2: [[Spanish language|Spanish]] Christian adult contemporary
| erp = 9,500 [[watt]]s
| haat = {{convert|163|m|ft|sp=us}}
| erp = 9,500 [[watt]]s
| class = C3
| haat = {{convert|163|m|ft|sp=us}}
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| class = C3
| facility_id = [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=70822 70822]
| facility_id = 70822
| coordinates = {{coord|39|23|7|N|105|2|52|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|39|23|7|N|105|2|52|W|region:US-CO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning =
| callsign_meaning = For "Way FM"
| former_callsigns = KINX (?-1979)<br>KKCS-FM (1979-2005)<br>KGDQ (2005-2008)<br> KKHI (2008-2011)
| former_callsigns = KRYT-FM (1967–1976)<br>KINX (1976–1979)<br>KKCS-FM (1979–2005)<br>KGDQ (2005–2008)<br>KKHI (2008–2011)
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| owner = Way-FM Media Group
| licensee =
| affiliations =
| sister_stations = [[KCWA]]
| owner = [[WAY-FM Network]]
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| licensee = Hope Media Group
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| webcast = [http://kxwa.wayfm.com/index.php/on-demand/streams.html Listen live]
| sister_stations = [[KCWA]]
| website = http://kxwa.wayfm.com/
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| webcast = [https://listen.wayfm.com/denver/?waystation_set=7 Listen Live]
| affiliations =
| website = [https://www.wayfm.com/ wayfm.com]<br>[https://vidaunida.com/ vidaunida.com] (HD2)
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
}}
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'''KXWA''' (101.9 [[FM broadcasting|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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KXWA |title=KXWA Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division |access-date=2011-04-04}}</ref> Its studios are located in [[Longmont, Colorado|Longmont]], and the transmitter is near [[Castle Rock, Colorado|Castle Rock]].

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'''KXWA''' (101.9 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[radio station]] licensed to [[Centennial, Colorado]], USA. The station serves the Denver metropolitan area and is currently owned by the [[WAY-FM Network]].<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KXWA |title=KXWA Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division |accessdate=2011-04-04}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
===In Colorado Springs===
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).
On January 14, 1965, William S. Cook obtained a construction permit to build a new radio station in Colorado Springs.<ref name="hc">{{FCC letter|hcards=yes|letterid=72421|callsign=KXWA}}</ref> It went on the air January 28, 1967, as KRYT-FM, a companion to daytime-only [[KQSC|KRYT (1530 AM)]]. On December 6, 1976, the KRYT name moved fully to AM, and the station adopted an [[adult contemporary]] format as KINX, with KRYT AM going to [[disco music]].<ref name="Colo770129">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100844948/station-break/|date=January 29, 1977|page=18-D|first=Linda|last=Navarro|title=Station Break|newspaper=Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph|location=Colorado Springs, Colorado|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 1, 2022}}</ref><!-- Sat --><ref name="Colo770219">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100845052/kryt-goes-disco/|date=February 19, 1977|page=16-D|title=KRYT Goes Disco|newspaper=Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph|location=Colorado Springs, Colorado|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 1, 2022}}</ref><!-- Sat -->


In 1979, the two stations (then KXXV and KINX) were acquired by Mountain Center Broadcasting Company, part of Texas-based Center Group Broadcasting, for $765,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1979/BC-1979-02-19.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=February 19, 1979|page=68|title=Changing Hands}}</ref> Walton Stations acquired both stations in separate transactions in 1982, with the FM going for $1.02 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1982/BC-1982-08-16.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=August 16, 1982|page=57|title=Changing Hands}}</ref> Under Walton, the station broadcast country music and became a major player in the market, being the top-billing station from 1989 to 1997 and the highest-rated local station in much of that time period.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Duncan-American-Radio/Duncan-1975-1992/Colorado%20Springs.pdf|work=An American Radio Trilogy|date=2004|first=James E.|last=Duncan|title=Colorado Springs|via=World Radio History}}</ref>
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 was a major player in the Colorado Springs market until the station was purchased by Bustos Media for $16 million in 2005.


Walton sold KKCS-FM to Superior Broadcasting in 2003 for $18 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2003/RR-2003-05-02.pdf|date=May 2, 2003|work=Radio & Records|page=6|title=Deal of the Week}}</ref>
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.


===Denver market move-in===
On June 9, 2008, KGDQ abandoned Regional Mexican in favor of picking up the Smooth Jazz format that was dropped several months earlier by [[KKFN (FM)|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.
Superior sold KKCS-FM to [[Bustos Media]] for $16 million in 2005, retaining the intellectual property and moving it to Cañon City's [[KSTY|104.5 MHz]], which it leased.<ref>{{cite news|date=December 6, 2005|work=Pueblo Chieftain|title=KKCS moves up radio dial|first=Dennis|last=Darrow}}</ref> Meanwhile, Bustos moved KKCS-FM north from Colorado Springs to [[Centennial, Colorado|Centennial]], with a transmitter on Monument Hill, to target the Denver market. In Denver, it changed its format to [[Regional Mexican]] as KGDQ "{{lang|es|La Gran D}}", the third Spanish-language FM station in the region.<ref>{{cite news|title=KKCS-FM newest player in thriving Latino market|work=The Denver Post|page=F9|first=Dick|last=Kreck|date=December 5, 2005}}</ref>


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Bustos sold KKHI in 2010 to Way-FM Communications for conversion to its Christian radio network. The call sign was changed to KXWA that December.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kxwa.wayfm.com/index.php/on-the-way/252-letter-from-bob-augsburg.html|title=Letter from Bob Augsburg|work=WAY-FM.com}}</ref>
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 [http://www.khigh.co/ website].

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As of May 1, 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kxwa.wayfm.com/index.php/on-the-way/252-letter-from-bob-augsburg.html|title=Letter from Bob Augsburg|work=WAY-FM.com}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{FM station data|KXWA}}
*{{FM station data|70822|KXWA}}


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Latest revision as of 20:42, 4 September 2024

For the airport serving Williston, North Dakota assigned the ICAO code KXWA, see Williston Basin International Airport.
KXWA
Broadcast areaDenver, Colorado
Frequency101.9 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingWAY-FM
Programming
FormatChristian adult contemporary
SubchannelsHD2: Spanish Christian adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner
KCWA
History
First air date
January 28, 1967 (as KRYT-FM)
Former call signs
KRYT-FM (1967–1976)
KINX (1976–1979)
KKCS-FM (1979–2005)
KGDQ (2005–2008)
KKHI (2008–2011)
Call sign meaning
For "Way FM"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID70822
ClassC3
ERP9,500 watts
HAAT163 meters (535 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
39°23′7″N 105°2′52″W / 39.38528°N 105.04778°W / 39.38528; -105.04778
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewayfm.com
vidaunida.com (HD2)

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.[2] Its studios are located in Longmont, and the transmitter is near Castle Rock.

History

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In Colorado Springs

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On January 14, 1965, William S. Cook obtained a construction permit to build a new radio station in Colorado Springs.[3] It went on the air January 28, 1967, as KRYT-FM, a companion to daytime-only KRYT (1530 AM). On December 6, 1976, the KRYT name moved fully to AM, and the station adopted an adult contemporary format as KINX, with KRYT AM going to disco music.[4][5]

In 1979, the two stations (then KXXV and KINX) were acquired by Mountain Center Broadcasting Company, part of Texas-based Center Group Broadcasting, for $765,000.[6] Walton Stations acquired both stations in separate transactions in 1982, with the FM going for $1.02 million.[7] Under Walton, the station broadcast country music and became a major player in the market, being the top-billing station from 1989 to 1997 and the highest-rated local station in much of that time period.[8]

Walton sold KKCS-FM to Superior Broadcasting in 2003 for $18 million.[9]

Denver market move-in

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Superior sold KKCS-FM to Bustos Media for $16 million in 2005, retaining the intellectual property and moving it to Cañon City's 104.5 MHz, which it leased.[10] Meanwhile, Bustos moved KKCS-FM north from Colorado Springs to Centennial, with a transmitter on Monument Hill, to target the Denver market. In Denver, it changed its format to Regional Mexican as KGDQ "La Gran D", the third Spanish-language FM station in the region.[11]

Bustos sold KKHI in 2010 to Way-FM Communications for conversion to its Christian radio network. The call sign was changed to KXWA that December.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KXWA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "KXWA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  3. ^ FCC History Cards for KXWA
  4. ^ Navarro, Linda (January 29, 1977). "Station Break". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. Colorado Springs, Colorado. p. 18-D. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "KRYT Goes Disco". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. Colorado Springs, Colorado. February 19, 1977. p. 16-D. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 19, 1979. p. 68.
  7. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 16, 1982. p. 57.
  8. ^ Duncan, James E. (2004). "Colorado Springs" (PDF). An American Radio Trilogy – via World Radio History.
  9. ^ "Deal of the Week" (PDF). Radio & Records. May 2, 2003. p. 6.
  10. ^ Darrow, Dennis (December 6, 2005). "KKCS moves up radio dial". Pueblo Chieftain.
  11. ^ Kreck, Dick (December 5, 2005). "KKCS-FM newest player in thriving Latino market". The Denver Post. p. F9.
  12. ^ "Letter from Bob Augsburg". WAY-FM.com.
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