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Colorado Radio and TV Station Photos from the John in Montana Collection

 

Stations on the Colorado radio and TV station photos page are listed in alphabetical order by call letters.

KADX: We begin with KADX FM. I believe the frequency was 105.1 and that the call letters changed to KBRQ not long after this photo was taken of the studios in 1972. Note the tower is behind the studios. The call letters eventually ended up in Houston, Alaska.

KBTV: Many of you will remember when KUSA-TV was KBTV. The photo is of their 1089 Bannock Street studios in 1971 when they were owned by Mullins Broadcasting. KBTR Radio 710 was co-owned. Many of you know this location as the studios for KRMA-TV Channel 6 now.
The on air ID for KBTV channel 9 Denver from 1971.

KDEN: The KDEN Radio 1340 Denver 1601 West Jewell Avenue studios photo is from 1972. This station is now KCFR. They are located in this building. Their tower is located behind the building.

KIMN: Most all of you will remember when KIMN 950 was the number one top 40 music station in Denver. KIMN stood for "Inter-Mountain Network." This photo of their Edgewater studios is from 1971.

KLIR: The KLIR FM photo is from 1972. You can see their tower behind the station located at 6535 West Jewell Avenue. This area is now housing and the Green Gables Country Club.

KLZ: KMGH TV used to be KLZ TV. KLZ TV channel 7 was the CBS affiliate for Denver for many years, now ABC TV. The photo from 1972 is of their 123 Spear Boulevard studios.

The KLZ TV on air ID is from 1972.

KLZ Radio 560 promoted a contest in 1971 to find the missing "K" from their call letters. They gave on air clues. The photo is of one of the promotional billboards that KLZ radio used. They had a top 40 rock format back in that era.

KOA-TV: KOA TV channel 4 was the NBC affiliate for Denver for many years. This photo of their 1044 Lincoln Street studios as it looked in 1971. Driving by the location today, you can tell the building has been expanded. Note the GE logo on the building. GE owned the station at the time.

The KOA TV channel 4 on air ID is from 1971. Later KOA TV was changed to KCNC ("Colorado's News Channel") and became the CBS affiliate for the Denver Market.

KRAI: Next, we take a trip up to north western Colorado in 1973 for the photo of the KRAI 550 studios in Craig. The station moved to the Centennial Mall a decade later.

KREX-TV: Heading south to Grand Junction we find KREX TV channel 5. The picture is of their 345 Hillcrest Drive studios in 1973.

The KREX tower features their call letters in neon. Readers may remember the fire that damaged this building in the winter of 2007.

KRMA: The KRMA-TV Channel 6 Denver on air ID is from 1971. KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver is the PBS affiliate. In 1971 their studios were at Glenarm Place and Thirteenth Street, now their are in the old KBTV studios.

KVOD: The photo of the KVOD FM ("Voice Of Denver") 99.5 FM studios is from 1971. From 1969 until 1995 they were a commercial station with a classican music format. Now KVOD is at 88.1 and a public broadcast facility. Still with classical music.

KWGN: Colorado's first TV station was channel 2 in Denver. They started out in 1952 as KFEL. The facility has seen many call letter changes from KFEL to KTVR to KCTO and in 1966 to the current KWGN call letters after purchase by Tribune Broadcasting, being a sister station to WGN Chicago.

The photo is of their 550 Lincoln Street station location in 1971. They are no longer in this location. KDVR-TV's studios are near this location.

Next we have two on air IDs from KWGN TV. The first one is from 1971 and promotes news.
The second one is from 1972 and was used to promote their 20th anniversary. Note the 20/20 Vision slogan.


KREZ 6.1 Durango

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