KIQN (FM) explained

KIQN
City:Colorado City, Colorado
Area:Colorado City Metropolitan Area
Pueblo, Colorado
Branding:KIQ'N Country 103.3
Airdate:2011
Format:Country
Erp:100,000 watts
Haat:165 meters
Class:C
Facility Id:164269
Former Callsigns:KJQY (2006–2014)
KLEZ (2014–2015)
KJQY (2015)
Owner:Pueblo Broadcasting
Webcast:Listen Live
Licensing Authority:FCC

KIQN (KIQ'N Country 103.3) is a radio station licensed to Colorado City, Colorado, and serving the Pueblo and Colorado Springs areas with a country music format. KIQN is owned by Pueblo Broadcasting Group, LLC.

History

103.3 FM flipped from its Rhythmic AC format on May 31, 2012 by stunting with a Polka format for seven days before settling into a high-energy Rhythmic Top 40 format, offering a hybrid mix of currents, old school and Dance hits, the latter being heavily dayparted in evenings.[1] The evening block of programming is branded as "Radio Planeta" and features a bilingual English/Spanish combination of dance music.

According to station owner Steven R Bartholomew, "This station represents music with energy!"[2]

KIQN has been granted a construction permit to move to 103.1 FM.[3] [4]

On September 1, 2015, the then-KJQY changed their format to country, branded as "KIQ'N Country".[5] The station changed its call sign to the current KIQN on November 23, 2015.

External links

37.7811°N -104.5342°W

Notes and References

  1. http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/netgnomes/58385/polka-power-in-pueblo/#.T9Dc-Ep3yUd "Polka Power In Pueblo"
  2. http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/106879/kjqy-moves-into-the-power-zone "KJQY Moves Into The Power Zone"
  3. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1646309 "FCC construction permit"
  4. http://www.coloradomedia.net/forums/showthread.php?41139-Firehose-versus-squirt-gun-who-s-going-to-win-103-1-in-the-Springs "Firehose versus squirt gun: who's going to win 103.1 in the Springs?"
  5. https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/94327/soco-resets-its-colorado-holdings/ SoCo Resets its Colorado Holdings