KCFR FM

KCFR FM is a radio station in Denver, Colorado, which is owned and operated by Colorado Public Radio and simulcast to several AM and FM stations throughout the state. The signals from some of these stations also extend into eastern Utah and southernWyoming. Some of KCFR FM’s programming is heard on KPRE 89.9 FM in Vail, which also carries programming from classical music station KVOD, also located in Denver.

On July 9, 2008, CPR moved the KCFR FM news-talk programming in Denver to 90.1 FM. The KVOD classical programming that was broadcast on that frequency moved to the newly acquired 88.1 FM signal. 1340 AM continued as a simulcast of KCFR-FM until October 31, 2011, when it flipped to a local music-based AAA outlet known as “OpenAir Radio” (CPR would sell the frequency to Victor Michael, Jr., and flipped to sports, in July 2015).

In the mid-90s, 1340 AM became KKYD “Radio AAHS”, the Denver outlet of the first nationwide network of radio programs for children. The downfall of Radio AAHS came when the Walt Disney Company established a competitor, Radio Disney. After the sign-off of Radio AAHS in January 1998, Children’s Broadcasting Corporation needed programming for the network of stations until it could find buyers.

KCFR FM