KBPL

KBPL (107.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Pueblo, Colorado, and serving the Colorado Springs/Pueblo radio market. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts an Active rock format. The transmitter is located on Cheyenne Mountain amid other TV and FM towers for stations in the Colorado Springs-Pueblo market.

For the Pueblo, Colorado radio station that held the call sign KBPL at 1350 AM in 2018, see KDZA (AM).
KBPL
CityPueblo, Colorado
Broadcast areaColorado Springs-Pueblo
Frequency107.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding107.9 KBPI South
SloganRocks Colorado Springs
This Week's Biggest Hits (HD2)
Programming
FormatActive rock
HD2: "The iHeartRadio Countdown"
Ownership
OwneriHeartMedia
(iHM Licenses, LLC)
KDZA, KCCY, KCSJ, KIBT, KPHT
History
First air date
March 3, 1987 (1987-03-03) (as KRYT)
Former call signs
KRYT (1986–1988)
KRYT-FM (1988-1993)
KDZA-FM (1993-2018)
Call sign meaning
Disambiguation of KBPI, PueBLo
Technical information
Facility ID40848
ClassC0
ERP32,000 watts
HAAT674 meters (2,211 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
38°44′41″N 104°51′46″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
Websitekbpisouth.iheart.com
iheartradiocountdown.com (HD2)

KBPL was part of a trimulcast stretching across much of Colorado along Interstate 25. KBPL served as a rebroadcaster of KBPI in Fort Collins, Colorado and includes translator station 107.9 K300CP in Parker, Colorado, serving the Denver metropolitan area.

History

The station first signed on as KRYT on March 3, 1987.[1] It was the FM counterpart to AM 1350 KGHF (now KDZA). The call sign reflected the station nickname "K-Right," as 107.9 is at the far right end of the FM dial. On December 1, 1988, the station changed its call sign to KRYT-FM.

On January 1, 1993, the station was bought by the McCoy Broadcasting Company.[2] It became KDZA-FM.[3] The KDZA call letters had previously been on AM 1230 which had been sold to Pueblo Community College. KDZA-FM had an oldies format. On June 24, 2008, it switched to classic hits, calling itself Jet 107.9.[4]

In 2000, it was sold to Clear Channel Communications, the forerunner of today's iHeartMedia.[5] On July 13, 2009, Clear Channel flipped KDZA-FM to Album Rock and moved the studios and offices to Colorado Springs. KDZA-FM switched to classic rock as Z107.9 on November 30, 2011.[6] A few years later, KDZA-FM got a boost in its coverage area when it was allowed to relocate its tower to Cheyenne Mountain. The height above average terrain (HAAT) increased from 230 feet to 2,211 feet (674 meters).

On December 11, 2017, KDZA-FM flipped to active rock as a repeater of KBPI in Fort Collins, and joined as part of a trimulcast with KPAW in Fort Collins and K300CP in Denver.[7] KDZA-FM changed its call sign to KBPL on January 23, 2018.

On January 28, 2019, KBPL split from its simulcast with KBPI and launched an active rock format, branded on its webstream as "KBPI South", with a different playlist and a slightly different airstaff. Willie B in mornings and Laura Hall in middays will continue to be heard on both KBPI's, while Jason McCollum (also senior vice president of advertising for iHeartMedia's Colorado Springs stations) will host afternoons while KDZA afternoon co-host Benny Bash will host nights on KBPL.[8]


Line Up Revision as of June 1, 2020

On air

Mornings: The Benny Show with Benny Bash

Middays: Aly

Afternoons: Willie B

Nights: Klinger

References
  1. Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 page B-56
  2. Broadcasting Yearbook 1994 page D-62
  3. "KBPL Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ""Oldies" KDZA returns to Pueblo; Ventura gets "True Oldies"". Radio-Info.com. June 24, 2008.
  5. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2002-2003 page D-76
  6. "KDZA Colorado Springs Gets Legendary - RadioInsight". 30 November 2011.
  7. "KBPI Moves To 107.9 As Three Station Trimulcast In Denver, Fort Collins & Colorado Springs". RadioInsight. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  8. iHeartMedia Launches KBPI South Radioinsight - January 29, 2019
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