KQKS
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KQKS, also known as KS107.5, is a very successful rhythmic contemporary hits radio station owned by Jefferson-Pilot Communications (Now Lincoln Financial Group) serving the Denver-Boulder metropolitan area.
The station, which broadcasts at 107.5 megahertz (MHz) with an ERP of 91 kilowatts (kW) , and its city of license is Lakewood.
KQKS' current slogan is Always #1 For Hip-Hop and Today's Hottest Music, which they use to reflect its current musical mix of R&B, hip hop and Rhythmic Pop hits.
History
KQKS origins began in 1988, when they moved into the market from Longmont, Colorado to enter the Top 40 wars. At the time they were at 104.3 and was known as KS104. By 1989 they evolved into a Dance-leaning rhythmic contemporary hit direction, but by 1993 they would start shifting back to a mainstream Top 40 direction again after they were left standing as the only Top 40 in the market.However by 1995 they would see new competition from two new stations, KHHT (K-HITS 107.5) and KALC (Alice 105.9), going after listeners with a mainstream Top 40 direction. As a result of this, KQKS returned to rhythmic contemporary hits that year.
But by 1996, KQKS would receive a major jolt when their airstaffers defected to another new rhythmic contemporary hit radio station, KJMN (JAMN' 92.1) and began attacking them on-air and on the streets.
That would all change. In November 1996 KQKS was sold to Jefferson-Pilot, who kept the station jockless for 4 months. Jefferson-Pilot was also the owner of KHHT at the time. But on February 23, 1997 history would be made in the market when Jefferson-Pilot moved KQKS to 107.5 and relaunched it as KS1075, replacing KHHT's ill-fated Top 40 format and turning KQKS' former home at 104.3 into a Classic Country outlet (Now they are a Smooth Jazz outlet). The move would also pay off in the ratings as well, resulting in KJMN throwing in the towel on March 30, 1997. Since then KQKS has faced several competitors, but no one has even come close to toppling them since.
In 2005 Lincoln Financial Group acquired Jefferson-Pilot, thus in turn resulted in LFG becoming KQKS' parent company due to LFG's decision to keep J-P's broadcasting properties in its porfolio despite turning down offers by other broadcasting groups to sell the stations. On April 3, 2006 KQKS and the other stations began replacing the ownership on-air liners "A Jefferson-Pilot Station" with "A Lincoln Financial Station" as LFG retired the JP name.
External links
- [KS107.5 - Always #1 For Hip Hop and Today's Hottest Music!]
- [Query the FCC's FM station database for KQKS]
| FM Radio Stations in the Denver Market |
| Denver/Boulder area: KFDN 88.1 | KGNU 88.5 | KUVO 89.3 | KVOD 90.1 | KGUD 90.7 | KLDV 91.1 | KJMN 92.1 | KWLI 92.5 | KTCL 93.3 | KRKS 94.7 | KMGG 95.7 | KXPK 96.5 | KBCO 97.3 | KYGO 98.5 | KKMG 98.9 | KQMT 99.5 | KIMN 100.3 | KOSI 101.1 | KTNI 101.5 | KCUV 102.3 | KRFX 103.5 | KJCD 104.3 | KXKL 105.1 | KALC 105.9 | KBPI 106.7 | KSIR 107.1 | KQKS 107.5 | |
| Fort Collins/Loveland/Greely signals:KXWA 89.7 | KCSU 90.5 | KUNC 91.5 | KKQZ 94.3 | KRPX 95.3 | KSME 96.1 | KQLF 97.9 | KUAD 99.1 | KXDC 102.1 | KTRR 102.5 | KJAC 105.5 | KPAW 107.9 |
| Colorado Springs/Pueblo signals:KCME 88.7 | KTLF 90.5 | KSPZ 92.9 | KILO 94.3 | KRDO 95.1 | KCCY 96.9 | KKFM 98.1 | KKMG 98.9 | KVUU 99.9 | KGFT 100.7 | KGDQ 101.9 | KBIQ 102.7 |