KFCO

KFCO

City	Bennett, Colorado
Broadcast area	Denver, Colorado
Branding	Flo 107.1
Slogan	Throwback Hip-Hop And R&B
Frequency	107.1 MHz
Repeater(s)	107.1 KFCO-FM3 (Aurora)
First air date	1985 (as KKDD)
Format	Classic hip-hop
ERP	97,000 watts
HAAT	624 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	35023
Transmitter coordinates	39°55′21.8″N 103°58′20.2″W / 39.922722°N 103.972278°W / 39.922722; -103.972278 (KXDE)
Callsign meaning	K FLO COLORADO
Former callsigns	KKDD (1985-1991) KSIR (1991-1993) KSIR-FM (1993-2006) KSYY-FM (2006-2008) KONN-FM (2008-2009) KDHT-FM (2009-2014) KXDE (2014-2015)
Owner	Max Media (Max Radio of Denver LLC)
Sister stations	KJHM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	flo1071.com

KFCO (107.1 FM, Flo 107.1) is a commercial radio station located in Bennett, Colorado, broadcasting to the Denver, Colorado area. Its studios are in Aurora and the transmitter is northeast of Leader in rural Adams County.

History

The station was originally KKDD, licensed to Brush, Colorado with an easy listening format. Its call sign changed to KSIR on July 1, 1991. On March 20, 2006, as the station was being relocated to Denver, its call sign changed to KSYY-FM to stand for "Sassy 107" and its soft adult contemporary format. This lasted until the morning of February 7, 2008, when the station began stunting with songs featuring "One" in the title. At 1 PM that day, KSYY flipped to Top 40 as "One FM". The first song on "One FM" was "Yeah!" by Usher. On February 29, 2008, its call sign changed to KONN. At first, the station was billing their direction as "Rhythm-based hit music," but in actuality, has moved into a more mainstream Top 40/CHR approach since the format flip.

HOT 107.1 as KDHT

On April 1, 2009, "One FM" changed its branding to "HOT 107.1". Competing in the Rhythmic/Top 40 ratings against KONN were KQKS and KPTT.

On December 15, 2009, KONN changed its call letters to KDHT to better reflect its current branding.

The KDHT call letters were on another Denver station in 1993 on 92.5, which is now KWOF, before being dropped and picked up by Emmis Communications for their station in Austin, Texas on 93.3 FM (now KGSR).

Dance returns as HOT 107.1

On March 30, 2012, KDHT flipped to a Dance music format while keeping the same moniker and airstaff in place. The format and playlist consisted mostly of current Dance, Electronica, and remixed Rhythmic/Pop hits.^[1]

Dance gives way to Jack FM

On November 30, 2012, at 3 PM, after playing "Unforgivable" by Armin Van Buuren, the station began stunting with marijuana-themed music (in reference to the recent legalization of personal marijuana usage in Colorado), branded as "Pot 107.1." The first song on the "Pot" stunting was "Rocky Mountain High" by John Denver.^[2] The stunt lasted until 3 PM the following Monday, when, after playing "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple, "Jack FM" returned to Denver with "a bunch of songs in a row", with "What I Like About You" by The Romantics being the first song played.^[3]^[4] This marks the second time the format/moniker was used in the Denver market, the first time being on KJAC (105.5) from April 2004 until September 2012, when it flipped to ESPN Radio.

Jack becomes 107X

On March 24, 2014, at Noon, KDHT changed their format to alternative rock, branded as "107X", launching with 5,000 songs in a row through April 7th of that year.^[5] The first song on "107X" was "Anarchy in the U.K." by The Sex Pistols. On March 27, 2014, KDHT changed their call letters to KXDE to go with the "107X" branding. Likely due to the station's rimshot signal, the format never could compete against iHeartMedia's KTCL and KBPI, registering just a 0.4 share in the December 2014 Nielsen Audio PPM ratings.

107X gets Fly, then goes with the Flo

Just nine months after flipping to "X", on December 24, 2014, at 2:45 PM, after playing "Cigarette Daydreams" by Cage the Elephant, KXDE began a 15-minute stunt with a loop of "Ludacrismas" by Ludacris. At 3 PM, KXDE flipped to classic hip-hop, branded as "Fly 107.1", launching with a brief mixshow of all-Run-D.M.C. songs, followed by "Candy Shop" by 50 Cent.^[6]^[7] Just 4 weeks later, on January 16, 2015, KXDE, likely due to copyright infringement problems with the SiriusXM webcast "Sirius XM Fly", rebranded as "Flo 107.1". On January 27, 2015, KXDE changed their call letters to KFCO.

References

↑ "First Listen: KDHT (Hot 107.1)'s Dance Format" from Radio-Info (April 2, 2012)
↑ https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/79795/kdht-denver-gets-high/
↑ https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/79831/jack-returns-to-denver/
↑ http://formatchange.com/hot-107-1-becomes-jack-fm/
↑ Jack FM Denver is X'd Out
↑ https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/91319/kxde-denver-flys-to-classic-hip-hop/
↑ 107X Becomes Fly 107.1 from Format Change Archive December 29 2014

External links

Flo 107.1 website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KFCO

Radio-Locator information on KFCO

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Radio stations in the Denver–Boulder, Colorado market

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.1 88.5 89.3 89.7 90.1 91.1 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.3 94.7 95.7 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.5 99.5 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.3 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9 ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (KXDP-LP/Spanish Sports)

By AM frequency	560 630 670 710 760 810 850 910 950 990 1060 1090 1150 1190 1220 1280 1340 1390 1430 1490 1510 1550 1600 1650 1690

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.450 162.500 162.550

Digital radio	560 670 710 760 810 910 950 990 1090 1220 1340 1390 1490 1600 1690 88.5-1 89.3-1 89.3-2 89.3-3 90.1-1 90.1-2 92.1-1 92.5-1 92.5-2 93.3-1 93.3-2 95.7-1 95.7-2 97.3-1 97.3-2 98.5-1 98.5-2 98.5-3 99.5-1 99.5-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 100.3-3 101.1-1 101.1-2 103.5-1 103.5-2 104.3-1 104.3-2 104.3-3 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.9-1 105.9-2 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.5-1 107.5-2

By callsign	K300CP K231BQ KALC KBCO KBJD KBNO KBPI KCFC KCFR-FM KCKK KDCO KDMT KDSP KEC76 KEPN KEZW KFCO KFWA KGNU KHOW KIMN KJAC KJHM KJMN KKCL KKFN KKSE KLDC KLDV KLTT KLVZ KLZ KMXA KNRV KNUS KOA KOSI KPOF KPTT KQKS KQMT KRCN KRFX KRKS KRKS-FM KTCL KUVO KVCU KVOD KVOQ-FM KWOF KXKL KXPK KXGR KXWA KYGO-FM WNG550 WXJ45

Defunct	KBUD (93.7 FM)

Nearby radio markets Aspen Cheyenne Colorado Springs Ft. Collins–Greeley Pueblo See also List of radio stations in Colorado

Max Media stations

Radio stations	KCGQ-FM KEZS-FM KFCO KGIR KGKS KJEZ KJHM KKLR-FM KLSC KMAL KSIM KWOC KZIM WCIL WCIL-FM WCMS-FM WCXL WGH WGH-FM WJPF WOOZ-FM WUEZ WVBW WVHT WVSP-FM WXLT

Television stations	WMEI / WQQZ-CD (RetroTV/Tuff TV)¹ WOST / WWKQ-LP (AccuWX)¹ WNKY (NBC/CBS) WPFO (Fox)^{1, 2}

¹ These stations are owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, which Max Media holds a 49 percent stake in. ² This station, owned by CMCG, is operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sale to Cunningham Broadcasting, pending FCC approval.

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