KRKQ
| City | Mountain Village, Colorado |
|---|---|
| Branding | Mountain Chill 95.5 |
| Frequency | 95.5 MHz |
| First air date | 2011 |
| Format | Chill |
| ERP | 250 watts |
| HAAT | 448 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 166042 |
| Owner | Brown Mountain Broadcasting LLC |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | mountainchill.com |
KRKQ (95.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Mountain Village, Colorado and serving the Telluride, Colorado area. The station is branded as "Mountain Chill." It broadcasts an eclectic music format with an emphasis on groove-based Chill-out music, downtempo, and nu-jazz music. Ambient music is also featured late at night. They are the only OTA radio station in the United States to play Electronica and Chill-out music full-time, and the second after KLBU/Santa Fe, New Mexico, who broadcast the format from 2003 to 2013.
Artists played on Mountain Chill include Thievery Corporation, Zero 7, Tosca (band), Bonobo (musician), Parov Stelar, and Bebel Gilberto.
History
Mountain Chill began as an Internet-only station almost a decade before the FM signal went on the air in October 2011.[1]
References
- ↑ Katherine Warren (18 December 2011). "Chilling on the mountain". Telluride Daily Planet. p. 1. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
They’re all crucial elements to Telluride’s newest radio station, Mountain Chill, which hit the airwaves in October.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KRKQ
- Radio-Locator information on KRKQ
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KRKQ
- Mountain Chill official website
Coordinates: 37°59′28″N 107°58′23″W / 37.991°N 107.973°W