KHOW
CityDenver, Colorado
Broadcast areaDenver metropolitan area.
Frequency630 kHz
BrandingTalk Radio 630 KHOW
Programming
FormatTalk
AffiliationsPremiere Radio Networks
Westwood One Network
NBC News Radio
Ownership
OwneriHeartMedia, Inc.
(iHM Licenses, LLC)
KBCO, KBPI, KDFD, KPTT, KOA, KRFX, KTCL
History
Former call signs
KFXF (1923-1934)
KVOD (1934-1958)
Technical information
Facility ID48962
ClassB
Power5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
39°54′36.0″N 104°54′50.0″W / 39.910000°N 104.913889°W / 39.910000; -104.913889 (KHOW)
Repeater(s)103.5 KRFX-HD2 (Denver)
Links
WebcastListen Live!
Websitewww.khow.com

KHOW (630 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Denver, Colorado, and serving the Denver metropolitan area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. KHOW is one of three iHeart-owned stations in Denver with a talk radio format. Co-owned AM 850 KOA has mostly local shows, AM 760/FM 93.7 KDFD carries nationally syndicated programs, while KHOW airs a mix of local and syndicated hosts. Studios and offices are on South Monaco Street in Denver.

KHOW's transmitter is off East 120th Avenue in Thornton, Colorado. It is powered at 5,000 watts and uses a directional antenna at all times. Its signal can be easily heard from Greeley to Colorado Springs.[1] Like other stations owned by iHeartMedia, KHOW uses the iHeartRadio platform to stream its audio.

Programming

Weekdays begin with a news and interview program hosted by Ross Kaminsky. In afternoon drive time, attorney Dan Caplis and former Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown are heard. Weekday syndicated programs include "The Troubleshooter Show" with consumer advocate Tom Martino, based at KHOW, as well as Joe Pags, Red Eye Radio and Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb.

Weekends feature shows on money, real estate, home repair, food, law, a public affairs show called "Front Range Focus," a syndicated home improvement show with Gary Sullivan and two tech shows with Kim Komando and Leo Laporte. Some weekend shows are paid brokered programming. Most hours begin with world and national news from NBC News Radio, which is co-owned with KHOW.

History

Cultural reference

The longtime morning team of "Hal & Charley" can be heard in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film The Shining when one of the characters is attempting to reach the Overlook Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The station is identified as "63 KHOW" during the sequence. A jingle from the "Class Action" package from JAM Creative Productions is also heard in scene.

History of ownership

former logo
former logo

Former hosts

Claudia Lamb; Jay Marvin; Alan Berg; Hal Moore and Charley Martin; Don Wade; Bill Ashford; Harry Smith; Reggie Rivers; Scott Redmond; Peter Boyles; Ray Durkee; Lynn Woods; Michael D. Brown.

Peter Boyles left the station in June 2013 following a scuffle with his producer.[15] Boyles' former slot was filled starting on August 19 when Mandy Connell moved from fellow iHeartMedia (then Clear Channel) station WHAS in Louisville.[16] Connell and Brown moved to co-owned 850 KOA.

References

  1. ^ http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=KHOW-AM&h=D
  2. ^ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, September 1, 1925, page 3.
  3. ^ "Alterations and Corrections", Radio Service Bulletin, January 31, 1927, page 6.
  4. ^ "Changes to List", Radio Service Bulletin, July 15, 1934, page 2.
  5. ^ "For the Record: Existing AM Stations: Call Letters Assigned", Broadcasting, August 18, 1958, page 99.
  6. ^ Johansen, Nick. "Mini Biography - Alan Berg". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  7. ^ Saunders, Dusty (January 3, 1996). "BREAKUP OF HAL AND CHARLEY PART OF COST-CUTTING AT KHOW?". The Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  8. ^ "CHANGING HANDS" (PDF). BROADCASTING. 21 July 1958. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Trigg-Vaughn sale is approved" (PDF). BROADCASTING. 6 Feb 1967. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  10. ^ Adelson, Andrea. "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Westwood One to Acquire 50% Stake in WNEW-AM". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  11. ^ Delugach, Al (June 29, 1988). "KJOI-FM's $75-Million Price an Industry Record : Station's Sale Key Part of $155-Million Ownership Shuffle That Also Affects KTWV, Westwood One". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  12. ^ "Viacom Buys 3 Stations". The New York Times. November 10, 1989. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  13. ^ "Financial Briefs". Variety. November 9, 1992. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  14. ^ Mulvey, Tom. "Denver Radio: 80 Years of Change". The Broadcast Professionals Of Colorado. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  15. ^ Ostrow, Joanne (June 3, 2013). "Peter Boyles out at KHOW: Longtime Denver radio talk-show host gone from Clear Channel". The Denver Post. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  16. ^ Ostrow, Joanne (July 24, 2013). "KHOW's successor to Peter Boyles is Mandy Connell". Ostrow Off the Record. The Denver Post. Retrieved July 28, 2013.

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Radio stations in the Denver, Colorado Metropolitan Area and Boulder County
News/Talk radio stations in the state of Colorado
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