KYGO-FM is a country music radio station in Denver, Colorado. The Bonneville International outlet operates at 98.5 MHz with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100 kW. Its studios are located in Greenwood Village, and the transmitter is on Squaw Mountain near Evergreen.
KYGO-FM is Colorado's secondary (LP-2) Emergency Alert System station. KOA is the primary (LP-1) station.
The radio station broadcasts in HD.
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History
The station signed on the air in 1953 as KFML, but following the sale of the station to Jefferson-Pilot Broadcasting in 1974, adopted the KIMN-FM callsign. The station changed callsigns to KYGO on June 1, 1979 and later that year changed from contemporary hits to the country music format. Bob Call, previously of WSOC-FM in Charlotte, North Carolina, flipped the switch; when he started at WSOC, he knew little about country music, but learned fast. In 2006, as part of Lincoln Financial's acquisition of Jefferson-Pilot (including the J-P media properties), KYGO would become a Lincoln Financial Media station. KYGO became KYGO-FM on April 26, 1988.
In 2007, the station was named Country music station of the year in a top 25 market by Radio & Records magazine. Other nominees included WUSN Chicago, WYCD Detroit, KEEY-FM Minneapolis, WXTU Philadelphia, and KSON-FM San Diego.
On December 8, 2014, Entercom announced they would purchase Lincoln Financial Group's entire 15-station lineup (including KYGO) in a $106.5 million deal, and operated the outlets under a LMA deal. On December 22, 2014, Entercom announced that it will retain KYGO and its current format. The FCC approved the deal on June 26, 2015. However, on July 14, 2015, the Department of Justice forced Entercom to spin off KYGO, KOSI, KKFN and KEPN to Bonneville International in exchange for Bonneville's KSWD in Los Angeles to meet ownership limits. Both Bonneville and Entercom began operating their new clusters via Time Brokerage Agreements on July 17, 2015 until the transaction was consummated on November 24, 2015.
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Taylor Swift incident
KYGO hired David Mueller in January 2013. Mueller co-hosted the "Ryno and Jackson" morning show. On June 2, 2013 Mueller attended a meet-and-greet event before a Taylor Swift concert at Pepsi Center. While having her photograph taken with Mueller, Swift alleged that he reached under her skirt and groped her. Though Mueller denied touching Swift inappropriately, KYGO-FM's Robert Call fired him on June 4. Mueller sued Swift in September 2015, and Swift sued Mueller the next month. A civil trial began August 7, 2017. A jury found Mueller liable for assault and battery and awarded Swift $1.
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