KIQN (''KIQ'N Country 103.3'') is a radio station licensed to

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, and serving the

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and

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areas with a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

format. KIQN is owned by Pueblo Broadcasting Group, LLC.

History

103.3 FM flipped from its

Rhythmic AC Rhythmic adult contemporary, often abbreviated as rhythmic AC or RAC, is an adult contemporary radio format. The format focuses primarily on rhythmic hits aimed towards an adult audience, often resembling a mixture of the classic hits and hot adult ...

format on May 31, 2012 by stunting with a Polka format for seven days before settling into a high-energy Rhythmic Top 40 format, offering a hybrid mix of currents, old school and Dance hits, the latter being heavily dayparted in evenings. The evening block of programming is branded as "Radio Planeta" and features a bilingual English/Spanish combination of dance music. According to station owner Steven R Bartholomew, "This station represents music with energy!" KIQN has been granted a construction permit to move to 103.1 FM. On September 1, 2015, the then-KJQY changed their format to country, branded as "KIQ'N Country".SoCo Resets its Colorado Holdings
/ref> The station changed its call sign to the current KIQN on November 23, 2015.

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