KKPC (1230 AM) is a
radio station
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licensed to
Pueblo, Colorado
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. The station is owned by Mountain Radio Group, through licensee Colorado Radio Marketing, LLC.
KKPC signed on in February 1948 as KDZA, which from around 1962 until the mid-1980s was Pueblo's AM Top 40 outlet.
On September 23, 2021, KKPC changed their format from Colorado Public Radio news/talk to adult hits, branded as "101.9 The Lake".
101.9 The Lake Debuts In Pueblo
Radioinsight - September 23, 2021
Former Colorado Public Radio programming
CPR's Colorado News network broadcasts programming from National Public Radio
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(including ''Morning Edition
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'' and ''All Things Considered
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''), American Public Media
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(including ''A Prairie Home Companion
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''), and Public Radio International
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(including ''This American Life
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'' and ''The World
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''), as well as an original daily interview show called
Colorado Matters
'.
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Adult hits radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1948
1948 establishments in Colorado
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