KPAW (92.9 FM) is a radio station

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to Warren AFB, Wyoming. Owned by

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, it broadcasts a

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format branded as ''92.9 The Bear''.

History

92.9 license

The station was assigned the call letters KOLT-FM on February 7, 2007. It was known previously as a

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, prior to that a

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station, and the original frequency to KMOR-FM in

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, which broadcast a

format before the move to Cheyenne. As of 2016, it operated with a

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format as ''92.9 The Boss''. KOLT-FM was acquired by

in January 2016, after its previous owner, Tracy Broadcasting Company, defaulted on a loan and was repossessed by the Valley Bank & Trust. In April 2016, the station flipped to

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as ''Star 92.9'', and adopted the call letters KYWY (the

KOLT-FM KOLT-FM (100.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Cheyenne, Wyoming Cheyenne ( or ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming, as well as the county seat of Laramie County, Wy ...

calls were then assumed by a sister country station).

KPAW intellectual unit

On July 27, 1975, KCOL-FM first signed on. It was the

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KCOL (now on

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). KCOL-FM aired a

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format. In 1988, the station switched to a

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format as KIMN, which were the call letters of a popular Top 40 station in Denver in past years. The station took the call letters KPAW in 1995, at first keeping its Top 40 sound, then moving to

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around 2000, and later to classic rock. On December 5, 2017, iHeartMedia moved KPAW's intellectual unit and call sign to the 92.9 frequency (formerly held by sister station KYWY, which moved its adult contemporary format to KOLT-HD2 and translator station

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), so it could shift

KBPI KBPI (107.9 FM, "KBPI") is a commercial radio station licensed to Fort Collins, Colorado. It is owned by iHeartMedia and it broadcasts an Active rock radio format. KBPI's studios are located in Denver in the Tech Center. In December 2017, iHe ...

's programming to 107.9 from 106.7 (which briefly warehoused the KYWY calls before flipping to

KWBL KWBL (106.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Denver, Colorado. It is owned by iHeartMedia and it broadcasts a country format branded as ''106.7 The Bull''. KWBL carries two nationally syndicated country music shows from co-owned ...

) to form a

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( 107.9 KDZA in Colorado Springs also flipped to a simulcast of KBPI, while the station operates a translator on 107.9 in Denver), which officially launched on December 11, 2017. iHeartMedia promoted that this change strengthened the station's signal and reach.

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