KBUD (93.7 FM) was a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

licensed to

Deer Trail, Colorado The Town of Deer Trail is a Statutory Town located in eastern Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 1,068 at the 2020 United States Census, a +95.60% increase since the 2010 United States Census. Deer Trail is a part ...

, United States. The station was owned by Victor Michael, Jr., through licensee Kona Coast Radio, LLC.

History

The station was assigned the call letters KLIM-FM on December 5, 2001. The station changed its call sign to KIIQ on May 19, 2003, to DKIIQ on June 24, 2005, and back to KIIQ on November 2, 2007. The call letters changed to KVAM on July 2, 2015, and to KBUD on April 11, 2016.

Construction permit

On April 6, 2015, the then-KIIQ was granted a

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(FCC)

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to upgrade to a Class C2 FM with 25.5 kW, and change its city of license from Limon, Colorado to

, where it planned to enter the

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market as a rimshot. KBUD was licensed for the move to Deer Trail on April 14, 2016. Kona Coast Radio surrendered the station's license to the FCC on April 18, 2016; the FCC cancelled the license on April 19, 2016.FCC Station Search Details
(FCC.gov)

References

BUD (FM) Radio stations established in 2001 2001 establishments in Colorado Defunct radio stations in the United States Radio stations disestablished in 2016 2016 disestablishments in Colorado BUD (FM) {{Colorado-radio-station-stub