KKPC (1230 AM) is a
radio station
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licensed to
Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo () is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 111,876 at the 2020 United States Census, making Pueblo the ninth most popu ...
. 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 (including ''This American Life
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'' and '' The World''), 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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