KVUU (99.9 FM) is a

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, and serving the

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-Pueblo

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. It airs a

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and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station is known by its moniker My 99.9. Studios and offices are in the iHeart radio complex on South Circle Drive in Colorado Springs. Its

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is also in Colorado Springs, on a tower shared with other FM and TV stations on

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. The station can be heard as far north as the

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, including both

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and Arvada. KVUU broadcasts in the

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format. Its HD-2 subchannel carries the Way-FM

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music network. That subchannel feeds two

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s, 93.9 K230BO

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, and 99.3 K257FO Colorado Springs.

99.9 FM history

In 1975, the station first

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as KPUB-FM. It was owned by the Quixote Broadcasting Company and it

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its

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, AM 1480 KPUB (now KIXD). The two stations aired a

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format. Because KPUB was a

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, listeners could tune into KPUB-FM after sunset to continue hearing the station. In 1978, KPUB-FM was acquired by Radio Colorado Springs. The new owners changed the

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to KYNR, launching a beautiful music format. In 1983, the studios were moved to Colorado Springs, as KYNR adopted the KVUU call letters, "K-View" moniker, and

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format. The station was owned by the ''

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'' newspaper until it was acquired by Triathlon Broadcasting Of Colorado Springs in 1996. In 1999, Triathlon was acquired by AM/FM, Inc. (later absorbed into

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, a forerunner of current owner iHeartMedia); at about the same time, KVUU evolved into a

format. In the Summer of 2005, it rebranded itself as "My 99.9" playing hits from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. In 2007, it dropped the 70s and most 80s hits, evolving towards an

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format to compete with Top 40/CHR leader

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. KVUU played hits from the 2000s and current music on the

charts, along with contemporary hit songs not usually heard on Hot AC stations, including some

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and R&B titles. On March 7, 2008, ''

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'' moved KVUU from the Hot AC panel to the Top 40/CHR panel, in part due to its conversion to a CHR direction. In addition,

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also started listing KVUU as a Top 40/CHR reporter as well.From Mediabase 24/7
/ref> In the 2010s, KVUU moved back to a

format.

References

External links

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