KDCO (AM)

KDCO (1340 AM) is a radio station licensed to Denver, Colorado. The station is owned by Victor Michael, Jr., through licensee Cedar Cove Broadcasting, Inc., and airs a sports format, branded as "Mile High Sports".

The station was launched by Frederick W. Meyer, a wholesale grocer, in 1940 as KMYR with 250 watts of power. The station's sale in 1956 brought a call letter change to KDEN. In December 1993, after an eight-month period off the air 1340 AM became KKYD "Radio AAHS", the Denver outlet of the first nationwide network of radio programs for children. The downfall of Radio AAHS came when the Walt Disney Company established a competitor, Radio Disney. After the sign-off of Radio AAHS in January 1998, Children's Broadcasting Corporation needed programming for the network of stations until it could find buyers. KKYD and the other nine CBC-owned and operated Radio AAHS affiliates became an outlet for "Beat Radio", which broadcast electronic dance music 12 hours a night until late October 1998. KKYD then switched to a religious format, which it aired until sale from Catholic Radio Network to Colorado Public Radio. The announcement of CPR's purchase February 9, 2001, also mentioned plans to convert the station from commercial to non-commercial status.