KKFN

KKFN (104.3 FM, "104.3 The Fan") is a sports radio station serving the Denver-Boulder area. Owned and operated by Bonneville International, the outlet broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 91 kW and is licensed to Longmont, Colorado. Its studios are located in Greenwood Village, and the transmitter is in Lakewood on Green Mountain.

104.3 history

The frequency was home to KLMO-FM, targeting Longmont, Boulder and areas north of Denver. In 1986, the station was sold to local owners Western Cities Broadcasting, adopted a Top 40 format, changed call letters to KQKS, and adopted the moniker "KS104". By 1989, they evolved into a Dance-leaning rhythmic contemporary hit direction, but by 1993, they would start shifting back to a mainstream Top 40 direction again after they were left standing as the only Top 40 in the market.

However, by 1995, they would see new competition from two new stations, KHHT (K-HITS 107.5) and KALC (Alice 105.9), going after listeners with a mainstream Top 40 direction. As a result of this, KQKS returned to rhythmic contemporary hits that year. But by 1996, KQKS would receive a major jolt when their air staffers defected to another new rhythmic contemporary hit radio station, KJMN (JAM'N 92.1), and began attacking them on-air and on the streets.