public radio network country united states founded 1991 broadcast area colorado affiliation national public radio official website colorado public radio the colorado public radio studios in centennial colorado . colorado public radio cpr is a public radio state network based in denver colorado that broadcasts three services news classical music and openair which plays adult album alternative music . cpr operates a 30 signal statewide radio network accessible to 80 percent of coloradans . 1 as of 2013 cpr had 440 000 weekly listeners 47 000 contributing members and annual revenue of 14 million . 1 cpr is a nonprofit 501 c 3 organization . private support from listeners corporations foundations and partners accounts for approximately 95 percent of cpr s total budget . contents 1 history 2 cpr news 3 stations 4 references 5 external links history edit the first station in what would become colorado public radio kcfr 90.1 fm in denver went on the air in 1970 . the station was initially licensed to the university of denver . in 1973 kcfr began carrying programming from national public radio npr beginning with all things considered . morning edition was added in 1979 . more npr programming was added the following year when the network began to distribute programming via satellite . kcfr separated from the university of denver in 1984 becoming a community licensed public radio station . that same year kprn in grand junction signed on the air . in 1991 kprn merged with kcfr forming the new entity colorado public radio . the original plan as proposed to the western slope listeners and the fcc during the license acquisition phase was to continue providing original localized programming for the needs of the western slope audience . but despite protests from those listeners within a few years the kprn studios were closed all volunteers and news staff positions were eliminated and it became a satellite station of kcfr . 2 3 cpr added more satellite stations in the following years including kpre vail in 1994 kcfp pueblo in 1996 and kprh montrose in 1998 . cpr also began adding other low power translators sometimes in competition with existing public radio stations . stations in other areas not served by cpr like kdnk in carbondale complained that cpr would also send out fundraising solicitation letters to kdnk listeners leaving the impression that they could thank cpr for receiving popular npr programs like all things considered or morning edition sometimes resulting in misdirected donations . 2 until 2001 cpr s format was a mix of npr programming and classical music . however in 1999 cpr bought denver classical music station kvod a prelude to providing both a 24 hour news format and a 24 hour classical format 4 in 2001 cpr attempted to purchasing the university of northern colorado s fm station kunc in a closed door deal with then unc president hank brown . when the pending deal was announced to the public irate devoted kunc listeners immediately raised over 1 000 000 in a week of emergency fundraising as a successful counteroffer to cpr s thus ending cpr s plans to acquire the kunc radio network . in 2001 kcfc boulder kkpc pueblo and kpru on the western slope joined the cpr network . in 2004 cpr brought kvov in glenwood springs on the air as part of its statewide network . in 2008 cpr s news service moved to 90.1 fm and 88.1 fm carried cpr s classical service in denver . in 2011 cpr launched the new music station openair on 1340 am as kvoq and in 2015 openair switched to broadcasting as kvoq fm on 102.3 fm in denver boulder and kvxq on 88.3 fm in fort collins . cpr news edit cpr news includes a locally produced program called colorado matters local newscasts throughout the day and national international news from sources like npr and the bbc . as of 2015 13 signals broadcast cpr news throughout the state of colorado . over the years colorado public radio s newsroom has received a number of journalism awards including rtnda edward r. murrow awards 5 public radio news directors incorporated prndi awards 6 and colorado broadcasters association cba awards . 7 stations edit note italics denote low power translator stations . many of the listed translators are owned by county cooperatives and may change stations or frequencies with little notice . location frequency call sign format aspen 101.5 fm k268bj kvov classical boulder 1490 am kcfc news 99.9 fm k260al kvod classical carbondale 90.5 fm kvov classical colorado springs 94.7 fm k234aj kcfp classical cortez 102.5 fm k273ae kvod classical craig 88.3 fm kpyr news delta 103.3 fm kpru classical denver 90.1 fm kcfr news 88.1 fm kvod classical dove creek 88.7 fm k204dz kvod classical fort collins 88.3 fm kvxq openair glenwood springs 100.1 fm k261ai kvov classical grand junction 89.5 fm kprn news gunnison 88.5 fm k203bb kprn news 89.1 fm k206be kvod classical meeker 91.1 fm k216bp kprn news montrose 88.3 fm kprh news ouray 91.5 fm k218be kprn news parachute 88.3 fm k202bi kprn news pueblo 1230 am kkpc news 91.9 fm kcfp classical rangely 91.1 fm k216bo kprn news old snowmass 93.9 fm k234bj kvov classical thomasville 93.7 fm k229ai kvov classical vail 89.9 fm kpre news references edit a b colorado public radio . charity navigator . retrieved 23 june 2015 . a b michael roberts 1997 06 12 . feedback music denver . westword . retrieved 2013 08 12 . steve behrens 1991 05 27 . battle of grand junction 1991 . current.org . retrieved 2013 08 12 . application search details file number bped 19960926md kvod . federal communications commission . retrieved 24 august 2015 . 2015 dward r. murrow awards . radio television digital news association . retrieved 23 june 2015 . 2014 prndi award winners outdo fierce competition . public radio news digital incorporated . retrieved 16 july 2015 . colorado broadcasters 2014 certificates of merit pdf . colorado broadcasters association . retrieved 23 june 2015 . external links edit colorado public radio v t e radio stations in the denver boulder colorado market by fm frequency 87.7 88.1 88.5 89.3 89.7 90.1 91.1 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.7 95.7 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.5 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.3 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9 audio for tv channel 6 kxdp lp spanish sports by am frequency 560 630 670 710 760 810 850 910 950 990 1060 1090 1150 1190 1220 1280 1340 1390 1430 1490 1510 1550 1600 1650 1690 noaa weather radio frequency 162.450 162.500 162.550 digital radio 560 670 710 760 810 910 950 990 1090 1220 1340 1390 1490 1600 1690 88.5 1 89.3 1 89.3 2 89.3 3 90.1 1 90.1 2 92.1 1 92.5 1 92.5 2 93.3 1 93.3 2 95.7 1 95.7 2 97.3 1 97.3 2 98.5 1 98.5 2 98.5 3 99.5 1 99.5 2 100.3 1 100.3 2 100.3 3 101.1 1 101.1 2 103.5 1 103.5 2 104.3 1 104.3 2 104.3 3 105.1 1 105.1 2 105.9 1 105.9 2 106.7 1 106.7 2 107.5 1 107.5 2 by callsign k300cp k231bq kalc kbco kbjd kbno kbpi kcfc kcfr fm kckk kdco kdmt kdsp kec76 kepn kezw kfco kfwa kgnu khow kimn kjac kjhm kjmn kkcl kkfn kkse kldc kldv kltt klvz klz kmxa knrv knus koa kosi kpof kptt kqks kqmt krcn krfx krks krks fm ktcl kuvo kvcu kvod kvoq fm kwof kxkl kxpk kxgr kxwa kygo fm wng550 wxj45 defunct kbud 93.7 fm nearby radio markets aspen cheyenne colorado springs ft. collins greeley pueblo see also list of radio stations in colorado v t e npr member stations in the state of colorado colorado public radio news stations boulder kcfc craig kpyr denver kcfr fm grand junction kprn montrose kprh pueblo kkpc vail kpre colorado public radio classical stations carbondale kvov delta kpru denver kvod pueblo kcfp colorado public radio openair stations fort collins kvxq greenwood village denver kvoq fm krcc stations colorado springs krcc la junta kecc starkville kccs kuvo stations denver kuvo vail kvjz kunc stations greeley kunc estes park kenc minturn kvnc steamboat springs krnc other stations alamosa krza aspen kajx carbondale kcjx carbondale kdnk cortez ksjd crested butte kbut ignacio ksut ignacio kute manitou springs kcme montrose kvmt paonia kvnf telluride koto see also list of npr stations see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in colorado retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title colorado public radio & oldid 721805414 categories radio stations in coloradonpr member networkscolorado public radioamerican radio networks navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 24 may 2016 at 04 52 . text is 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