& 107.3 frequency 107.3 mhz translator s 95.5 k238ab steamboat springs first air date 2000 as krmr format classic rock erp 29 000 watts haat 198 meters 650 ft class c2 facility id 84270 transmitter coordinates 40 31 16.00 n 107 17 46.00 w 40.5211111 n 107.2961111 w 40.5211111 ; 107.2961111 coordinates 40 31 16.00 n 107 17 46.00 w 40.5211111 n 107.2961111 w 40.5211111 ; 107.2961111 former callsigns kbdu 1998 2000 krmr 2000 2006 ktrj 2006 2007 owner patricia macdonald garber and peter benedetti alwaysmountaintime llc webcast listen live website alwaysmountaintime.com kqzr 107.3 fm the reel is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock music format . 1 licensed to hayden colorado usa . the station is currently owned by patricia macdonald garber and peter benedetti through licensee alwaysmountaintime llc . 2 contents 1 history 2 previous logo 3 references 4 external links history edit the station was assigned the call letters kbdu on 20 april 1998 . on 10 february 2000 the station changed its call sign to krmr on 9 october 2006 to ktrj on 24 december 2007 to the current kqzr 3 in the 1980s kqzr was owned by tri county broadcasting corporation and broadcast country western format 4 from studios in craig co. tri county was one third owned by doyle berry an oil tycoon from louisiana and ceo of berry bros general contractors in meeker one third owned by mr. jim wilson sr. a bank president from meeker and one third owned by an east coast conglomerate . the transmitter site located on meeker mountain was the tallest transmitter site in the continental us and broadcast at 100 000 watts . the station ceased operating after three years 5 due mainly to the high cost of transporting electricity up the side of meeker mountain . the general manager of kqzr at that time was mike huning and program director don nelson . the reliable reception pattern stretched south to rifle co ; west to rangely co and ogden utah ; north to mid wyoming and casper . the station s motto was interchangeable the energy brand of the radio frontier and the radio brand of the energy frontier . at its peak the station employed twenty two and had an arbitron ranking of no. 1 against four other radio stations . this no. 1 position in the ratings was due to several factors on air personalities ; popular choice of artists like reba mcentire oak ridge boys christopher cross eddie rabbitt patsy cline crystal gayle barbara mandrell creedence clearwater revival and linda ronstadt ; as well as aggressive marketing campaigns . one such marketing campaign with city market grocery was to place a registration card in each grocery sack that entitled a winning registrant to a cash prize multiples of 102.50 . a common on air theme was the z one oh two block party weekend where a sequence of three songs from the same artist was played back to back to back with three artists 9 songs played in a row with no commercials . on january 24 1982 during the nfl super bowl of 1982 some oil company employees using snowmobiles on meeker mountain broke into the transmitter building and shutdown the transmitter so that they could receive the television signal during the game . the powerful 100 000 watt transmitter blocked out all other air wave signals on the mountain . the station staff often furloughed at sleepy cat guest ranch where libations were had all around . 6 the station studios in craig featured the first color weather radar on the western slope with marketing agreements to denver television stations for a signal feed . the studios were connected to the transmitter site on meeker mountain through a state of the art microwave two way twelve channel telemetry radio telegraph system . the station s billing system ran off a hewlett packard hp3000 computer system also the first automated billing system on the western slope of colorado for a small broadcast station . another first for this market was the implementation of automated programming through a quad revox a77 reel to reel automation system . at this time kqzr broadcast on 102.5 fm often recalled as zee one oh two 24 hours per day and provided a fully staffed full time news department with roving reporters one of which was the well known political reporter sarah mcclendon . ms. mcclendon provided weekly news reports directly from capitol hill fed through a state of the art vocoder over normal long distance phone lines from the fall of 1981 through 1982 covering topics of national importance that impacted people on the western slope . during one presidential press conference in october 1981 ms. mcclendon announced she was from kqzr craig co before asking margaret tutwiler about the effect additional gun control laws would have on hunters in colorado . kqzr broadcast the dial global classic rock format until november of 2012 when it resumed locally programmed classic rock for the yampa valley . the library includes a wide variety of classics deeper cuts and new songs from core artist like the beatles the rolling stones crosby still nash & young tom petty and more . kip strean currently hosts the morning drive show . previous logo edit kqzr s logo with former 97.3 translator references edit station information profile . arbitron . summer 2009 . retrieved 22 august 2009 . kqzr facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . retrieved 22 august 2009 . kqzr call sign history . united states federal communications commission audio division . retrieved 22 august 2009 . kqzr transmitter site on meeker mountain . craig journal ; living in dread of turning into a ghost town . sleepy cat mountain real estate and lodging . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for kqzr radio locator information on kqzr query nielsen audio s fm station database for kqzr query the fcc s fm station database for k238ab radio locator information on k238ab v t e classic rock radio stations in the state of colorado by frequency 92.5 93.7 96.1 97.1 98.1 99.5 103.5 105.3 107.3 107.3 107.9 107.9 by callsign kayv kcrt fm kdza fm kkfm kpaw kqmt kqzr krfx krkv ksbv kstr fm kxrc by city colorado springs crested butte denver denver durango fort collins hayden las animas montrose pueblo salida trinidad 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 kqzr & oldid 696281770 categories radio stations in coloradoclassic rock radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1998hidden categories coordinates on wikidata 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 22 december 2015 at 03 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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