KRDO (AM)

For the FM radio station in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, see KRDO-FM.

KRDO
City	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Broadcast area	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Branding	KRDO NewsRadio 105.5FM & 1240AM
Slogan	Southern Colorado's News, Traffic and Weather Station
Frequency	1240 KHz
Format	News talk information
Power	1,000 watts fulltime
Class	C
Facility ID	66250
Transmitter coordinates	38°49′43.00″N 104°50′22.00″W / 38.8286111°N 104.8394444°W / 38.8286111; -104.8394444
Callsign meaning	Kolorado's Radio Dynamic Outlet
Affiliations	ABC News Radio ESPN Radio Westwood One
Owner	News-Press & Gazette Company (Pikes Peak Radio, LLC.)
Sister stations	KRDO-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	krdo.com

KRDO (1240 AM) is a news/talk radio station simulcasting KRDO-FM 105.5 and based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The format complements KRDO-TV's news broadcasts. KRDO is owned and operated by the News-Press & Gazette Company of St. Joseph, Missouri.

Throughout the day, KRDO carries syndicated talk show hosts Dave Ramsey, Clark Howard, and Laura Ingraham.

History

KRDO 1240 has been on the air since 1947. The call letters have always been KRDO.

The call sign stood for "Kolorado's (sic) Radio Dynamic Outlet."

The station was originally owned by Harry Hoth's Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company, which owned the station until June 2006 when News-Press & Gazette took over operations.

The station has been through many format changes over the years, ranging from adult contemporary, oldies, country, and sports talk prior to its current news/talk simulcast format.

External links

Radio Homepage-KRDO.com

Radio stations in the Colorado Springs Market

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.1 89.7 90.5 91.5 92.9 94.3 95.1 95.5 96.1 96.9 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.3 99.9 100.7 102.7 103.9 104.5 105.5 106.3 107.9

By AM frequency	590 690 740 780 890 970 1040 1230 1240 1300 1350 1400 1460 1480 1490 1530 1580

NOAA Weather Radio	162.475

By callsign	KAFA-FM KATC-FM KAVA KBIQ KCBR KCCY KCCY-FM KCEG KCME KCSF KCSJ KDZA-FM KEPC KFCS KFEL KGFT KIBT KILO KJME KKFM KKLI KKMG KKPC KKPK KPHT KQSC KRCC KRDO KRDO-FM KRLN KRXP KSTY KTLC KTLF KTPL KVOR KVUU KWRP KXRE KZNT WXM56

Nearby radio markets Denver–Boulder Pueblo See also List of radio stations in Colorado

News-Press & Gazette Company

Newspapers

Television
stations

ABC network affiliates	KECY-DT2 KESQ-TV KEYT-TV KIFI-TV KMIZ KRDO-TV KVIA-TV

CBS network affiliates	KCOY-TV ¹ KIDK ¹ KION-TV KPSP-CD KSWT ²

CW network affiliates	KCWQ-LP KECY-DT3 KIFI-DT3 KION-DT2 KNPG-LD2 ³ KTVZ-DT2

Fox network affiliates	KDFX-CD KECY-TV KFXO-LD KKFX-CD KNPN-LD ³ KQFX-LD KXPI-LD ¹

MyNetworkTV affiliates	KECY-TV ⁴ KEYT-DT2 ⁵ KMIZ-DT2 ⁴ KXPI-LD ^{1, 4}

Telemundo affiliates	KBJO-LD/KNPN-LD4 ³ KECY-DT4/KESE-LP KIFI-DT2 KMUV-LP KQRE-LP KUNA-LP

NBC network affiliates	KNPG-LD KTVZ KYMA-DT ²

other	AZA K42DJ ⁶ Cable News-Press 3 NOW ⁷

Radio stations

¹ Owned by VistaWest Media, LLC, NPG operates this station under a SSA.
² Owned by Northwest Broadcasting, NPG operates this station under an SSA.
³ This station was built and signed on by NPG.
⁴ This station carries a secondary MyNetworkTV affiliation on its primary channel.
⁵ This station carries a secondary Retro Television Network affiliation on its second digital subchannel.
⁶ This station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, but is operated by NPG.
⁷ Originally operating as a cable-only channel, News-Press 3 NOW is also relayed on a second digital subchannel of KNPN-LD.

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Colorado

Stations	KCOL – Wellington KCSJ – Pueblo KDGO – Durango KFKA – Greeley KGLN – Glenwood Springs KHOW – Denver KLZ – Denver KNFO – Basalt KNUS – Denver KNZZ – Grand Junction KOA – Denver KRDO – Colorado Springs KRDO-FM – Security KVFC – Cortez KVOR – Colorado Springs KZNT – Colorado Springs

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Colorado

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