KBIQ

KBIQ

City	Manitou Springs, Colorado
Broadcast area	Colorado Springs Metropolitan Area
Branding	Q102.7
Slogan	"Safe For The Whole Family" "Your Home for The Holidays" (Nov.-Dec.)
Frequency	102.7 MHz
First air date	Early 1960s (as KCMS)
Format	Christian AC (Christmas music Nov.-Dec.)
ERP	72,000 watts
HAAT	695 meters (2,280 ft)
Class	C
Facility ID	73073
Callsign meaning	BIson Media (Salem's subsidiary) Q Branding
Former callsigns	KCMS (1960s-1970s) KIIQ (1970s-1984) KIKX (1984-1996)
Owner	Salem Media Group (Bison Media, Inc.)
Sister stations	KGFT, KZNT
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kbiqradio.com

KBIQ, known as "Q102.7", is a Christian Adult Contemporary radio station broadcasting at 102.7 FM. The station serves the Colorado Springs, Colorado, area of the United States. The station is owned by the Salem Media Group.

102.7 history

The radio station, 102.7 was built by Bud Edmonds and was the first stereo FM radio station west of the Mississippi River. It was operated as KCMS (Colorado's Classical Music Station). Edmonds operated it out of a studio he built in his garage at 66 Minnehaha Avenue. At times, Edmonds and his wife would take turns operating the Seeburg record changer, announcing the music that was being played and changing the albums. The station simul-cast with its AM counterpart at 1530 after the FM tower was moved to the top of Cheyenne Mountain.

In early 1970, Edmonds sold the station to a group of retired Air Force officers who intended to take the AM station into an "information and education" format, taking the call letters KEDI. The FM became a music station, playing classical during the day, and free form album rock at night.

By 1973 the station was a full-time contemporary music station using the moniker "KEDI-KCMS, Colorado's Music Mother" and was programmed by Colorado Springs top 40 radio pioneer Steve Scott. It was the first Top 40 station on FM, and led the move to the band by music stations, finally defeating former top 40 legend KYSN. Never a financial success, the station was sold in the mid-1970s to a new group, who moved the studios to a location on Manitou Avenue, changing the call letters to KIIQ, still playing a top-40 format, but one that was less aggressive.

In the early 1980s the station known as KIIQ broadcasting a Modern Rock format. In 1984 it returned to its roots as a CHR as KIKX (Kicks 102.7), and become one of the top rated stations in the market.

In 1988 KIKX got competition from not one but two CHR move-in's from Pueblo. First in the spring KATM (The Kat) moved in with a similar programmed station, later in the fall KKMG moved in with a Rhythmic Crossover leaning CHR. KIKX responded with KKMG moving into the market by leaning Rhythmic but would move back to a Mainstream playlist.

However, KKMG became the dominant CHR in the market and KIKX bowed out of the format, and flipped back to a Modern Rock station in 1993 but keeping the KIKX calls and using "The Max" moniker. It switched to a satellite fed country music station a year later, and in 1995 flipped to an all '70s format using the "Kicks" moniker.

In the fall of 1996 Salem Communications brought KIKX and moved its Christian AC outlet KBIQ from 96.1 to 102.7 and has remained Christian AC ever since.

KBIQ history

KBIQ signed on in 1993 on 96.1 FM. The station was originally owned by The Word in Music Inc. (known today as Bethesda Christian Broadcasting). The owners were a Not-For-Profit company but the station sold commercial air time since it did not broadcast between 88.1 & 91.9. The station did several fund raisers asking for money from listeners. The station was linked by four other stations that were also owned by TWIM by a satellite network called TWIM. In 1996 TWIM sold KBIQ to Salem Communications which was a for profit corporation. The station continued to broadcast on 96.1 until Salem bought KIKX 102.7 in the fall of the same year. TWIM continued to operate the satellite service until the fall of 1996 when Salem Communications brought "The Word in Music" network which they would continue to operate until 1999. After the network dissolved KBIQ became a locally programmed Christian AC.

Before the KBIQ callsign existed in Colorado Springs, it was the callsign for the Contemporary Christian Music station in Seattle now known as Spirit 105.3/KCMS. In Seattle, KBIQ was operated by King's Garden Ministries from the 1960s to about 1984. In 1984, King's Garden changed its name to Crista Ministries and KBIQ changed its callsign to KCMS at the same time. The KCMS callsign had originated in Colorado Springs earlier, on what is now KBIQ.

External links

Q102.7 official website

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

Radio Stations in the Pueblo, Colorado Market

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.5 89.9 90.5 90.9 91.5 91.9 92.9 94.3 94.7 95.1 95.5 96.9 98.1 98.9 99.9 100.7 101.3 102.7 103.3 104.9 105.9 106.9 107.9

By AM frequency	590 690 780 970 1230 1350 1480

By callsign	KATC-FM KAVA KBIQ KCCY KCCY-FM KCEG KCFP KCME KCSJ KDZA-FM KFEL KFEZ KFRY KFVR-FM KGFT KILO KIQN KKFM KKMG KKPC KKPK KLCX KPHT KRCC KRWA KRYE KTPJ-LP KTPL KTSC-FM KVUU KWRP

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

Salem Media Group

AM radio stations	KBJD KCBQ KCRO KDIZ KDMT KDOW KDZR KEXB KFAX KFIA KGNW KGU KHCM KHNR KKOL KKMS KKNT KLFE KLUP KNTH KNTS KNUS KOTK KPDQ KPRZ KPXQ KRDY KRKS KRLA KSKY KSLR KTEK KTIE KTKZ KTNO KTRB KXXT KYCR KZNT WAFS WAVA WBIX WBZW WDTK WDWD WDYZ WEZE WFIA WFIL WGKA WGTK WGUL WHIM WHK WHKW WHKZ WIND WKAT WLCC WLQV WLSS WLTA WMCA WNIV WNTP WNYM WOCN WORL WPGP WPIT WRCW WRFD WROL WSDZ WTBN WTLN WTWD WWDJ WWMI WWRC WWTC WYLL WZAB¹

FM radio stations	KAIM-FM KBIQ KDAR KDIS-FM KFIS KFSH-FM KGBI-FM KGFT KGU-FM KHCM-FM KHTE-FM* KKHT-FM KKFS KKLA-FM KKOL-FM KKSP KLTY KPDQ-FM KRKS-FM KRYP KSAC-FM KWRD-FM WAVA-FM WBOZ WFFH WFFI WFHM-FM WFIA-FM WFSH-FM WGTK-FM WLTE WORD-FM WRTH WTOH

Salem Radio Network	FamilyTalk Solid Gospel The Word In Praise Today's Christian Music

Salem Publishing	Eagle Financial Publications Eagle Wellness FaithTalk Homecoming Magazine Preaching Magazine Regnery Publishing Singing News Townhall Xulon Press YouthWorker Journal

Salem Web Network	CCMmagazine.com Christianity.com Crosswalk.com Godtube Hot Air Human Events Oneplace.com RedState Townhall.com Twitchy.com

¹ = Co-owned with Florida City Radio under LMA. * = Station owned by Crain Media Group and operated by Salem under LMA.

Coordinates: 38°44′42″N 104°51′40″W / 38.745°N 104.861°W / 38.745; -104.861

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