KPTT
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| City of license | Parker, Colorado |
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| Broadcast area | Denver–Boulder |
| Branding | 95-7 The Party |
| Slogan | Denver's #1 Hit Music Station |
| Frequency | 95.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) 95.7 HD2 for "Evolution" |
| Translator(s) | 94.1 K231AA (Boulder) |
| First air date | 1968 (as KMYR at 95.5) |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 346 meters |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 48967 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Callsign meaning | ParTy (The second T substitutes for the Y) |
| Former callsigns | KMYR (1968-1975) KHOW-FM (1975-1976) KXKX (1976-1980) KHOW-FM (1980-1983) KPKE (1983-1987) KSYY (1987–1991) KHOW-FM (1991–1993) KHIH (1993–2000) KFMD (2000–2005) KMGG (2005–2006) |
| Former frequencies | 95.5 MHz (1968-1970) |
| Owner | iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KBCO, KBPI, KHOW, KDSP, KOA, KRFX, KTCL, K300CP |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 957theparty.com |
KPTT (95.7 FM) is a commercial radio station located in Denver, Colorado airing a Top 40 (CHR) music format branded as 95-7 The Party. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., the station has studios in Southeast Denver, while the transmitter site is atop Lookout Mountain in Golden.
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History
KPTT signed on in 1968 as MOR KMYR, which originally was at 95.5 before moving to its current frequency in 1970. They would go through a succession of adult contemporary music formats as KHOW-FM (1975–76, 1980–83, and 1991–93), and KXKX (1977–80). 95.7 FM was (and continues to be) co-owned with its long-time sister station KHOW. The stations were initially owned by Doubleday and Company. In 1981, Doubleday sold the KHOW stations to Metromedia.
All Hit 96 KPKE/KSYY
In 1983, KHOW-FM was flipped to Top 40 as KPKE, All Hit 96 FM, Denver's Brand New Peak. KPKE had some of the highest ratings in the market. In 1986, all of Metromedia's stations, including KPKE, were spun off into a new company titled Metropolitan Broadcasting. In 1987, KPKE flipped back to adult contemporary, this time as KSYY, "K-Sunny". In April 1988, Legacy Broadcasting, owned by Robert F.X. Sillerman, bought Metropolitan. Two months later, Command Communications bought the station. In November 1989, Viacom bought the station.
Smooth Jazz 95.7
By 1993, shortly after Noble Broadcast Group acquired the station, KHOW-FM adopted the smooth jazz format and KHIH calls. (KHIH previously was on 94.7 FM until Salem purchased the station in 1993 and dropped it for a religious format.) In 1996, Noble merged with Jacor, as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. In 1999, Jacor would merge with Clear Channel Communications (now known as iHeartMedia).
95.7 Kiss FM
In September 2000, KHIH flipped to Mainstream Top 40 as KFMD, "95.7 KISS-FM", giving the market its first regular Top 40 outlet since KHHT's demise in 1997. (The smooth jazz format would later be picked up by KCKK 104.3 in September 2000.) But after four years, their attempts at taking out both rhythmic Top 40 KQKS and adult Top 40 KALC would work against them, resulting in KFMD flipping to KMGG, a Hispanic Urban format known as "Mega 95-7", in April 2005.
Mega 95-7
KMGG was also one of 4 FM stations targeting the Mile High City's Hispanic population, the other three being KJMN, KKCS and KXPK. But unlike the latter 3, KMGG was more focused on the bilingual-speaking second and third generation Hispanics. They managed to take advantage of KQKS' decision to hold off on certain Reggaeton and Hispanic hip-hop tracks. However, this didn't help the stations ratings, as it was continually ranked low in the Arbitron ratings.
The Party as Rhythmic AC
On September 18, 2006, at Midnight, after ending their "Sunday Night Sabor" show and playing "My Way" by Frank Sinatra, KMGG flipped to KPTT, a Rhythmic Adult Contemporary format targeting females ages 25–49 and billed themselves as "95-7 The Party." Their first song was P!nk's "Get The Party Started". When it was airing the format, it was more hip-hop friendly (and at times, even leaning towards a Rhythmic Top 40), playing old school and some disco and R&B, mostly trying to target the market's White, Hispanic, and small African-American audiences, as well as the older audience of KQKS, and to fill the adult-targeting Rhythmic void after KDJM (which aired a rhythmic oldies format (similar to Rhythmic AC)) flipped in December 2005. The station aired a Sunday-Thursday night slow jams program called "Between The Sheets". The station also served as the Denver outlet for Whoopi Goldberg's syndicated morning show,[1] which was produced by Premiere Radio Networks, whose parent company Clear Channel also owns KPTT. The show was discontinued in 2008 when Whoopi quit the show.
Back to Top 40
On May 15, 2009, due to low ratings,[2] the station flipped back to Top 40 (CHR). Morning show host Issa, who took over the morning drive slot after the cancellation of Whoopi's show, was moved to middays and was replaced by Johnjay & Rich, who are syndicated from KZZP in Phoenix, Arizona. There is also another top 40 station in Denver that arrived before KPTT's flip to top 40, which is KONN (now KFCO), owned by Max Media
As a Rhythmic
By March 2010, KPTT shifted to Rhythmic Top 40 altogether, thus putting it in direct competition with KQKS. On November 1, 2010, Johnjay & Rich were dropped from morning drive and were replaced with a music-intensive morning show hosted by former night host Chino. At the same time, the station introduced a new logo, which is loosely based on KYLD in San Francisco. This shift to Rhythmic Top 40 has proven to be its most successful, giving KQKS a serious competitor.
Returning to Top 40
By the Fall of 2014, KPTT began making a transition back to a Top 40/CHR direction with the inclusion of more Pop tracks while maintaining a Rhythmic presentation, which in turn has helped the station overtake KQKS in terms of ratings and audience cumes. The transition became official by April 2015, when Billboard moved KPTT from the Rhythmic Panel to the Top 40/CHR panel. Mediabase would follow suit in May 2015.
The current airstaff includes JJ Kincaid (5AM-10AM)
Angela Cortez (10AM-3PM)
Deuce (3PM-7PM)
Dreena (7PM-Midnight)
and DJ Bedz (Midnight-3AM)
KPTT-HD2
In July 2006, KPTT's HD2 subcarrier signed on with a format focusing on Spanish Oldies. In September 2006, they replaced the format with KPTT's previous Hispanic rhythmic format. This was later replaced with "Pride Radio", which targeted the LGBT community; in the Summer of 2012, this was replaced with "Club Phusion" which airs dance music. On March 31, 2013, "Club Phusion" ended and was replaced with "Evolution" that also airs dance music. [3]
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References
- ↑ http://www.whoopi.com/splash, Retrieved on 2007/04/21.
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- ↑ http://www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=71
