KXWA (FM)

KKHI

Centennial, Colorado
Broadcast area	Denver, Colorado
Frequency	101.9 MHz
Programming
Format	Christian Contemporary
Affiliations	WAY-FM Network
Ownership
Owner	Way-FM Media Group, Inc.
History
Former call signs	KINX (?-1979) KKCS-FM (1979-2005) KGDQ (2005-2008)
Technical information
Facility ID	70822
Class	C3
ERP	9,500 watts
HAAT	163 meters
Transmitter coordinates	39°23′7.00″N 105°2′52.00″W
Links
Website	wayfm.com

KKHI (101.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Centennial, Colorado, USA, the station serves the Denver area. The station is currently owned by Way-FM Media Group, Inc.

History

The station was originally licensed to Colorado Springs as KRYT-FM, broadcasting a middle-of-the-road music format as the fulltime companion to daytime-only KRYT-AM 1530 (now KCMN).

Walton Stations purchased the station in 1978 and began broadcasting country music as KKCS-FM under Program Director Lee Reynolds. While in the country format, KKCS was a major player in the Colorado Springs market until the station was purchased by Bustos Media for $16 million in 2005.

Bustos Media's plans were to turn 101.9 into a Denver station by changing the city of license to Centennial, Colorado, and the transmitter location to the Monument Hill area. On December 2, 2005, the station moved to a Regional Mexican format, "La Gran D," and switched call letters from KKCS-FM to KGDQ on December 8, 2005. With all those changes, 101.9 FM effectively left Colorado Springs to broadcast to the larger Denver market.

On June 9, 2008, KGDQ abandoned Regional Mexican in favor of picking up the Smooth Jazz format that was dropped several months earlier by KJCD. Bustos Media CEO Amador Bustos told AllAccess.com, "We will put our improved 101.9 FM signal to its best use, by filling an evident music vacuum in the Denver metro with Smooth Jazz programming." The call letters changed to KKHI, for "K-High," the slogan used by a previous Denver smooth jazz station, KHIH.

On April 30, 2010, it was announced on KKHI Operations Manager/Program Director Steve Hamilton's Facebook page that the current format will be moving to the station's website.

As of May 1, 101.9 was sold by Bustos Media to Way-FM Communications, who then replaced the Smooth Jazz format with a Contemproary Christian format, using programming from the WAY-FM Network.

External links

• KKHI in the FCC FM station database
• KKHI in Nielsen Audio's FM station database