KIDN-FM

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = KIDN-FM

| logo =

| city = Hayden, Colorado

| area = Steamboat Springs, Colorado

| branding = The Lift FM

| frequency = 95.9 MHz

| translator = 95.5 K238AB (Steamboat Springs)
97.3 K247AP (Steamboat Springs)

| airdate = 1990 (as KKMX-FM)

| format = Hot AC

| erp = 6,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|198|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = C3

| facility_id = 57339

| coordinates = {{coord|40|31|16|N|107|17|46|W}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = KKMX-FM (1985–1992)

| affiliations =

| owner = Patricia MacDonald Garber and Peter Benedetti

| licensee = AlwaysMountainTime, LLC

| sister_stations = KFMU-FM, KQZR

| webcast = [http://listen.streamon.fm/kidn Listen Live]

| website = [https://alwaysmountaintime.com/kidn/ KIDN Online]

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

KIDN-FM (95.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Hayden, Colorado, United States. The station is owned by Patricia MacDonald Garber and Peter Benedetti and the broadcast license is held by AlwaysMountainTime, LLC.[http://www.alwaysmountaintime.com/ Always Mountain Time, LLC]

It broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format branded as "The Lift FM" to the Steamboat Springs, Colorado, area.{{cite web |work=Arbitron |title=Station Information Profile |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |accessdate=July 14, 2009}}

The station was assigned the KIDN call sign by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on April 10, 1992.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=57339&Callsign=KIDN-FM |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |accessdate=July 14, 2009}}

The station's original format is unknown. Until 2010, the station was known as "Jack FM" then adopted its "KIDN The Mountain" branding. However, the website redirects to http://alwaysmountaintime.com/kidn/ which shows "The Lift FM" as its current branding.

Translator

KIDN-FM programming is also carried on broadcast translator stations to extend or improve the coverage area of the station.

{{RadioTranslators

| callsign = KIDN-FM

| call1 = K238AB

| freq1 = 95.5

| watts1 = 13

| class1 = D

| city1 = Steamboat Springs, Colorado

| call2 = K247AP

| freq2 = 97.3

| watts2 = 13

| class2 = D

| city2 = Steamboat Springs, Colorado

| fid1 = 57334

| fid2 = 151696

}}

Construction permit

On December 2, 2010, KIDN was granted an FCC construction permit to change the city of license to Burns, Colorado, move to a new transmitter site, decrease ERP to 72 watts and increase HAAT to 850 meters.

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