KIIX (AM)

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KIIX

| logo = File:KIIX AM1410 logo.png

| city = Fort Collins, Colorado | country = US

| area = Fort Collins-Greeley-Loveland, Colorado

| branding = KIIX AM 1410

| airdate = March 1947

| frequency = 1410 kHz

| format = Classic country

| power = 1,000 watts

| class = B

| facility_id = 68966

| coordinates = {{coord|40|35|34|N|105|6|18|W|region:US-CO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning = pronounced "kicks"

| former_callsigns = KCOL (1947–1999)

| owner = iHeartMedia, Inc.

| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC

| sister_stations = K235BT, K246CI, K297AK, KBPI, KCOL, KOLT-FM, KPAW, KSME, KXBG

| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/kiix-am-1410-405/ Listen Live]

| website = [https://kiixcountry.iheart.com/ https://kiixcountry.iheart.com/]

| affiliations =

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

KIIX (1410 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Fort Collins, Colorado, United States, it serves the Ft. Collins-Greeley area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., who acquired the station from Jacor in May 1999.

History

The station was originally licensed, as KCOL, in 1947 on 1400 kHz. It moved to 1410 kHz in 1950.

=Expanded Band assignment=

On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KCOL authorized to move from 1410 to 1670 kHz.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x004848309&view=1up&seq=276 "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations"] (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997. However, the station never procured the Construction Permit needed to implement the authorization, so the expanded band station was never built.

=Later history=

The call letters were changed to KIIX on November 5, 1999.[https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=68966 FCC Call Sign History] (FCC.gov) The station aired the America's Best Music format syndicated by Dial Global until a format change to classic country on April 2, 2012.

References

External links

[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=34786 FCC History Cards for KIIX ] (covering 1946-1981 as KCOL)
[https://kiixcountry.iheart.com/ KIIX AM 1410 Official Site]
https://web.archive.org/web/20081220103933/http://kiix.off.co.il/

IIX

Category:Adult standards radio stations in the United States

Category:Radio stations established in 1947

Category:1947 establishments in Colorado

Category:IHeartMedia radio stations