KRNX-FM
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KRNX-FM
| logo =
| city = Rye, Colorado
| country = US
| area = Pueblo, Colorado
| branding = Air1
| airdate = {{start date|2008}}
| frequency = 104.9 MHz
| format = Contemporary worship music
| power =
| erp = 25,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|55|m|sp=us}}
| class = C3
| facility_id = 164276
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|37|56|40|N|104|59|56|W|type:landmark_region:US-CO|display=inline,title}}}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KRYE (2005–2019)|KFVR-FM (2019–2020)|KWRY (2020–2025)}}
| affiliations =
| owner = Educational Media Foundation
| licensee =
| sister_stations = {{hlist|KBIQ|KRNX|KWRY}}
| webcast = {{listenlive|https://listen.air1.com}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.air1.com}}
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KRNX-FM (104.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary worship music format. Licensed to Rye, Colorado, United States, it serves the Pueblo area. The station is owned by Educational Media Foundation, and carries EMF's Air1 network.
The station signed on in 2008 as regional Mexican station KRYE. In 2020, after going silent and becoming KFVR-FM, it joined Air1 as KWRY. The station became KRNX-FM in 2025.
History
The station went on the air in 2008 as KRYE, a regional Mexican station owned by United States CP, LLC.{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009|year=2009|page=D-120}} United States CP reached a deal to sell KRYE, along with KGRE-FM in Estes Park, to Greeley Broadcasting Corporation for $1.175 million in 2019.{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=Station Sales Week Of 1/4 |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/173393/station-sales-week-of-1-4/ |access-date=February 13, 2025 |work=RadioInsight |date=January 4, 2019}} Greeley, owner of KFVR-FM in Beulah, already operated KRYE and KGRE-FM as "{{langr|es|Tigre}}", sharing the same branding and regional Mexican format as KGRE in Greeley.{{cite news |title=Deal Digest: A Few Sales Cross Finish Line, Despite Shutdown. |url=https://www.insideradio.com/free/deal-digest-a-few-sales-cross-finish-line-despite-shutdown/article_268ca16e-14ac-11e9-b851-b7f70004c885.html |access-date=February 13, 2025 |work=Insideradio.com |date=January 10, 2019 |language=en}}
By February 2020, the station had changed its call sign to KFVR-FM and gone silent; at that time, United States CP reached a new $150,000 deal to sell the station to the Educational Media Foundation (EMF). Under a network affiliation agreement, the station joined Air1 on March 10, 2020.{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=Station Sales Week Of 2/28: Bible Broadcasting Enters Grand Rapids |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/184775/station-sales-week-of-2-28-bible-broadcasting-enters-grand-rapids/ |access-date=February 13, 2025 |work=RadioInsight |date=February 28, 2020}} The station's call sign was changed from KWRY to KRNX-FM on February 13, 2025; the KWRY call sign was concurrently moved to sister station KLCX. The KRNX call sign is shared with EMF's AM radio station in Fountain, which changed its call sign from KJME on February 27.{{cite web |last1=Reynolds |first1=Matt |title=Form 380 - Exchange Request |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff3949de9bb0194b3b203d3400b&id=25076ff3949de9bb0194b3b203d3400b&goBack=N |access-date=February 13, 2025 |date=February 3, 2025}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.air1.com Official website]
- {{FM station data|164276|KRNX}}
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{{Pueblo Radio}}
{{Religious Radio Stations in Colorado}}
{{Air 1}}
Category:Radio stations established in 2008
Category:2008 establishments in Colorado
Category:Educational Media Foundation radio stations
Category:Pueblo County, Colorado
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