KXPK

KXPK

City of license	Evergreen, Colorado
Broadcast area	Denver-Boulder
Branding	Radio Tri-Color
Frequency	96.5 MHz
First air date	1994
Format	Regional Mexican
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	530 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	20300
Callsign meaning	K X PeaK
Owner	Entravision Communications (Entravision Holdings, LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	965tricolor.com

KXPK, "Radio Tri-Color", is a regional Mexican radio station serving the Denver-Boulder area of Colorado, USA. The Entravision station broadcasts at 96.5 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW and is licensed to Evergreen, Colorado. Its studios are located in Denver near Sports Authority Field at Mile High, and the transmitter is on Squaw Mountain near Evergreen.

History

As of 2014, KXPK is the newest full-power station in the Denver market. KXPK started broadcasting in June 1994 with an adult album alternative format known as "96.5 The Peak", competing with heritage station KBCO. On October 12, 1998, KXPK changed to alternative rock, added Howard Stern in morning drive, and retained the "Peak" moniker. The station gained some brief controversy when Stern commented negatively on the Columbine High School massacre in April 1999, with hundreds of complaints filed to the station. Possibly due to this, KXPK moved to a 1980s format in June of that year, again with the "Peak" moniker. In 2002, Entercom Communications, which, among others, owns Alice 106 (currently Alice 105.9), sold the station to Entravision. The Peak officially ended on April 18, 2002, and began stunting with a 2-week simulcast of KALC advising KXPK listeners to move to their now former sister station. After the simulcast, Entravision took control of the station with its current format, using Entravision's "Radio Tri-Color" format.

External links

• La Tricolor Denver website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KXPK
• Radio-Locator information on KXPK
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KXPK