Changes afoot for Longmont, Loveland radio stations

Several changes are in the works for AM radio stations in Longmont and Loveland that had been beaming satellite-fed Roman Catholic-oriented programming to Front Range listeners.

The programming, which originates with Excelsior Springs, Mo.-based Catholic Radio Network, had been heard since 2008 on 7,000-watt KPIO-AM 1570 in Loveland but was switched to the 50,000-watt signal of KRCN-AM 1060 in Longmont on Jan. 1. The Loveland signal has gone silent.

CRN, an affiliate of the Eternal Word Television Network, has been leasing KRCN’s facilities from its owner, Indianapolis-based Pilgrim Communications Inc., with an option to purchase it. That purchase likely will be completed…