June 1, 2001

Era spanning half century of local AM coverage ends

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BOULDER ? Colorado Public Radio (CPR) has acquired the license and station of KWAB AM-1490, ending an era of locally based AM radio that began in 1947.

KWAB signed a letter of intent Monday, May 21, to sell the license for $1.1 million. The deal includes the station’s transmission equipment and signal. All of the station’s 16 employees have been laid off, and its remaining assets will be sold.

Staff were notified at the time of the sale, and KWAB said good-bye to listeners on Wednesday, following a final show of Mike Flanagan’s RealTime and General Manager Chuck Lontine talking…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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