KUNC suitor to acquire Boulder station

BOULDER — Colorado Public Radio 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 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 May 30, after what General Manager Chuck Lontine called a thoughtful chat with Mike Flanagan, host of one of the…