Longmont-based radio station to change hands
LONGMONT – A radio station that has been broadcasting for 50 years from a 144-foot tower near 17th Avenue and Hover Street in Longmont is involved in a major radio-industry acquisition.
KKFN-FM 104.3, a 96,000-watt sports-talk station that serves Denver and the Front Range but is licensed to Longmont, is owned by Lincoln Financial Media.
On Monday, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.-based Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE: ETM) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Lincoln Financial Media from Radnor, Pa.-based Lincoln National Corp. (NYSE: LNC) for $105 million plus working capital.
The Longmont station made its debut in 1964 as KLMO-FM, sister…
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