Media, Printing & Graphics  December 9, 2014

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…

With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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