Longmont radio station part of 3-way ownership swap

LONGMONT — A radio station that has been broadcasting for 51 years from a 144-foot tower near 17th Avenue and Hover Street in Longmont is among several Denver-area stations to be acquired by Salt Lake City-based Bonneville International Corp. as part of a complicated transaction required to meet federal rules.

KKFN-FM, a 96,000-watt sports-talk station branded as “104.3 The Fan” that serves Denver and the Front Range but is licensed to Longmont, had been owned by Lincoln Financial Media.

In December, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.-based Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE: ETM) announced that it had entered into…