Weekdays begin with a news and interview program hosted by Ross Kaminsky. In afternoon drive time, attorney Dan Caplis is heard. Weekday syndicated shows include "The Troubleshooter Show" with consumer advocate Tom Martino, based at KHOW, as well as Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Joe Pags and Red Eye Radio. Weekends feature shows on money, real estate, home repair, food, law, a public affairs show called "Front Range Focus" and a syndicated tech show with Leo Laporte. Some weekend shows are paid brokered programming. Most hours begin with world and national news from NBC News Radio and select hours begin with world and national news from Westwood One News.
History
1925 — KFXF licensed as a new station on September 2nd to the Pikes Peak Broadcasting Co., located at 226 Hangerman Building in Colorado Springs. William Duncan Pyle was the principal owner.
1927 — Station moved from Colorado Springs to Denver.
1934 — Call letters changed from KFXF to KVOD in July.
1958 — Call letters changed from KVOD to KHOW on July 27th.
1974 — Ray Durkee began Sunday at the Memories on KHOW. In 1976 he syndicated the show nationally.
1976 — Hal Moore and Charley Martin become a morning team on KHOW.
c. 2010 — Clear Channel's attempt to install an HD transmitter was thwarted by an incompatibility with the station's four-tower antenna array.
Cultural reference
The longtime morning team of "Hal & Charley" can be heard in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film The Shining when one of the characters is attempting to reach the Overlook Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The station is identified as "63 KHOW" during the sequence. A jingle from the "Class Action" package from JAM Creative Productions is also heard in scene.
History of ownership
July 1958 — The Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of KVOD to Western Broadcasting Enterprises Inc., for $300,000 plus employment deal, by Colorado Radio Corp.
1964 — KHOW was purchased by Trigg-Vaughn of Dallas.
Feb. 3, 1967 — The FCC announced approval of the sale of the Trigg-Vaughn group of radio and TV stations to Doubleday and Company for $14,125,018. Doubleday Broadcasting Company Inc. was formed; Nelson Doubleday, Jr. served as chairman of this new subsidiary, and Cecil L. Trigg, who had been head of Trigg-Vaughn, continued as president and CEO.
1981 — Metromedia Inc. bought KHOW from the Doubleday Broadcasting Company for $15 million.
1986 — Metromedia's radio stations, including KHOW, were spun off into a separate company named Metropolitan Broadcasting.
April 1988 — Robert F.X. Sillerman agreed to acquire KHOW's owner, the Metropolitan Broadcasting Holding Company, for $302 million in cash and debt.
June 1988 — Carl C. Brazell Jr. agreed to pay $20 million for two of Legacy Broadcasting's stations—KHOW-AM and KSYY-FM—with the intent to make them part of a new entity named Command Communications Inc. Sillerman was a "major investor" in Legacy, and Carl E. Hirsch was the "controlling shareholder."
November 9, 1989 — Command Communications Inc. said it had agreed to sell KJOI-FM, KSYY-FM and KHOW-AM to Viacom Broadcasting Inc. for $101.5 million. Viacom saw "high growth potential" in these properties.
November 9, 1992 — Variety reports that Noble Broadcast Group has agreed to acquire KHOW-AM/FM from Viacom Radio of Viacom International Inc.
1996 — Jacor Communications purchased Noble Broadcast Group, owner of 10 stations including KHOW, for $152 million.
; Jay Marvin; Alan Berg; Hal Moore and Charley Martin; Don Wade; Bill Ashford; Harry Smith; Reggie Rivers; Scott Redmond; Peter Boyles; Ray Durkee; Lynn Woods; Michael D. Brown. Peter Boyles left the station in June 2013 following a scuffle with his producer. Boyles' former slot was filled starting on August 19 when Mandy Connell moved from fellow iHeartMedia station WHAS in Louisville. Connell and Brown moved to co-owned 850 KOA.
