KIIX (AM)

KIIX is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Fort Collins, Colorado, United States, it serves the Ft. Collins-Greeley area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., who acquired the station from Jacor in May 1999.

History

The station that first carried the KIIX call sign was licensed to Fort Collins and broadcast on 600 kHz.
That facility signed on in 1959 as KZIX. In the mid-1970s, while broadcasting a Country music format, the station switched its call sign to KIIX.
The 1410 facility signed on in March 1947 under the call sign KCOL. KCOL was originally licensed to operate on 1400 kHz but moved to its current frequency of 1410 kHz in 1950.
During the 1970s, KCOL was the sister station to KCOL-FM and was often associated with a Middle-of-the-Road or Full-Service format..
KIIX was acquired by the media company Jacor. It is now iHeartMedia. In 1998, Clear Channel Communications acquired KIIX and several other stations in the Fort Collins market. The call sign KIIX was moved from 600 kHz to the 1410 kHz facility.

Expanded Band assignment

On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KCOL authorized to move from 1410 to 1670 kHz.. However, the station never procured the Construction Permit needed to implement the authorization, so the expanded band station was never built.
The station aired the America's Best Music format syndicated by Dial Global until a format change to classic country on April 2, 2012.