KRCC (Radio)

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In 1944, KRCC began as a two-room public address system in the basement of Bemis Hall. Professor Woodson "Chief" Tyree, Director of Radio and Drama Department at Colorado College was the founder and inspirational force in the program that one day became KRCC-FM. In 1946, KRCC moved to South Hall (where Packard Hall now stands) on campus where two students, Charles "Bud" Edmonds '51, and Margaret Merle-Smith '51, were instrumental in securing a war surplus FM transmitter. KRCC began over the air broadcasting in April 1951 as the first non-commercial educational FM radio station in the state of Colorado.

Broadcasts were primarily on evenings and weekends for the purpose of training 30 students each year. Professor Tyree retired in 1968, and with his retirement radio and speech courses at Colorado College were dropped from the curriculum. Today, KRCC operates with a unique collaboration of broadcast professionals, students, and community volunteers dedicated to providing our audience throughout southern Colorado the very best programming public radio has to offer. Woodson "Chief "

Students then took over the extra-curricular operation of KRCC with an appointed faculty advisor. In 1972, a 1000-watt transmitter was installed which effectively opened the doors of Colorado College radio to the surrounding community. KRCC's student staff ended the "students only" policy in 1977/78, opening the microphones to community members of all ages, interests, and walks of life. Students interested in the potential of KRCC initiated an ad-hoc committee to develop options which would best serve the public as a community service of the college. The committee sought and won approval for upgrading KRCC to a National Public Radio (NPR) member station. In June 1984, KRCC moved out of Rastall Center and into its own studio building (which was entirely remodeled by volunteers), constructed the facilities to broadcast from Cheyenne Mountain and the Manitou Springs translator, and by Fall began airing NPR news.

The next big step began with a grant to build translator stations serving Westcliffe and Gardner, and another for Buena Vista, Salida, and Villa Grove — these were finished in 1989. Additionally, discussions were starting about long term interest in news production at KRCC. On Valentine's Day, 1992, we moved the station into its current studio building at 912 N. Weber Street, budgetary restrictions have unfortunately kept us from initiating the news department and programming we hoped possible.

In recent years, we have concentrated on extending the signal to unserved communities throughout southern Colorado via a network of translators. As of 1999, the network was heard in Westcliffe, Gardner, Limon, Manitou Springs, Trinidad, Buena Vista, Salida, Villa Grove, Canon City and Raton, New Mexico. The year 2000, heralded a new era by the completion of a repeater station for KRCC in the city of La Junta - KRLJ 89.1 FM.

On January 1, 2005 at 4pm. KRCC's dream of local began in the form of a weekly news magazine called Western Skies.

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Western Skies

FM Radio Stations in the Colorado Springs Market (Arbitron #97)

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