KHOW


KHOW is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Denver, Colorado, and serving the Denver metropolitan area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. KHOW is one of three iHeart-owned stations in Denver with a talk radio format. Co-owned AM 850 KOA has mostly local shows, AM 760 KDFD carries nationally syndicated programs, while KHOW airs a mix of local and syndicated programming. Studios and offices are on South Monaco Street in Denver.
KHOW's transmitter is off East 120th Avenue in Thornton, Colorado. KHOW operates with 5,000 watts and a directional antenna. Its signal can be easily heard from Greeley to Colorado Springs. Like other stations owned by iHeartMedia, KHOW uses the iHeartRadio platform to stream its audio.

Programming

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

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

Former hosts

; 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.