KWBL


KWBL is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Denver, Colorado. It is owned by iHeartMedia and it broadcasts a country format branded as 106.7 The Bull.
Its studios are located in the Denver Tech Center, while its transmitter is located on Lookout Mountain west of Golden.

History

106.7 FM signed the air on June 19, 1962 as KLZ-FM. Initially airing a simulcast of their then-AM sister station, it flipped to a rock format in the early 1970s. In 1977, KLZ-FM changed their call letters to KAZY and continued with a rock format until April 20, 1994, when KBPI took over the 106.7 frequency, moving from 105.9.
In December 2017, iHeartMedia re-aligned multiple stations in the Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and Cheyenne markets in order to form a trimulcast of KBPI on the 107.9 frequency. To facilitate the move for the main signal, on the 1st, KYWY moved its existing format to an HD Radio subchannel of KOLT-FM and its analog translator on 97.1, allowing KPAW to move its classic rock format and call letters to the 92.9 signal four days later. On the 11th, KBPI then moved its format and call letters to KPAW and translator K300CP, while also adding a simulcast on KDZA-FM. The KYWY calls were warehoused on the former 106.7 signal; iHeart stated that the station would temporarily simulcast KBPI through the end of the year, and be re-launched with a new format after the end of the simulcast period.
On December 18, 2017, at 5 p.m., KYWY dropped out of the simulcast and flipped to country music as 106.7 The Bull, launching with a 10,000 song commercial-free marathon. The flip gave long-time country stalwart KYGO its first full-market competition since that station flipped to the format in 1979, while also competing with KWOF, which rimshots the market from the north. On December 26, 2017, KYWY changed its call letters to KWBL to match its new branding.