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<h2 id="programming">Programming</h2> <p>Weekdays begin with a news and interview program hosted by former <a href="/facts/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency/JUa8guyo">Federal Emergency Management Agency</a> chief <a href="/facts/Michael_D._Brown/8ahy6gxx">Michael Brown</a>. The rest of the weekday schedule includes <i>The Troubleshooter Show</i> with consumer advocate <a href="/facts/Tom_Martino/7Lt6TJjb">Tom Martino</a>, Ryan Schuiling and Denver attorney Dan Caplis. Evenings feature <a href="/facts/Radio_syndication/kdDQIW1Y">nationally syndicated</a> talk programs: <i><a href="/facts/Joe_Pags/2hFa0rnz">The Joe Pags Show</a>, <a href="/facts/Red_Eye_Radio/I0P5KGqX">Red Eye Radio</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Lee_Habeeb/wg78Pull">Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb</a></i>. </p><p>Weekends include shows on money, health, real estate, technology, law, and a <a href="/facts/Public_affairs_(broadcasting)/M2WVfwt2">public affairs</a> show called <i>Front Range Focus.</i> Syndicated talk shows include <i><a href="/facts/Michael_D._Brown/8ahy6gxx">The Weekend with Michael Brown</a>, <a href="/facts/Ben_Ferguson/7TWHpaCR">The Ben Ferguson Show</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Kim_Komando_Show/uznWy5ko">The Kim Komando Show</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Tech_Guy/S6PvcJxf">Rich DeMuro on Tech</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Armstrong_%26_Getty/tckKjsRM">Armstrong & Getty</a></i>. Some weekend shows are paid <a href="/facts/Brokered_programming/ghstgwqq">brokered programming</a>. Most hours begin with world and national news from <a href="/facts/ABC_News_Radio/kjDqnn0A">ABC News Radio</a>. </p> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <ul><li>1925 — KFXF licensed as a new station on September 2 to the Pikes Peak Broadcasting Co., located at 226 Hangerman Building in Colorado Springs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Call sign was randomly assigned from an alphabetical roster of available call letters. William Duncan Pyle was the principal owner.</li> <li>1927 — Station moved from Colorado Springs to Denver.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>1934 — Call letters changed from KFXF to KVOD ("Voice of Denver") in July.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li>1958 — Call letters changed from KVOD to KHOW on July 27.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>1974 — Ray Durkee began Sunday at the Memories on KHOW. In 1976 he syndicated the show nationally.</li> <li>1976 — Hal Moore and Charley Martin become a morning team on KHOW.</li> <li>1978 — <a href="/facts/Alan_Berg/ad02j73w">Alan Berg</a> joined KHOW and became "the most popular (and most disliked) radio personality in Denver."</li> <li>August 1979 — Uncomfortable with his style (e.g., insulting or hanging up on callers), KHOW management fired Berg.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>1984 — Don Martin, KHOW Sky Spy Traffic Reporter, was awarded the Broadcast Achievement Award from the Colorado Broadcasters Association.</li> <li>January 3, 1996 — The <i><a href="/facts/Rocky_Mountain_News/jvCxTP57">Rocky Mountain News</a></i> reported that Charley Martin's contract was not renewed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li>1997 — <a href="/facts/Reggie_Rivers/un5ue9RW">Reggie Rivers</a> joined KHOW.</li> <li>c. 2010 — Clear Channel's attempt to install an <a href="/facts/HD_Radio/XtS2tNG5">HD</a> transmitter was thwarted by an incompatibility with the station's four-tower antenna array.</li></ul> <h2 id="history-of-ownership">History of ownership</h2> <ul><li>July 1958 — The <a href="/facts/Federal_Communications_Commission/Ueghz8W0">Federal Communications Commission</a> (FCC) approved the sale of KVOD (as the station was known at the time) to Western Broadcasting Enterprises Inc., for $300,000 plus employment deal, by Colorado Radio Corp.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li>1964 — KHOW was purchased by Trigg-Vaughn of Dallas.</li> <li>February 3, 1967 — The FCC announced approval of the sale of the Trigg-Vaughn group of radio and TV stations to <a href="/facts/Doubleday_and_Company/QIy49hM9">Doubleday and Company</a> for $14,125,018. Doubleday Broadcasting Company Inc. was formed; <a href="/facts/Nelson_Doubleday,_Jr./NVuDM9mK">Nelson Doubleday, Jr.</a> served as chairman of this new subsidiary, and Cecil L. Trigg, who had been head of Trigg-Vaughn, continued as president and <a href="/facts/CEO/mg4A8y5M">CEO</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li>1981 — <a href="/facts/Metromedia/vMXhrHLw">Metromedia</a> Inc. bought KHOW from the Doubleday Broadcasting Company for $15 million.</li> <li>1986 — Metromedia's radio stations, including KHOW, were spun off into a separate company named Metropolitan Broadcasting.</li> <li>April 1988 — <a href="/facts/Robert_F.X._Sillerman/cCyNAVHq">Robert F.X. Sillerman</a> agreed to acquire KHOW's owner, the Metropolitan Broadcasting Holding Company, for $302 million in cash and debt.</li> <li>June 1988 — Carl C. Brazell Jr. agreed to pay $20 million for two of Legacy Broadcasting's stations—KHOW and <a href="/facts/KDHT_(FM)/ryagXAgF">KSYY-FM</a>—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."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li>November 9, 1989 — Command Communications Inc. said it had agreed to sell <a href="/facts/KYSR/WQaSrag2">KJOI-FM</a>, KSYY-FM and KHOW to <a href="/facts/Viacom_(1971%E2%80%932005)/R8Ymse2h">Viacom Broadcasting Inc.</a> for $101.5 million. Viacom saw "high growth potential" in these properties.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li>November 9, 1992 — <a href="/facts/Variety_(magazine)/38rXIaaG"><i>Variety</i></a> reports that Noble Broadcast Group has agreed to acquire KHOW-AM-FM from Viacom Radio of Viacom International Inc.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li>1996 — <a href="/facts/Jacor/rECULhsn">Jacor Communications</a> purchased Noble Broadcast Group, owner of 10 stations including KHOW, for $152 million.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li>1999 — <a href="/facts/IHeartMedia,_Inc./3r06AD4a">Clear Channel Communications</a>, now known as iHeartMedia, purchased Jacor for $4.4 billion.</li></ul> <h2 id="former-hosts">Former hosts</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Claudia_Lamb/0xdBwUX2">Claudia Lamb</a>; <a href="/facts/Jay_Marvin/40N8lLS8">Jay Marvin</a>; <a href="/facts/Alan_Berg/ad02j73w">Alan Berg</a>; Hal Moore and Charley Martin; Don Wade; Bill Ashford; Harry Smith; <a href="/facts/Reggie_Rivers/un5ue9RW">Reggie Rivers</a>; Scott Redmond; <a href="/facts/Peter_Boyles/ovDB4kdX">Peter Boyles</a>; Ray Durkee; Lynn Woods. </p><p>Peter Boyles left the station in June 2013 following a scuffle with his producer.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> Boyles' former slot was filled starting on August 19 when Mandy Connell moved from fellow iHeartMedia (then Clear Channel) station <a href="/facts/WHAS_(AM)/z5Sxa9qz">WHAS</a> in <a href="/facts/Louisville,_Kentucky/n2aJVoJv">Louisville</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> Connell and Brown moved to co-owned 850 KOA. </p><p>The longtime morning team of "Hal & Charley" (Hal Moore and Charley Martin) can be heard in the 1980 <a href="/facts/Stanley_Kubrick/y5cxcQzV">Stanley Kubrick</a> film <i><a href="/facts/The_Shining_(film)/hWWURJTo">The Shining</a></i> when <a href="/facts/Dick_Hallorann/RfIl1Nef">Dick Hallorann</a> is attempting to reach the Overlook Hotel in <a href="/facts/Estes_Park,_Colorado/jUWPnDka">Estes Park, Colorado</a>. The station is identified as "63 KHOW" during the sequence. A jingle from the "Class Action" package from <a href="/facts/JAM_Creative_Productions/q7UUQJUX">JAM Creative Productions</a> is also heard in scene. </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://khow.iheart.com">Official KHOW Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=48962">Facility details for Facility ID 48962 (KHOW)</a> in the <a href="/facts/Federal_Communications_Commission/Ueghz8W0">FCC</a> Licensing and Management System</li> <li><a href="https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU24&band=am&callLetter=KHOW">KHOW</a> in <a href="/facts/Nielsen_Audio/gqtgXGR2">Nielsen Audio</a>'s AM station database</li> <li><a href="https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=38969">FCC History Cards for KHOW</a> (covering KFXF / KVOD / KHOW from 1927 to 1981)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"KHOW-AM Radio Station Coverage Map". <a href="http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=KHOW-AM&h=D" target="_blank">http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=KHOW-AM&h=D</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, September 1, 1925, page 3. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763060&view=1up&seq=161" target="_blank">https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763060&view=1up&seq=161</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Alterations and Corrections", Radio Service Bulletin, January 31, 1927, page 6. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763078&view=1up&seq=6" target="_blank">https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763078&view=1up&seq=6</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Changes to List", Radio Service Bulletin, July 15, 1934, page 2. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510008420338&view=1up&seq=288" target="_blank">https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510008420338&view=1up&seq=288</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"For the Record: Existing AM Stations: Call Letters Assigned", Broadcasting, August 18, 1958, page 99. <a href="https://archive.org/stream/broadcastingtele55unse#page/n762/mode/1up/" target="_blank">https://archive.org/stream/broadcastingtele55unse#page/n762/mode/1up/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Johansen, Nick. "Mini Biography - Alan Berg". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved June 28, 2012. <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0073686/bio" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0073686/bio</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Saunders, Dusty (January 3, 1996). "BREAKUP OF HAL AND CHARLEY PART OF COST-CUTTING AT KHOW?". The Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181116095445/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67756413.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20181116095445/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67756413.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"CHANGING HANDS" (PDF). BROADCASTING. July 21, 1958. Retrieved July 4, 2012. <a href="http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/58-OCR/1958-07-21-BC-0060.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/58-OCR/1958-07-21-BC-0060.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Trigg-Vaughn sale is approved" (PDF). BROADCASTING. February 6, 1967. Retrieved July 4, 2012. <a href="http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1967/1967-02-06-BC.pdf" target="_blank">http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1967/1967-02-06-BC.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Adelson, Andrea (June 30, 1988). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Westwood One to Acquire 50% Stake in WNEW-AM". The New York Times. Retrieved June 28, 2012. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/30/business/the-media-business-westwood-one-to-acquire-50-stake-in-wnew-am.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/30/business/the-media-business-westwood-one-to-acquire-50-stake-in-wnew-am.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Delugach, Al (June 29, 1988). "KJOI-FM's $75-Million Price an Industry Record : Station's Sale Key Part of $155-Million Ownership Shuffle That Also Affects KTWV, Westwood One". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 28, 2012. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-29-fi-4917-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-29-fi-4917-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Viacom Buys 3 Stations". The New York Times. November 10, 1989. Retrieved July 8, 2012. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/10/business/viacom-buys-3-stations.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/10/business/viacom-buys-3-stations.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Financial Briefs". Variety. November 9, 1992. Retrieved July 3, 2012. <a href="https://variety.com/1992/biz/news/financial-briefs-10-100115/" target="_blank">https://variety.com/1992/biz/news/financial-briefs-10-100115/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Mulvey, Tom. "Denver Radio: 80 Years of Change". The Broadcast Professionals Of Colorado. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120426021950/http://www.broadcastprofessionals.net/denver-radio.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120426021950/http://www.broadcastprofessionals.net/denver-radio.html</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Ostrow, Joanne (June 3, 2013). "Peter Boyles out at KHOW: Longtime Denver radio talk-show host gone from Clear Channel". The Denver Post. Retrieved July 28, 2013. <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23380691/controversial-radio-talk-show-host-peter-boyles-out" target="_blank">http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23380691/controversial-radio-talk-show-host-peter-boyles-out</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Ostrow, Joanne (July 24, 2013). "KHOW's successor to Peter Boyles is Mandy Connell". Ostrow Off the Record. The Denver Post. Retrieved July 28, 2013. <a href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2013/07/24/khows-successor-to-boyles-is-mandy-connell/15410/" target="_blank">http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2013/07/24/khows-successor-to-boyles-is-mandy-connell/15410/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>