KNUS

KNUS
Broadcast area
Denver metropolitan area
Frequency710 kHz
Branding710 KNUS
Programming
FormatConservative talk
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KBJD, KRKS, KRKS-FM
History
First air date
May 1941 (1941-05)
Former call signs
  • KMYR (1941–1959)
  • KICN (1959–1961)
  • KBTR (1961–1973)
  • KERE (1973–1981)
  • KNUS (1981–1988)
  • KBPI (1988–1989)
  • KBXG (1989–1990)
Call sign meaning
NUS sounds like "news"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
42377
ClassB
Power5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
39°57′18.9″N 104°51′2.9″W / 39.955250°N 104.850806°W / 39.955250; -104.850806
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Website710knus.com

KNUS (710 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Denver, Colorado, United States. Owned by the Salem Media Group, it airs a conservative talk format, with studios on South Vaughn Way in Aurora.[2]

KNUS's transmitter is sited off Brighton Road near the South Platte River in Brighton.

History

Early years

The station signed on the air in May 1941 as KMYR and broadcast on 1340 kHz. It was powered at 250 watts, a fraction of its current output. Its studios were on Stout Street and it was owned by F.W. Meyer.[3] The call letters represented his last name.

The station moved to 710 kHz in April 1956. When it was KBTR, it had a news partnership with KBTV (now KUSA-TV). This ended in the mid-1980s. From the 1970s to the late 1980s, it was owned by Mullins Broadcasting. In the late 1980s, the station changed its call letters to KBXG when it was bought by a Boulder coal company. In the 1990s, the station was the home of Ken Hamblin, Gary Tessler, Alan Dumas, Carol McKinley, Nia Bender, Pierre Wolfe, Mason Lewis, Warren Byrne, Jim Turner, Gabby Gourmet and Ron Krieter. It broadcast from the 23rd floor studios of the Tabor Center.

In the late 1980s, music formats on AM stations were having ratings problems, as more people tuned to the FM dial. For about a year, 710 AM had no format of its own. Instead, it simulcast the active rock format of its sister station, KBPI, from 1988 to 1989.[4]

Rush Limbaugh appearance

In 1993, KNUS was Denver's first station to carry The Rush Limbaugh Show. When Limbaugh came to nearby Fort Collins for an appearance, thousands of people showed up. KNUS host Jann Scott also did a live show from Fort Collins where some negative comments were made about Rush. Limbaugh heard the show from his hotel room and came over. Limbaugh and Scott bantered back and forth and then ended up telling jokes and talking to the crowd for two hours.

Peter Boyles returned to 710 KNUS in the summer of 2013 after being fired by another local talk radio station that objected to the racial nature of his on-air comments. He had been dubbed "The Dean of Denver Radio Talk Show Hosts."[5] He retired from five days a week in April 2022. But he after a few months, he decided to do a weekend show on KNUS in August of that year. He currently hosts a four-hour show on Saturdays.

In 2018, KNUS was the winner of the Colorado Broadcasters Association's "Best Regularly Scheduled Newscast" award.

Chuck and Julie Show controversy

On December 18, 2019, the Chuck & Julie show was cancelled. Co-host Chuck Bonniwell stated, when introducing a segment discussing the impeachment of Donald Trump, "You know, you wish for a nice school shooting to interrupt the nonstop impeachment coverage."[6] This happened one week after another KNUS host, Kirk Widlund denied allegations that he had posted white-supremacist memes online.[7]

In July 2024, host Randy Corporon left KNUS. He was notified in June that Salem Media would not be renewing his contract.[8]

Programming

Jeff Hunt and Bill Thorpe host the station's lone local program; the remainder of the program schedule consists of syndicated conservative talk shows, many from the Salem Radio Network.

Former on-air personalities

Alan Berg, Ken Hamblin, Jann Scott, Marty Nalitz, Randy Corporon, Jimmy Lakey, Mike Rosen, Alan Dumas, Jim Turner, Gary Tessler, Carol McKinley, Nia Bender, Brandon Scott, Pierre Wolfe, Warren Byrne, Gabby Gourmet, Mason Lewis, Bill Jones, Connor Shreve, Steve Kelley, Krista Kafer, Dan Caplis, Chuck Bonniwell and Julie Hayden, Craig Silverman, Jimmy Sengenberger, Steffan Tubbs, Ross Kaminsky, Matt Dunn, Jeff Hunt, Bill Thorpe.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KNUS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "KNUS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Archived from the original on February 15, 2002. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  3. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1942 page 113. Retrieved Sept. 1, 2024
  4. ^ "R & R" (PDF). September 2, 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2021.[not specific enough to verify]
  5. ^ InsideRadio.com "Dean of Denver Talk Hosts to Retire". Retrieved Sept. 1, 2024.
  6. ^ Shepherd, Katie (December 19, 2019). "Conservative radio host wishes for a 'nice school shooting' to distract from impeachment". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Jojola, Jeremy (December 12, 2019). "710KNUS won't comment on alleged neo-Nazi and Proud Boy connections". 9News. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  8. ^ InsideRadio.com "People Moves - Randy Corporon" July 12, 2024. Retrieved Sept. 1, 2024.

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