KDNK

Radio station in Glenwood Springs, Colorado

39°25′08″N 107°22′10″W / 39.41889°N 107.36944°W / 39.41889; -107.36944LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitekdnk.org

KDNK (88.1 FM) is a community access station broadcasting an eclectic format of music and local news in western Colorado in the United States. The station serves Carbondale, Aspen, Glenwood Springs, and other parts of the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond through its main transmitter and a series of mountain-top translators stretching from the Crystal Valley to Leadville. The station is owned by Carbondale Community Access Radio, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit.

Station history

The original idea for KDNK came from Lee Swidler, who placed an ad in the local newspapers looking for volunteers to help start a community radio station. Among the first to volunteer were Bruce Stolbach, Bill Phillips, Brian Vancil, Jim Groh, Brenda Jochems, Pat Noel, Wick Moses, and Marple Lewis, who met in Swidler's locksmith shop at night to plan their strategy. Using an NTIA grant and money pledged by local residents, KDNK took to the air on April 15, 1983. Today, the station has a small paid staff, roughly 100 volunteer program hosts, and a board of directors elected by its membership.

Low powered translators

In addition to its main signal, KDNK radio also has low-powered translators throughout western Colorado.

Broadcast translators for KDNK-FM
Call sign	Frequency	City of license	ERP (W)	Class	FCC info
K202AB	88.3 FM	West Glenwood Springs, Colorado	5 horizontal	D	FMQ
K202AT	88.3 FM	Aspen, Colorado	9 horizontal 47 vertical	D	FMQ
K203EG	88.5 FM	Basalt, Colorado	10 horizontal	D	FMQ
K203EH	88.5 FM	Redstone, Colorado	10 vertical	D	FMQ
K228AG	93.5 FM	Leadville, Colorado	107 horizontal	D	FMQ
K234BJ	94.7 FM	Woody Creek, Colorado	22	D	FMQ
K235AP	94.9 FM	Thomasville, Colorado	10 vertical	D	FMQ
K260BZ	99.9 FM	Snowmass Village, Colorado	23 vertical	D	FMQ

External links

KDNK in the FCC FM station database
KDNK in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Radio stations in Aspen, Colorado and the Roaring Fork Valley

By AM frequency

By FM frequency

LPFM	107.9
Translators	88.3 K202AB K202AT 88.5 88.5 89.9 91.1 93.1 K226BU K226BW 93.9 K230AN K230AZ 94.7 94.9 K235AN K235AP 96.3 97.3 98.3 K252BX K252CU 98.7 99.9 100.1 K261AK K261AI 101.1 101.3 101.5 102.3 102.7 103.5 K278AG K278BD 104.3 107.7

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel

96.7-1

By call sign

Nearby regions: Denver–Boulder; Grand Junction

See also: List of radio stations in Colorado

v t e NPR member stations in the state of Colorado
Colorado Public Radio News stations	Boulder KCFC Craig KPYR Denver KCFR-FM Grand Junction KPRN Montrose KPRH Vail KPRE
Colorado Public Radio Classical stations	Carbondale-Glenwood Springs KVOV Delta-Grand Junction-Montrose KPRU Fort Collins KVXO Lakewood-Denver KVOD Pueblo KCFP
Colorado Public Radio Indie 102.3 stations	Carbondale-Glenwood Springs KNDH Colorado Springs KEPC Greenwood Village-Denver KVOQ Vail KVQI
Colorado Public Radio KRCC stations	Colorado Springs KRCC La Junta KECC Starkville KCCS Woodland Park KWCC
KUNC stations	Estes Park KENC Greeley KUNC Minturn KVNC Steamboat Springs KRNC
Aspen Public Radio stations	Aspen KAJX Carbondale KCJX
KSUT stations	Durango KDNG Ignacio KSUT Ignacio KUTE Pagosa Springs KPGS
KVNF stations	Montrose KVMT Paonia KVNF
KCME stations	Manitou Springs-Colorado Springs KCME Salida KMPZ
Other stations	Alamosa KRZA Carbondale KDNK Cortez KSJD Crested Butte KBUT Denver KUVO Lamar KCSE Telluride KOTO Timnath-Greeley KJAC
See also List of NPR stations
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