KBUD
| City of license | Golden, Colorado |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Denver, Colorado Boulder, Colorado |
| Branding | Smokin' 94.1 |
| Frequency | 1550 kHz |
| First air date | 2011 (as KGCQ) |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Power | 990 watts daytime 350 watts nighttime |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 161314 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°53′31″N 105°14′20″W / 39.89194°N 105.23889°W |
| Callsign meaning | Refers to the buds of cannabis plants. |
| Former callsigns | KGCQ (2011-2012) KDCO (2012-2015) |
| Owner | Marc Paskin (Marco Broadcasting Corporation) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | smokin941.com |
KBUD (1550 AM) is an American broadcast radio station licensed in Golden, Colorado, and serving the Denver/Boulder/Fort Collins area. It is currently owned by Marco Broadcasting Corporation, owned by multi-millionaire Marc Paskin.
Previously a sports radio station Mile High Sports, the station was bought by Paskin in 2015 and converted to a cannabis culture-themed classic rock station.
History[edit]
Until June 1, 2015, the station served as the home for Mile High Sports, a multimedia sports-marketing and publishing company based in Denver via a partnership with Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, serving as the radio flagship for the Denver Nuggets basketball team, Colorado Avalanche hockey team, Colorado Mammoth, and Colorado Rapids.[1] The station also broadcast the football and basketball programs at the Air Force Academy and syndicated National Football League games through the Sports USA Radio Network.
The station was also partnered with KCKK, which was the flagship of Mile High Sports until it flipped to Adult Hits in March 2014.[2] Since then, it has partnered with Lincoln Financial Media outlets KKFN for sharing Nuggets and Avalanche games, while leasing out KQKS' HD2 sub-channel to cover the Denver-Boulder area that its FM translator can not reach.
On November 4, 2014, Advance Modulation sold then-KDCO/K231BQ to 4K's LLLP for $550,000, pending FCC approval.[3] The sale closed on February 5, 2015. On May 22, 2015, KDCO/K231BQ temporarily went off the air after they were sold to Marco Broadcasting, owned by Marc Paskin, who acquired the station in March 2015 from 4K.[4][5] The purchase by Marco Broadcasting closed on May 20, 2015 at a price of $875,000.
As Smokin 94.1[edit]
On June 1, 2015, the station, now known as KBUD, flipped to a a marijuana-themed classic rock format, branded as Smokin 94.1. The format is aimed at the region's cannabis culture; Paskin himself serves as the drive-time host under the alias "Gary Ganja" (and performs a news update at 4:20 p.m as "O.G. Kush"), and call-in segments involve cannabis-oriented topics. The station picked up Bubba the Love Sponge as its morning show (owing to its namesake's support of marijuana legalization), and plays clips from stoner films as well as comedy sketches recorded by Paskin. Paskin explained that the format was meant to be a throwback to the "old days of radio", stating that "radio has become boring, it's corporate-controlled, every station sounds alike. If you tell a weird joke, they'll fire you." The station does not carry advertising, primarily due to potential legal issues involving the advertising of marijuana and related products, as it is still illegal under federal law.[4][6][7]
On October 23, 2015, the K231BQ translator was sold to iHeartMedia, who will convert it into an FM simulcast of KOA via KBCO-HD3 beginning October 30, 2015. KBUD itself will also be sold; a KBUD personality explained that the sale was related to health problems being faced by Paskin.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ Mile High Sports Denver Relocates from Radio Insight (November 7, 2014)
- ^ The Rock Lands in Denver from Radio Insight (March 13, 2014)
- ^ "Station Sales The Week Of November 7" from Radio Insight (November 7, 2014)
- ^ a b "In Denver, a La Jolla millionaire's marijuana radio station puts fresh spin on rock and 'roll'". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Mile High Sports Temporarily Off In Denver" from Radio Insight (May 22, 2015)
- ^ "Denver marijuana radio station debuts as Smokin 94.1 FM". Ostrow Off the Record (Denver Post). Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Marijuana Is in the Air and on It, Too". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "iHeart Acquires Smokin 94.1 Denver". Radio Insight. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Denver’s KBUD Goes Up In Smoke.". Inside Radio. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
External links[edit]
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KBUD
- Radio-Locator Information on KBUD
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KBUD
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