KBIQ

KBIQ, known as "Q102.7", is a Christian Adult Contemporary radio station broadcasting at 102.7 FM. The station serves the Colorado Springs, Colorado, area of the United States. The station is owned by the Salem Media Group.102.7 historyThe radio station, 102.7 was built by Bud Edmonds and was the first stereo FM radio station west of the Mississippi River. It was operated as KCMS (Colorado's Classical Music Station). Edmonds operated it out of a studio he built in his garage at 66 Minnehaha Avenue. At times, Edmonds and his wife would take turns operating the Seeburg record changer, announcing the music that was being played and changing the albums. The station simul-cast with its AM counterpart at 1530 after the FM tower was moved to the top of Cheyenne Mountain.In early 1970, Edmonds sold the station to a group of retired Air Force officers who intended to take the AM station into an "information and education" format, taking the call letters KEDI. The FM became a music station, playing classical during the day, and free form album rock at night.By 1973 the station was a full-time contemporary music station using the moniker "KEDI-KCMS, Colorado's Music Mother" and was programmed by Colorado Springs top 40 radio pioneer Steve Scott. It was the first Top 40 station on FM, and led the move to the band by music stations, finally defeating former top 40 legend KYSN. Never a financial success, the station was sold in the mid-1970s to a new group, who moved the studios to a location on Manitou Avenue, changing the call letters to KIIQ, still playing a top-40 format, but one that was less aggressive.In the early 1980s the station known as KIIQ broadcasting a Modern Rock format. In 1984 it returned to its roots as a CHR as KIKX (Kicks 102.7), and become one of the top rated stations in the market.