Audacy Rhythmic CHR “KS 107.5” KQKS Lakewood/Denver CO is the latest station in the company to move towards Rhythmic Throwbacks.
KQKS repositioned today as “Denver’s #1 For Throwbacks & Today” with the company stating, “Starting today at 1pm we’re throwing in more of The Throwbacks! The stars that helped build the legacy of KS, like Snoop Dog, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, DMX, and more, will once again take center stage on the radio station.”
The new presentation launched at 1pm today with the first songs heard being DMX “Party Up”, Snoop Dogg “Gin & Juice”, Sean Paul “Temperature”, Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg “The Next Episode”, and Saweetie “NANi” . The shift at KQKS comes months after the closing of the sale of Max Media’s Rhythmic AC “Jammin 101.5” KJHM and Classic Hip Hop “Flo 107.1” KFCO in April left KQKS as the only Rhythmic station in the market.
In a memo shared making the announcement KQKS and WZMX Hartford Brand Manager DJ Buck noted, “In recent months, we’ve seen the demand for Throwbacks grow, and KS will now feed our Denver audience exactly what they’re craving…THE THROWBACKS. With this shift, we’re repositioning the station as KS 107.5, #1 for Throwbacks and Today. While we’ll still play a handful of today’s biggest rhythm and hip-hop hits, our primary emphasis will be on the most popular Throwbacks from the late 1990s and early to mid-2000s. KS 107.5 is the station in Denver that discovered, exposed, and first played this legendary genre of music. This is an easy fit to bring them back inside the mighty brand of KS 107.5.”
Despite the loss of the competition, KQKS ranked 16th in the Denver market with a 2.2 share in the July 2024 Nielsen Audio ratings.
