To our knowledge, the first radio station to go on the air in Estes Park on 1470 AM was KKEP. It was started by Country & Western music radio pioneer Maurice "Morey" DaVolt. According to an obituary notice published in the Denver Post, Morey passed away on July 11, 2002. When Stan Pratt bought the station from DaVolt in the early 1970's, he changed the call letters to KSIR, which stood for "The Ne
w Sound in the Rockies". on April 22, 1974 with Johnny Dark at the microphone. We found one reference to the use of the KSIR calls at Wichita, KS dating from 1958, before they were used in Estes Park. The use of the KSIR call letters on 1470 continued until May 27, 1991 at which time the station changed to KRKI. Since then, according to the FCC Call Sign History file, there have been three more call sign changes-- from KRKI to KEZZ on April 24, 1998, to KEPL on September 29, 2006, and more recently to KRBR on June 28, 2011. We understand that KRBR went off the air on October 16, 2011. In case there are further changes in the future that you want to know about, the FCC Facility ID Number is 67483. Meanwhile, the KSIR call letters ended up on 1010 AM at Brush, CO where they have been since April 26, 1993 according to the FCC. At the present time, the Town of Estes Park is using the 1470 AM frequency for Estes Information Radio. You can listen to it online by following the link posted on our web site. Please visit our web site, http://ksir1470.reihl.org/ for more about the station including pictures contributed by former staff. We are always looking for more, so please use the contact form on the web site or post a comment here on our page if you have something to share.
