83988 Resource 78647 78558 78558 1107564493289 1107622337399 Controlled Rock rules in Summit County SPR votes on the winning radio station <p>As expected, the&nbsp;<strong><a href="http://www.summitpublicradio.org/" target="_blank">Summit Public Radio (SPR)</a></strong> board met and voted between the two radio stations vying for the same signal in Summit County.&nbsp;<strong><a href="http://www.kbco.com/main.html" target="_blank"> KBCO</a></strong> has been carried on the airwaves in Summit County for around 20 years.&nbsp; In fact, this station was the reason that Summit Public Radio came into being.&nbsp; The employees at the Red, White and Blue Fire Station in Breckenridge found a spot on Baldy Mountain years ago where they could capture the signal and rebroadcast it into Summit County.&nbsp; It was the station and its music that they wanted.&nbsp; </p><p>However, a few months ago, <strong><a href="http://www.radiocoloradonetwork.com/" target="_blank">KSKE</a></strong>, a country station that actually broadcasts locally (but cannot get the signal into Breckenridge), asked to replace KBCO.&nbsp; Listeners were polled, by SPR, by news articles, and by advertisements from both contenders.&nbsp; The results were roughly 10 to 1 in favor of KBCO.&nbsp; And so, the Boulder radio station, famous nationally for its live Studio C recordings of top artists, and one of the most popular rock stations in Colorado, will remain.&nbsp; </p><p>Since our vote, I've received unsolicited thanks from many people I've encountered who knew that I am one of those board members.&nbsp; You can read more about it <strong><a href="http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20050131/NEWS/101310025/-1/ARCHIVES05" target="_blank">here</a></strong>. </p> 9 application/xml false Breckenridge Colorado KBCO KSKE Summit County Summit Public Radio SPR Summit Public Radio http://www.summitpublicradio.org/ KBCO The radio station's website http://www.kbco.com/main.html KSKE The country station website http://www.radiocoloradonetwork.com/ Rock reigns in Summit radio decision SPR votes to keep KBCO http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20050131/NEWS/101310025/-1/ARCHIVES05 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) 66.198.200.154 66.198.200.154 kdeshaies false true false false true 205866 false false true false false false true 78647 blog blogsite/SnowHome/web