Fort Collins Youth Broadcasting

For Immediate Release:

KLIK Radio hits AM radio, changes name to KCSB-AM

Fort Collins, CO – April 1, 2011 – After years of research, bargaining, and begging, KLIK Radio finally has a radio frequency to call its own – 1670 AM.

Earlier today, Fort Collins Youth Broadcasting finally closed a deal with the FCC to purchase 1670 AM for $42.  However, since a KLIK-AM already exists, the organization was forced to change its beloved moniker to something else.  The organization chose KCSB-AM, after KC and the Sunshine Band, to showcase and praise the band’s contribution to pop music.

The money for the endeavor was donated by an anonymous donor who only stated, “I’ve loved KLIK ever since I discovered it, and I wanted to see them become a real radio station.”

“We’re incredibly excited to finally be a part of the terrestrial broadcasting scene,” said Jordan Fisher, executive director of the organization.  “AM radio is such a mature, yet forward-looking technology, there’s almost no reason to look back to Internet radio.  Even though FM radio is the dominant player in the terrestrial space right now, we’d prefer to be sent back 80 to 100 years instead of only 30 years or so.”

Cody Daig, who was recently appointed as advertising manager, is also excited for the switch to AM.  “Instead of inconclusive server logs that count the number of listeners we get, AM radio is tracked by a professional media company using radio diaries.  It’s a far more accurate approach to tracking radio listenership than anything we have with Internet radio.”

Other costs in switching to terrestrial included censoring the music library, and another local radio station chose to donate an old profanity delay to KCSB so it could broadcast live telephone calls without fear of breaking censorship rules.

“We agree that terrestrial radio signals, which can be received by anyone, need to be family friendly,” said Jake Wood, the station’s treasurer.  “We will also be removing shows from our schedule that have a history of talking about taboo or controversial subjects.  Political correctness is a priority for our new programming.”

KCSB-AM will be signing on today at 2:30 PM Mountain time to coincide with the end of the school day, but normal shows will not be starting until next Monday.

About Fort Collins Youth Broadcasting
Founded in 2007, Fort Collins Youth Broadcasting is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to creating a media outlet for high school students.  As a result, FCYB has provided incredible experiences for students hoping to pursue business administration, computer science, journalism, audio recording and engineering, and a variety of other disciplines.  FCYB operated KLIK Radio, an Internet radio station, for just over 3 years.  On April 1, 2011, KLIK Radio was shut down, and was replaced with KCSB-AM, the AM counterpart to the former KLIK Radio.  What the future holds for KCSB-AM remains to be seen.

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