
KVAM (AM)

KVAM (1630 AM), owned by Cedar Cove Broadcasting, is a non-commercial Variety music station located in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is a rare example of a full blown music set-up on the MW band; in addition, it is a music station that can be received over a large area by skywave, along with CFZM, WSM, and CKJH.
Signal.
Main.
The KVAM tower is located in the South Side Historic District, between 2nd and 3rd street, between Evans and Van Lennen Avenue, sharing the lot with St. Joseph's food pantry. They currently send out 10 kw of power during the daytime, offering local coverage of Cheyenne and Burns. The signal is supported by good ground conductivity in most of the metro, and a non-noisy environment. At night, as all x-band stations do, they decrease power to 1 kw, which still covers Cheyenne locally, with skywave coverage to Salt Lake City and Albuquerque.
FM translator.
Presently, KRND operates a translator on 94.7, K234AH, located 11 miles west of Cheyenne, which broadcasts a city grade signal to the area.
History.
The call letters KKWY were assigned to a classic country station in Cheyenne on November 21, 1997, as a construction permit on the X band. The station would eventually be switched to 24/7 Spanish-language programming under La Familia Broadcasting in 2005. Besides this, not much is known, about KRND. In 2013, an application was submitted for 1.7kw by KRND, and in 2020, the license was switched over from La Familia to SMCC, amongst numerous attempts to adjust their antenna in one way or another.
In March 2021, the station fell silent, as a result of a sale from La Familia Broadcasting to media conglomerate Cedar Cove Broadcasting, and on the 20th, the station signed on as a re-broadcaster of the KRKY-FM brand of country music and classic hits. Both KRND and its translator were involved in the sale, allowing a tri-plex of Michael's stations in the Cheyenne market.
The KVAM call sign was moved to the Fox Farm signal from 1570 AM in Loveland, Colorado, on March 29, 2021.