![]() The Broncos declined to comment about Orange and Blue, but team spokesman Patrick Smyth told The Athletic: “We’re very excited about our 50th year on KOA radio and look forward to working with them on their Broncos coverage this season.” With massive FM coverage, a 50,000-watt AM signal and unmatched digital distribution, we are confident that Freedom 93.7 will quickly become a favorite destination for Colorado talk-radio listeners.” But in a release to announce the launch of Freedom 93.7, he said: “We are excited to welcome Rush, Sean, Glenn and a number of best-in-class personalities to Freedom 93.7. The president of iHeart’s Denver region, Tim Hager, did not respond when contacted multiple times by The Athletic for comment. In the weeks since Orange and Blue’s demise, neither iHeart nor the Broncos have publicly acknowledged its disappearance or their plans for KOA. (An FM translator was purchased by Citicasters, an iHeart holding company, in May for $1.8 million and will simultaneously air Freedom’s programming on 760 AM.) While airing an eclectic mix of folk and rock music on the station, iHeart began a dayslong rebranding of 760 to Freedom 93.7 FM, a conservative political talk station that will be the new home of “The Rush Limbaugh Show,” a syndicated staple of KOA’s lineup, as well as Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity. On July 3, the station’s programming was canceled, felled by a lethal mix of minimal advertising and promotion, poor ratings, perhaps back-to-back losing seasons by the Broncos and a broad change in KOA’s identity that included the arrival of one of Denver radio’s biggest stars, Alfred Williams. ![]() Less than two years after its launch and mere months after the completion of its state-of-the-art studio, Orange and Blue Radio is now a relic. “Orange and Blue Radio will quickly become the preeminent destination for Broncos fans,” JoJo Turnbeaugh, iHeart’s Denver region senior vice president of programming, said at the time. The project would later include a slick new studio built inside the team’s indoor practice facility.Įven in a market saturated with around-the-clock Broncos content, the endeavor was presented as a no-brainer. The station’s lineup featured on-air hosts from the Broncos and KDSP’s sister station, KOA News Radio, which has partnered with the team for its game-day broadcasts the past 49 seasons. ![]() That day also marked the start of Orange and Blue Radio, an “All Broncos, All the Time” collaboration between the team and iHeartMedia on 760 KDSP, once home to Denver Sports 760 and Colorado’s Progressive Talk. ![]()
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