KPLS has studios and offices on South Union Boulevard in Lakewood and its transmitter is off Riverdale Road in Thornton, Colorado.
It was formerly carried by K229BS in Lakewood, Colorado; in 2019, the translator was sold to iHeartMedia, and began simulcasting KDFD on July 8, 2019.
[4] Owned by Bob Rubin from 1960 to 1965 and operated from above the theater at the Woodlawn Shopping Center, the original format was country music.
During its tenure in this format, KDKO, thanks to its popular multiracial disc jockeys, became a ratings success story throughout the Denver market and within the growing African-American community.
By 1980, it was sold to a group of investors, who would later sell it to KDKO veteran DJ Jim "Dr. Daddy-O" Walker in 1989.
Unfortunately, KDKO would be hit by a series of financial problems that lead to a one-week shutdown in 1992, and tensions among staff and management.
Another factor was the emergence of Rhythmic Top 40 107.5 KQKS in the 1990s and its success in targeting Denver's growing multicultural audience that included younger and female listeners, which would spell the end of KDKO, leading to its sale in March 2002 to Phillip Anschutz.
Moore, not wishing to host an AM-only show, retired from radio at age 79 when Hunt Broadcasting sold the 93.7 FM translator to iHeartMedia (who converted it to a simulcast of KDFD and its new conservative talk format on July 15, 2019.
[13] A post on Radio 74's Facebook page [14] announced the call letters would be changed to KPLS (for Positive LifeStyle), with a proposed launch date of March 20, 2020.