The station is owned and operated by Salem Media Group and it airs a Christian talk and teaching radio format.
Programming on KRKS-AM-FM includes "Insight for Living with Chuck Swindoll," "Grace to You with John Macarthur," "Pathway to Victory" with Robert Jeffress, "Focus on the Family with Jim Daly," "Truth for Life" with Alistair Begg, "In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley," "Leading the Way with Dr. Michael Youssef," and "Haven Today" with Charles Morris.
[4] In the 1980s, KRKS was granted authorization by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast around the clock, but at the reduced nighttime power of 390 watts.
[5] Salem owned Christian radio stations in several dozen large and medium markets around the United States, and continued KRKS's format.
[6] A construction permit for the expanded band station, also located in Denver, was assigned the call letters KBJD on August 10, 1998.