KMXA is a Spanish AC radio station

Radio station

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 owned by Entravision. It broadcasts on 1090 kHz AM. It is licensed to Aurora, Colorado and serves the Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

 area.

KMXA carries live play-by-play of the Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies

The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. Established in 1991, they started play in 1993 and are in the West Division of the National League. The team is named after the Rocky Mountains...

 of Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 and the Colorado Rapids

Colorado Rapids

The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league...

 of Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

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.

History

The station went on the air as KLSZ on 1984-09-17. On 1985-09-25, the station changed its call sign to KLSC. On 1987-04-01 to KYBG and finally on 1996-06-07 to the current KMXA. In the late 1980s and into the 1990s, the station, under the call sign KYBG, was the first all-sports

Sports radio

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 radio station west of the Mississippi River. Irv Brown

Irv Brown

Denver, Colorado native sports broadcaster Irv Brown has been called "Denver's go-to guy" for sports talk or sports action commentary.Brown earned seven letters at North High School, where he starred in football, basketball and baseball. He played basketball and baseball at the University of...

 was an early host on the station as well.

In 2009 the station began simulcasting sister station KXPK

KXPK

KXPK, "Radio Tri-Color", is a regional Mexican radio station serving the Denver-Boulder area of Colorado, USA. The Entravision station broadcasts at 96.5 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW and is licensed to Evergreen, Colorado.-History:...

 96.5 FM. Later the station broadcast the 'Jose' Spanish Oldies format, which is now at KJMN

KJMN

KJMN is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish adult hits format licensed to Castle Rock, Colorado, USA, serving the Denver-Boulder area...

92.1 FM.