KRGS is a radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 licensed to Rifle, Colorado

Rifle, Colorado

The City of Rifle is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 6,769 at the 2000 census. Rifle is a regional center of the cattle ranching industry located along Interstate 70 and the Colorado River just east of the Roan Cliffs, which dominate the...

, USA. The station is currently owned by Western Slope Communications, LLC. The station has obtained a construction permit from the FCC for a power increase to 2,300 watts day and 16 watts night.

The station was received via skywave

Skywave

Skywave is the propagation of electromagnetic waves bent back to the Earth's surface by the ionosphere. As a result of skywave propagation, a broadcast signal from a distant AM broadcasting station at night, or from a shortwave radio station can sometimes be heard as clearly as local...

in Laramie, Wyoming.

History

The station was assigned the call letters KWWS on 1987-04-04. On 1989-09-27, the station changed its call sign to KKGD and on 1994-11-21 to the current KRGS.