Branding Mountain Chill 95.5 First air date 2011 ERP 250 watts | Frequency 95.5 MHz Format Chill | |
City Mountain Village, Colorado | ||
KRKQ (95.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Mountain Village, Colorado and serving the Telluride, Colorado area. The station is branded as "Mountain Chill." It broadcasts an eclectic music format with an emphasis on groove-based Chill-out music, downtempo, and nu-jazz music. Ambient music is also featured late at night. They are the only OTA radio station in the United States to play Electronica and Chill-out music full-time, and the second after KLBU/Santa Fe, New Mexico, who broadcast the format from 2003 to 2013.
Artists played on Mountain Chill include Thievery Corporation, Zero 7, Tosca (band), Bonobo (musician), Parov Stelar, and Bebel Gilberto.
History
Mountain Chill began as an Internet-only station almost a decade before the FM signal went on the air in October 2011.