KUVO-jazz89 is a community-licensed, independent, public radio station dedicated to providing distinctive music, news, and information programming which reflects the values and cultural diversity of its listener community.
A listener from Whale Rock Road, Rist Canyon "43 of my Whale Rock neighbors lost their homes. My wife, Tonia, and I are among the 9 families that still have a residence. When we were allowed to access on the 29th of June, we 4WD climbed 4.2 miles in our '82 Toyota through standing charcoal Ponderosa piine trunks to our loveshaque, UNBURNT! I unlocked the front door, walked to the car radio/CRAIG audio old-style-stereo, flipped the switch on, INSTANTLY KUVO JAZZ. Tonia burst into TEARS OF JOY!" "...we have been healed day and nights by the exceptional MUSIC played by all of KUVO DJ's.; Nightmares or insomnia, all I have to do is flip on the radio to hear the bliss of jazz, blues, NEW TUNES. You must know how VERY GRATEFFUL we be to Mama Kat, Carlos, Sir Sam Mayfield, Rodney, Jeff, all of the STAFF. BB and Buddy Guy!" "Thank you all for the inspiration of your playlists!"
"I woke up cool but KUVO, made me cooler."
" I thank my lucky stars for the awesome jazz station here in Denver, jazz89 KUVO. It's a travesty that Chicago doesn't have something like this." trumpeter Brad Goode
"Dang you KUVO, release me! I wanted to go to bed 2 1/2 hours ago, but the music has been too good. I listen over the Internet on the East Coast, and you put the radio stations in our Nation's Capital to shame! Keep up the great work." Paul Waldo
If you've never listened to Rolando Garcia, Mama Kat or Sam Mayfield playing Jazz, Blues, Funk and everything in between, you are missing some of the best commercial free radio around.
They play some amazing music.
After a rough day, listening to this incredible station can turn it all back to what is right with the world.
You gotta check them out. Terry K Hostetler
I look forward to every Sunday because of all the great hosts and music on Sunday! Jack you get me up and moving so I am ready for the Conductor. Thank You for all the news and info you share too, it's much appreciated! Lauren Michele Mcgarry
Danny Bastos "KUVO is the best for me as a music teacher. In between lessons it's on in the car and even a great way to expose new youngens to great, true, authentic jazz!"
Lisa Newkirk "When I moved to Denver in December, I became a KUVO member - so pleased to find a public radio station dedicated to jazz 24-7 (instead of just a few hours overnight)."
Matt DeHerrera "I LOVE the musical diversity. I remember when my friend turned me onto it a couple years ago. KUVO music always makes me want to put my tie and fedora on and pay a visit to one of the great jazz clubs in town. Music nowadays has never had any such kind of impact."
Rita Lugo Sokolowski "When I moved to Colorado I really missed my family, and then I found Cancion Mexicana on Sunday mornings. If I closed my eyes it was as if music was blazing from my parents stereo and my dad was singing "aiiiii, aiiii, aiiii!!" This was our "clean the house music" every Saturday while growing up. Latin Soul Party takes me back to my teens and twenties. Love a Friday night with KUVO."
KUVO-jazz89 is a community-licensed, independent, public radio station dedicated to providing distinctive music, news, and information programming which reflects the values and cultural diversity of its listener community.
jazz89 KUVO has a rich and celebrated history that began in 1982 with a handful of volunteers and their dream of founding a Hispanic-controlled public radio station. In 1985 that idea became a reality when KUVO signed on the air for its first broadcast, with one full-time person and three full-time volunteers. Volunteer djs, using donated records from personal collections and local record shops, went on the air with a format of jazz fusion mixed with blues; to put a Latino signature on the music, they threw in a dash of Salsa!
The programming continues to be the cornerstone of jazz89 KUVO, one that has earned the station national recognition for playing the entire spectrum of recorded jazz - from the Louis Armstrong Red Hot Fives & Sevens recordings of the 1920s, to the latest recordings by today's young musicians, and everything in between. You hear traditional, swing era, big band, bebop, trios, vocals, instrumentals, Latin and free style "progressive" and contemporary jazz. jazz89 KUVO is also one of the few stations in the country that has an emphasis on local Denver and Colorado musicians such as Dianne Reeves, Javon Jackson, Phil Urso, Ellyn Rucker, Ken Walker, Joe Bonner, Purnell Steen and Ron Miles.
In the past 27 years, jazz89 KUVO has been located at four different addresses. In 1994, KUVO moved to 2900 Welton Street in Denver's historic Five Points neighborhood, also known as the "Harlem of the Rockies". jazz89 KUVO now owns the building from which it broadcasts.
Today jazz89 KUVO broadcasts live 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. There are currently over 9,000 listener-members and an average of 120,000 tuning in weekly, plus thousands of others streaming live on the Internet.
KUVO was Colorado's first FM station to broadcast in Hybrid Digital (HD) KUVOKVJZ now broadcasts three separate streams: the main KUVO programming, available over the airwaves and streaming over the Internet, and two HD streaming stations. HD2 provides Jazz with Bob Parlocha, Classical 24, The Dianne Rehm Show, Here and Now, On Point, Tell Me More , BBC News Hour, World, and Have Your Say. HD3, The Other Side of KUVO, is an eclectic music mix including folk, bluegrass, CelticWorld, ambientchill, electronica, blues, a small amount of progressive country, and even a little modern jazz.
jazz89 KUVO has garnered national recognition for its diverse, quality programming. One program in particular is the groundbreaking "Caliente! Latin Jazz with Eddie Palmieri" that aired in the fall of 2006 during Hispanic Heritage Month. The program was ultimately carried on over 100 stations across the country.
Moving forward, KUVO wants to develop a newspublic affairs department which can serve our community. Our drive to be hyper- local and cover stories not picked up by mainstream media is a key component to our department. We would like to present KUVO not just as a music station, but also a community resource, with a commitment to public affairsnews that is known in the community and is ubiquitous within all aspects of community life and engagement.
Organization name
KUVO/KVJZ Public Radio
1984
Tax id (EIN)
23-7272040
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Address
2900 Welton Street Suite 200Other
PO Box 2040Denver County, CO, US
Phone
3034809272
Other
303-480-9272
Other
800-574-5886 12
Other
303-291-0757