KBRU, etc
Listened to KBRU and KSIR Saturday Night while heading north on I-76 between Denver and Sterling. Both had killer signals that the Denver sticks couldn't match. Could not hear Denver signals at one point far north, but 101.5 and 107.1 were loud and proud. With the 20kw boosters in place, both of these facilities can be strong contenders with the right formats, budgets and management.
Its amazing that NRC or even Jefferson-Pilot didn't have any interest in them. From what I saw on the purchase price for these facilities, they went for next-to-nothing considering their potential between main signal and booster coverage of the market; certainly far better than 105.5 or NRC's recent purchase of 102.3...
Also interesting to note that KBRU, although I still say they're stunting, has actually a very good classic rock rotation on the air..all the big mainstream tracks with no commercials. Switching back and forth between them and 103.5, I actually liked most of what KBRU was playing as opposed to Fox...who seemed to devote Saturday Night to lots of 80s quazi-metal (Dio, Cinderella, etc.) deep tracks - for no apparent reason. KBRU won the night in my book.