Colorado Springs Radio: K-High Pot Format Goes up In Smoke

Management of a month-old Colorado Springs radio station dedicated to all things marijuana said technical problems Friday forced it to substitute other types of programming, but assured that all-things-pot programming would return Saturday.

But a few hours later, KHIG-AM / K-High owner Mike Knar sent an email to The Gazette to say the marijuana format has gone up in smoke, at least at 1580 AM.

He said the station's format is changing to include "lively music, a shopping show and information and news under the new moniker KFCS - Colorado Springs Own."

The KHIG format will continue online, he said, because that's how most of the audience tunes in.

"I have made the decision tonight to move our marijuana awareness-educational and at times 'stoner' fun from 1580 AM to exclusively the World Wide Web with K-high," he said in the statement.

He said the audience largely was listening online and from around the world.

Knar said that KHIG's 24/7 staff and lineup would continue at letstalkpot.com.

KHIG began broadcasting April 13 on a range of topics related to medical and recreational marijuana, with some programming on alternative medicine, yoga and related subjects mixed in.

But on Friday, the station began broadcasting music and a radio shopping show that plays on other stations owned by KHIG's parent company, Southern Colorado Radio.