OpenAir Inc.

Colorado Public Radio's OpenAir gets NY Times mention -- but how about donations?

OpenAir, an indie-music affiliate of Colorado Public Radio, debuted in October 2011, creating new content for the underutilized 1340 AM signal. Since then, the station's developed into one of the small pleasures on the traditional dial, and its love for local music paid off with a mention in yesterd ... More >>

Open Air 1340 AM to celebrate its first anniversary with a pair of "super group" sessions

It's hard to believe that it's been a year already since Open Air 1340 launched, but it has been. This time last year -- on Halloween, to be specific -- the station aired its first broadcast, and to celebrate this momentous occasion, the station has enlisted some of the scene's most prominent player ... More >>

Milking the Cow

Reader: Quit hating, you internet hipsters!

​So the chorus of dissent continues against OpenAir 1340 AM -- if only here on our blog; everyone else seems to love the new station. Yesterday, Kirk Wilde asserted that it's a "it's a cocophonous mess," as he put it, adding "Its audience will be limited to Dadaists." Jenny B, meanwhile, sugge ... More >>

Reader: Broadcast radio is so twentieth century

​KVOQ, Colorado Public Radio's new music-driven station, soon to be much more well known by the OpenAir 1340 AM handle, made its broadcast debut yesterday. To our ears, it sounded like a slightly more accessible version of Radio 1190, which makes sense considering that OpenAir is being program ... More >>

OpenAir 1340 AM set to launch on Halloween

Open Air 1340 makes its broadcast debut this Monday, October 31​Update (10/31/11): OpenAir 1340 made its broadcast debut this morning, and the signal sounds pretty strong from where we're at. Appropriately, the station hit the airwaves this morning at 5:59 a.m. with "Colorado" by Paper Bird. A ... More >>

US OpenAir's movie pull-out treats Denver to a dinner for Shmucks of the Week

​Over the past two years, Denver has had a close encounter with Massachusetts-based US OpenAir, which wanted to charge a ridiculous amount of easy money to build a grandstand and show movies in two of the city's biggest parks. But what they got was a mad, mad, mad, mad world of angry gremlins ... More >>