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Bucket List: The Galapagos Islands.

There’s a magical journey available to Cloud listeners at All Inclusive Vacations & Cruises in Lakewood, Colorado

Explore Galapagos Like a Celebrity. Call 303-980-6483 Extension 1 to learn more today!

This Adventure of a lifetime is filling up quickly.

Little wonder too. The travel experts at All Inclusive Vacations have been serving Jefferson County for over 20 years.

This journey is the latest in what your travel hosts have billed as the ultimate bucket list vacation.

You better hurry, there are just two cabins left in a small, escorted group. Contact All-Inclusive today for costs and availability for this exciting vacation of a lifetime.

This is what Charles Darwin discovered when he sailed to the Galapagos in 1845 to embark on the first scientific investigation of the islands.

The Cloud recently visited with Jeff Gregory and Steve Lord, your local hosts for this exciting journey.

All-Inclusive Vacations and Cruises has been serving Jefferson County and the world for over 20 years.

Tell us about this special destination?

The Galapagos islands are like no other chain of volcanic islands in the world!

Because of their remoteness, the Galapagos are pristine virtually undiscovered by mankind until 1535.

Because of this relative isolation, the plants, birds and marine animals that thrive here, were able to adapt to the harsh climate and varied ecosystems of the islands without intrusion from outside influences.

To this day, the Galapagos are strictly managed so that its unique flora and fauna are found nowhere else in the world.

Who is a good fit for this trip?

This trip will appeal to the seasoned, able-bodied traveler who might have already been on a Safari but wants a closer interaction with uninhibited animal species both on land and in the water.

Contact us today for a complete deck of information by visiting our website or giving us a call here at our offices in Lakewood, Colorado at (303) 980-6483 (Ext. 1).

All-Inclusive Vacations + Cruises is a BBB A+ rated, Colorado based travel agency that first opened its doors in 1999.

A true bucket list opportunity!

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It’s simple.

Call or Text us at (303) 382-1000

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Falling With Style.

Puddles. Nothing but puddles. 

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While the rest of the country is frozen. Colorado’s oddly warm weather during the day and freezing temps at night are creating little morning ice patches.

If you’re like the rest of us, there’s a dog to walk, a paper to retrieve and simple navigation to your car or light rail can be a slippery slope.

The best advice is to make sure you are first, fully awake and wearing sensible shoes when venturing out in the early morning hours.

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Stay Limber and Alert

But if you should slip and fall. Take the fall like you might on your mountain bike.

Roll into a forward fall and remember to tuck that chin in if heading downward on your backside.  

But there is more to being safe on Colorado’s shaded trails and walkways, which tend to ice up even on the warmest of days here in Jeffco and daily at the resorts.

World Class Trails Await in Jefferson County, Colorado.

Step One: Your Feet.

Shoes and boots should have slip resistant soles.

Comfort is important too, but to make sure your favorite running or walking shoes are little safer consider something like Korkers (which come off and store with ease).

Think of Korkers as a safety helmut for your feet.

Korkers are a Jeffco favorite and can be found at Runners High in Golden and its new breathtaking location in Morrison, Colorado (in the old Red Rocks Chapel at the base of Entrance 3).

Runners High and Korkers are a Jeffco Favorite!

Every step you take in the ice and snow could be a slip-and-fall in the making.

Step Two: Take smaller steps.

Bend forward slightly, go slow and sure footed as possible when it’s icy or snowy (good life advice too actually).

Lastly, always have a plan if you get hurt to contact help. Especially when hiking or running alone.

Nice and easy does it every time.

If you fall? We suggest you take it all in (unless you need immediate medical attention). Taking a breather might be the best medicine.

You never know, might be a nice cloud up there in the open air to brighten your day!

It’s all about Jefferson County in the Cloud!

 

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Picture What The Cloud Can Do.

The Cloud has reached over 1-million listeners in Jefferson County, Colorado
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Now entering our third year, the Cloud has perfected our advertising approach for small business.

There are plenty of ad choices out there. At the Cloud, we have created a universal membership for our advertising partners that allows your business daily access to all of our radio listeners in Jefferson County and digital users online in Colorado.

The Clouds is a Music Lovers Dream.

You can now advertise in the Cloud for as little as $100.00 per month.

You read right: $100.00 per month. Membership has it’s privileges in the Cloud.

The Cloud Go-to-Market Strategy with the right message.

The right message to the right market at the right price.

First, we will take a good long look into your business. Find out what matters most to you and your target market. Then produce an effective (and, in some cases award winning) audio advertisement that will air daily for the entire time you’re in the Cloud.

Real return on investment with your membership in the Cloud.

You can build your membership automatically in the Cloud with Square payments too with a simple swipe or chip.

The Cloud now accepts membership payments with Square (small fee applicable).

We can send you a secure, safe e-invoice with ease.

For the brand new year, we have made it very easy to build your business in the Cloud.

We’ll also connect you to our digital Cloud with our exclusive 24/7 podstream that now reaches over 500-thousand users right here in Colorado.

The Cloud lives in Alexa, any smartphone, desktop or tablet. The Cloud is everywhere you want to be in Colorado.

Over half of our podstream users listen for more than one hour everyday.

The Cloud is genuine and true.

With a simple click-point, we can geo target your ad in the Cloud. These digital images are designed to boost your on-air message in the Cloud.

There is no advertiser in the cloud spending more or less than the other. This policy is not just good business, it’s the right thing to do.

Our absolute transparency assures our advertising partners a fair, effective marketing campaign geo-targeted to the market we serve.

This past year over 100 members advertised in the Cloud.

On the air in Jeffco at 96.9 the Cloud, KKCL-AM 1550 in Denver and online everywhere in Colorado.

What’s more, we only allow one type of business on the air at the same time.

That way, you’re assured there will never be conflicting ad messages in the Cloud. This policy builds trust with the audience and your customers.

It’s all part of the Cloud difference for Colorado.

Want to learn more?

Just call or text me anytime to: 303-382-1000 or email: chucklontine@icloud.com

I hope to hear from you soon!

Chuck Lontine – Cloud Creator/Owner

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Final Week: Cuba comes to Colorado.

Director Peter Changs breathtaking IMAX film Cuba is in its final days at The Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

If you’ve not seen the film or exhibit, it’s very well worth the short trip into Denver to catch the final week and there are still plenty of tickets available.

After a special screening last weekend, the Cloud caught up with the inspired director Peter Chang about his masterpiece work: Cuba.

Director Peter Chang on location in Havana, Cuba.

What inspired you to make this film?

I knew very little about this country only 90 miles of the coast of the U.S. but from what little I’d seen in films I knew I had to go. And when I did I couldn’t put my camera down. There was something special around every corner. I’m attracted to textures and character.

I don’t find much inspiration in new skyscrapers or the latest cars. I like handmade things, vintage things, lived in things, old buildings with interesting histories. It’s so unusual to interact with strangers these days what with everyone staring into smart phones.

The art of film in Cuba.

In Cuba I talk to more people in a day than in a week here at home, it makes everything an adventure. You have to ask for directions because there’s no GPS, and you may never get where you meant to go but you will make a new friend or see a great band. I wanted to provide a glimpse of the passionate people and vibrant culture there.

What was the biggest challenge in creating this wonderful motion picture?

Getting all the permits and visas for a film of this scale with this many locations had never taken place in Cuba before.

There were a great deal of unpredictable variables to navigate.

During the course of filming, there were two major hurricanes. Both Cuba and the U.S. changed Presidents and both the Pope and the Rolling Stones visited the island causing whole neighborhoods to be locked down for security purposes. We also filmed in a protected marine park which is highly restricted. And got special permission to film aerials in military airspace.

From the film, you’ll be amazed at what a key role the arts play in Cuban Society and Culture.

Do you have any additional projects in the works featuring Cuba?

Yes, we have an feature length film as well as a TV series.

We can hardly wait!

Peter H. Chang is an award-winning director, producer, and cinematographer based in San Francisco, California. A pioneer in the use of large format 3D motion-control time-lapse capture systems, Peter’s cinematography for IMAX and giant screens includes National Geographic’s JERUSALEM, PANAMA, MacGillivray Freeman’s NATIONAL PARKS ADVENTURE, and PLANET POWER.

Editors Note: The film is simply breathtaking. Rich with vibrant color, images and a spectacular music soundtrack. Well worth the visit to another treasure: The Denver Museum of Nature and Science.



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It’s About the Music in the Cloud.

Freshly Picked New Music daily in the Cloud.

Our loyal listeners have described the Cloud on Facebook as a musical journey with a sound similar to personalized playlists found on their smartphones with a local Colorado flavor.

We accomplish this distinctive sound by creatively blending our new music discoveries with Adult Rock and Alternative Music that sounds like:  Colorado. 

Our primary measured audience (by Nielsen Ratings Company) is between the ages of 30-to-50 with a breathtaking amount of time spent listening throughout the entire day.

Binge Radio: The average Cloud listener spends over 5 hours a week with us.

Which is nice.

It seems to be working.

Now in our second year, 96.9 the Cloud has over 200-thousand monthly radio listeners in the Denver-Boulder Metro.

Plus, an additional 50-thousand unique monthly listeners enjoy the Cloud online (all in Denver County).

The Cloud Covers all media bases in the Denver-Boulder Radio Market by being a different kind of radio + digital company:

You can enjoy the Cloud on several different media platforms that suit your active Colorado lifestyle.

To find out for yourself: tune to 96.9 the Cloud in Jefferson and Boulder County on your radio and anywhere online.  You can also listen to the Cloud in Denver on KKCL-AM at 1550 and anywhere on the planet with Alexa.

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It’s A Golden Time of Year.

Feel that chill on the air? It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas everywhere you go in the Cloud.

Today 96.9 the Cloud kicks off the holiday season with our friends from Jim Smith’s Golden Real Estate.  This season until Santa’s big day, count on hearing the perfect amount of Christmas music in the Cloud to make your holiday shiny & bright.

 

It’s a KKCL-Golden Real Estate Time of Year!

 

We’ve selected holiday classics, blended with our Fun + Fresh music mix to make your heart smile.

You can listen several ways to the Cloud.

On-the-air on 1550 AM in Denver, online to the Cloud’s 24/7 Podcast and always on your FM radio at 96.9 the Cloud.

Don’t forget Alexa.  Just ask:  Alexa, play K-K-C-L Golden!

 

The spirit of the season is our special gift to you! 

Over One Million listeners have tuned into the Cloud in Jefferson County during the past year and we would like to thank everyone who believes in us.

Every time you listen or visit one of our advertisers, you’re supporting a small locally owned radio station with a very big heart.

Here’s to the years ahead!

Jim Smith’s Golden Real Estate is a strong supporter of the Cloud Community in Jefferson County.

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Think Differently: Small Is The New Big for 2019.

Join the Cloud Advertising Community and give your small business a BIG lift in the Cloud:

Next month we enter our third year.

This year, the Cloud reached over one million listeners in Colorado. Quite the milestone for a small radio station.

Our unique Adult Hit Music format is built for business:

The Cloud’s primary listeners are women 30 plus and men 40 plus.

All of our measured audience by Nielsen Ratings Company is in Jefferson, Adams, Denver and Boulder County, Colorado.

What’s more, our loyal listeners stay with the Cloud all day.

In fact, our listeners tune in longer than any radio station in the Denver metro.

Your business can reach this unique and loyal audience for as little as $100.00 per month in 2019.

Everything in green is 96.9 the Cloud on your car radio in the Denver-Boulder Metro.

Why we focus on Baby Boomers and Generation X in the Cloud:

The music you hear in the Cloud is focused on our “money audience” for our community and advertising partners. This is part of the Cloud difference that makes our new radio formula work for our advertisers.

Our core demographic is Women 30 plus and Men 40 plus. The key to our success for our ad partners is the variety of music heard in the Cloud.

The Clouds return-on-investment promise:

Our fully custom messages sell your unique message to our loyal audience in the Cloud. Every ad you hear in the Cloud is written and produced by our award winning creative team.

The focus is on the big idea to sell your message in the Cloud.

Great radio ads with big ideas keep our audience engaged through your message and back into our unique music mix.

What’s more? The Cloud airs only one single commercial message per break.

One big idea, one advertiser at a time and a music lovers dream in the Cloud.

It’s the Cloud difference:

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KKCL is owned and operated by myself and my friend and business partner Bob Greenlee.

I was born here in Colorado, CU Boulder and then DU grad.

Then off to manage some of the most admired radio stations in the country. Including some of the most successful radio stations here at home (including KOSI-FM, KHOW-AM and the Mile in Vail).

Bob and his wife Diane are the original founders of KBCO-FM in Boulder and KXPK-FM (the Peak) in Denver.

Several trips around the sun, Bob and I have been business partners for over 20 years!

We would be honored to serve you.

Chuck Lontine

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It’s Our Favorite Time of Year!

Colorado winter weather is perfect for just about anything outdoors from skiing to fresh winter walks with a love.

Often we begin this new season with the same goal crushing gusto as the seasons of change that blow through Colorado.

Right as we are soaring high with our our career and family planning for the new year.

Boom! The holidays are here.

This time of year can also be the death of many of our health goals.

96.9 the Cloud is Loud & Proud on your car radio in Jefferson County, Colorado.

Eat, Live and Feel Great!

We live in a Golden age of gluten free, sugar free and guilt free options.

A word to wise: shop local and shop fresh.

One local option are the fresh meats, chops and birds at our friends in Lakewood at Gourmet Meats & Sausages.

Gourmet Meats is located at 9168 West Jewell Avenue in Lakewood, Colorado.

Go easy on the booze this holiday season.

But if you do?

Make it count with a premium spirit, Colorado Craft Brew or some of California’s best table wines.

Cloud Pick: 2014 Alexander from Silver Oak available at Molly’s in Lakeside, Colorado.

Plus, our friends at Lightshade have a host of options that will take you higher in Colorado.

Best part: they’re both delightful and hangover free.

Now that post holiday meal walk, can be a pleasant breath of fresh air rather than an attempt to not pass out.

Don’t let this holiday season railroad your health and wellness. Stay on track with Body and Balance Wellness Center in Golden, Colorado.

Find your balance with a simple click!

Find your own personal ways to be “sneaky healthy and happy” this holiday season.

How?

Find out how much more you’ll enjoy the time spent with family and special friends by being present!

Your 2019 self will thank you.

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We’re Proud of The Company We Keep in the Cloud.

96.9 the Cloud celebrates our friends at Foothills Animal Shelter this holiday season with a very special Foothills for Foothills event.

Foothills has been serving Jefferson County, Colorado and the entire metro since 1976. The work is funded in part by the support of our local Colorado Community.

Each and every year the shelter manages to take care of over 8000 puppies, cats and critters with a caring and thoughtful staff.

Miranda Kurtz and Tawney Eisenbraun on location for Foothills Animal Shelter.

Together with our advertising partners at Foothills Motorcycles, we connected for a special weekend featuring the animal shelter.

This collaborative event was designed to raise both funds and awareness for this very special place in the Cloud.

The entire event was a Colorado & Company feature on KUSA-TV:

We are very thankful to have been instrumental in building a meaningful event for our community partners with a special thank you to all.

Including Liz Maddy (pictured – marketing director at Foothills Animal Hospital), Katie Hemenover (events manager at Foothills Motorcycles), Karen Rocznik (producer at Colorado & Company) and our gracious and elegant TV host: Denise Plante.

We thank you for your trust!

 

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Peace, Love & Yoga!

Our up-and-down and all around weather in Colorado can actually impact your vibe.

Whether you struggle with natural day-to-day worries or a clinically diagnosed disorder, you may need support for common anxiety.

Conventional treatments like medicine and psychotherapy are popular ways of dealing with anxiety, but there are many natural approaches — including some fairly simple (and perhaps unexpected) lifestyle adjustments that work well with our Colorado lifestyle.

Here are a few of the most common natural remedies for anxiety:

1. Diet:

What goes in is what comes out.

A well-balanced diet is one of the most important and well-known facets of dealing with stress and anxiety.

It’s also crucial to drink plenty of water and limit trips to Starbucks and, well booze (especially alone).

Both of which can spike anxiety.

You might even consider some alternatives from our friends at Light Shade in Colorado

Light Shade is a proud supporter of 96.9 the Cloud.

You may find increasing minerals like zinc and magnesium helpful too.

2. Supplements: 

There are certain herbs and vitamins known to support our bodies as they deal with stress.

Keep in mind that some herbs can negatively interact with medicines, so please discuss supplements with your doctor.

3. Exercise: 

Regular workouts can decrease tension, elevate and stabilize mood, support sleep, and improve self-esteem.

Even five minutes of aerobic exercise can stimulate anti-anxiety effects.

Yoga can also reduce stress and anxiety because it involves breathing techniques, relaxation, and taming the body’s stress response through a lower heart rate and blood pressure.

The great thing about yoga? You can do it anywhere.

It’s all about Colorado living in the Cloud!

4. Music, Meditation & Prayer:

This powerful combinationcan help the body and mind regulate what might be a stress point in your life. A quiet time to begin your daily journey is key.

Music can impact your groove and make you feel good at the same time (you will never tire of that favorite song on the radio).

Lastly, no one is an island.

Make time for a nice chat, coffee or phone call with someone you care about daily.

It’s called: The best friend method.

The new movie and classic music of Queen just might be the remedy!

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