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Kuvo's mission is to "provide distinctive music, news and informational programming reflecting the values and cultural diversity of their listener community."

In the 1980s Hugo Morales, a radio station executive, sought to establish a Hispanic radio station in the Denver area as part of his organization, Radio Bilingüe. Florence Hernández-Ramos (born 1950), a graduate of Lamar High School and the University of Colorado at Boulder, helped establish the station. Hernandez-Ramos had attended the Colorado School of Law to follow her passion for civil rights. She met Morales while working as a paralegal in the Colorado attorney general’s office in 1982. Given her background in civil rights and increasing Hispanic representation, Hernandez-Ramos was drawn into Morales’ cause. She conducted research on how such a station could be put on the air and secured the grants necessary to fund it. She also arranged the purchase of the broadcasting and recording equipment, getting the board of directors, and establishing an orientation and training program.[1]

On August 29, 1985, KUVO first signed on, owned and operated by Denver Educational Broadcasting.[2] The station has been broadcasting from the Five Points Media Center at 2900 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver since 1994.[3] While it’s best known for its jazz format, KUVO remains a Hispanic controlled station and ensures that news, public service announcements, and accomplishments of Hispanic and other local minority communities are shared on air.