The station signed on the air on May 4, 1984.[5] Because it was in Limon, Colorado, the owners chose the call sign KLIM. It was owned by the Robad Broadcasting Company, airing a country music format, with news from AP Radio. For its first three decades, it was powered at just 250 watts, heard only in Limon and adjacent communities.
The station had financial problems in the 1990s. Roger L. Hoppe II was named the receiver in 1996, buying KLIM for only $8,000. In the early 2000s, the station was dark for some time.[6]
On April 13, 2016, KLIM was granted a Federal Communications Commissionconstruction permit to move to a new transmitter site, increase the daytime power to 50,000 watts and add critical hours service with 3,000 watts. The day and critical hours transmitter sites would be different.[7] On March 10, 2017, an application was filed to modify the construction permit. The 50 kW transmitter site was changed and there would be no critical hours service.
The application was accepted for filing on March 24, 2017.[8][9][10]
KLIM was acquired by the Catholic Radio Network in 2018, changing the call sign to KCRN to match the organization's initials. The new 50,000-watt transmitter went on the air, with an FM translator at 102.5 in Black Forest, Colorado, giving KCRN coverage in the growing Colorado Springsradio market.