KBCQ-FM

Last updated
KBCQ-FM
Frequency 97.1 MHz
BrandingHot 97
Programming
Format Contemporary hit radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Majestic Communications
  • (Majestic Broadcasting, LLC)
KMOU, KSFX, KZDB
History
First air date
October 5, 1977 [1]
Former call signs
KRSY-FM (1977–1978)
KRIZ (1978–1984)
KCKN (1984–1987)
KBCQ (1987–2006)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 57722
Class C1
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 110 meters (360 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 33°24′5″N104°22′45″W / 33.40139°N 104.37917°W / 33.40139; -104.37917
Links
Public license information

KBCQ-FM (97.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio music format licensed to Roswell, New Mexico, United States. The station is currently owned by Majestic Communications. [3]

Contents

History

Troy Raymond Moran received the construction permit for a new radio station in Roswell on June 29, 1976. [4] The new station, designated KRSY-FM and an adjunct to KRSY (1230 AM), went on the air October 5, 1977. [1] [5] A year later, on October 15, 1978, [4] the station changed its call letters to KRIZ and began airing an album-oriented rock format. [5] Two years later, Gary Acker and his Good News Broadcasting Company acquired KRIZ, [4] resulting in a flip to contemporary religious music and other programming from local churches. [6] The sale of KRIZ to Acker formed half of a transaction by which Moran acquired the construction permit for channel 14 in Amarillo, Texas and Acker received the radio station as well as $325,000 in cash. [7]

Gary L. Acker sold KRIZ to Ronald Strother for $550,000 in 1984. [8] On June 1 of that year, the station changed its call letters to KCKN and ditched its religious programming, which had not been very profitable, to adopt a 24-hour country music format; KRIZ, in contrast, only operated from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. [9] A year later, Strother sold the station to Sudbrink Broadcasting of New Mexico for $500,000. [10] Sudbrink traded KCKN and KBCQ (1020 AM) to National Capital Christian Broadcasting the next year in order to acquire WTLL, a television station it owned in Richmond, Virginia; National Capital Christian then sold the Roswell radio pair to Ardman Communications for $600,000. [11]

In April 1987, Ardman flipped the formats of the two stations: KBCQ and its contemporary hit radio format moved from 1020 AM to 97.1 FM, while KCKN's country programming moved to 1020 AM. [12] In 1990, the group agreed to sell its Roswell stations and WVSR-AM-FM in Charleston, West Virginia, for $5.75 million to ML Media. [13] KCKN-KBCQ were spun off to Roswell Radio, owned by John and Trisha Dunn, in 1993 for $600,000. [14]

In 2010, Roswell Radio went into receivership. Receiver Tasha Ingalls ultimately acquired Roswell Radio's six stations in Roswell and Tucumcari in 2010 for $340,000, after having been the only bidder in the bankruptcy proceedings. [15] A year later, the Ingalls family sold the stations for $260,000 to Majestic Communications, owned by the Matteucci family. [16]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KBCQ-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "KBCQ-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 4, 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 "History Cards for KBCQ-FM". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
  5. 1 2 "City has had a variety of broadcasters". Roswell Daily Record. July 1, 1979. p. 12. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Roswell FM station switches to religion". Roswell Daily Record. September 25, 1981. p. 11. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 19, 1981. p. 106. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  8. ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 30, 1984. p. 102. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
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  11. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 5, 1986. p. 73. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
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