KCBI

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KCBI
KCBI 4color logo-square.png
Broadcast area Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Frequency 90.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding90.9 KCBI FM
Programming
Format Christian adult contemporary
Christian talk and teaching
Subchannels HD2: “KCBI’s All Teaching Channel” (Religious)
Ownership
OwnerFirst Dallas Media Inc.
KZBI
History
First air date
May 1976 (1976-05)
Call sign meaning
KCriswell Bible Institute (now Criswell College, the station's former owner)
Technical information
Facility ID 14524
Class C
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 460 meters (1,510 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 32°35′24″N96°58′12″W / 32.590°N 96.970°W / 32.590; -96.970
Repeater(s) 92.9 KZBI Marlin (Waco-Temple)
107.7 KCBN Hico
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
Website kcbi.org

KCBI (90.9 FM) is a listener-supported radio station, licensed to Dallas and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in North Texas. It airs a Christian radio format and is owned by First Dallas Media Inc. (FDMI) The station plays Christian adult contemporary music during drive times and middays, with Christian talk and teaching programs in late mornings, evenings and overnight. Programming is largely simulcast on 92.9 KZBI in Waco-Temple and 107.7 KCBN in Hico. [1] The stations are non-commercial and seek donations on the air and on line.

Contents

KCBI has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations. The transmitter is off West Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill, among the towers for other Dallas-area FM and TV stations. [2]

History

KCHU

KCBI began with its antenna atop the First International Building in downtown Dallas. Power was 1,500 watts at 660 feet above average terrain, a fraction of its current output.

The 90.9 spot traces its beginning to KCHU, a non-commercial FM that went on air August 29, 1975. KCHU operated until September 1977 when it went off air owing to financial shortfalls. The station remained silent through 1980, license renewal year in Texas. (Radio stations then operated on a three-year license cycle.) At the same time, Criswell operated KCBI-FM from a downtown Dallas rooftop with a power of 1,500 watts on 89.3. They aspired to raise power and height by relocating to the Cedar Hill, Texas, tower farm, and applied to take over the 90.9 frequency of KCHU. A legal and FCC struggle ensued. The result was a swap of frequencies, a settlement of litigation, and return of KCHU (renamed KNON) to the air as a new license.

Christian teaching and music

From the early years through 2012, KCBI was generally programmed as a Christian Talk and Teaching station. It featured religious leaders with national preaching shows, such as Chuck Swindoll, David Jeremiah, Tony Evans and John MacArthur.

With younger listeners more interested in music than preaching, KCBI began shifting to a ‘more music and personalities’ format in 2013. It plays Contemporary Christian artists such as Chris Tomlin, Mercy Me, Casting Crowns and Tobymac. The current version of KCBI's programming offers music and personalities throughout most of the day, and teaching ministries in the evening, night and late morning hours. Many of its original teaching programs continue to be aired on KCBI.

On September 5, 2017, the First Baptist Church in Dallas, operator of FDMI, ended a 41-year joint management of KCBI with Criswell College, and became the sole member of FDMI.

KCBI also is involved in community service, including an annual station initiative to provide Bibles to listeners, including in prisons around the DFW area. KCBI was the 2017 National Religious Broadcasters "Station of the Year," an honor awarded at the NRB convention in Orlando.

KCBI personalities

Weekday hosts include mornings with Caryn & Jeremy Cruise, middays with Doug Hannah, and afternoons with Sonny Delfyette.

National religious leaders heard on KCBI include Chuck Swindoll, David Jeremiah, Tony Evans, June Hunt, Jim Daly and John MacArthur.

Other FDMI stations

FDMI also owns and operates 107.7 KCBN in Hico, Texas, serving communities southwest of Fort Worth. And 92.9 KZBI in Marlin, serving the Waco-Temple radio markets. It also has the KCBI All-Teaching Channel, on line and on the HD2 subchannel of KCBI.

FDMI previously owned KCRN-AM-FM in San Angelo, Texas, and KCBK in Frederick, Oklahoma, serving the Lawton/Wichita Falls area. In September 2018, the San Angelo stations were sold for $205,000 to Houston Christian Broadcasters and became KCCE AM and KSAO FM. [3] KCBK, which was silent at the time, was sold the next week to South Central Oklahoma Christian Broadcasting for $250,000. [4]

HD channels

In April 2023, KBCI started fundraising as it was a demand for 24/7 religious talk programming. The days of funding was success. On April 30, 2023, KCBI added HD2 subchannel as “KCBI’s All Teaching Channel.”

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References

  1. ↑ RadioInsight.com "First Dallas Media Acquires KRMX" December 12, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KCBI
  3. ↑ "Deal Digest". Inside Radio. September 13, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Deal Digest". Inside Radio. September 20, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
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