KCRN (AM)

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KCRN
Broadcast area
Frequency 1120 kHz
Programming
Format Catholic radio
Affiliations EWTN Radio
Ownership
OwnerCatholic Radio Network, Inc.
History
First air date
May 8, 1984;40 years ago (1984-05-08) [1]
Former call signs
KLIM (1984–2018)
Call sign meaning
"Catholic Radio Network"
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 25185
Class D
Power 50,000  watts (day)
Transmitter coordinates
39° 16' 28" N, 104° 09' 44" W
Translator(s) 102.3 K272FP (Black Forest)
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Public license information

KCRN (1120 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Limon, Colorado, and serving East Central Colorado. The station is owned by Catholic Radio Network, Inc. It airs a catholic radio format, mostly carrying talk and teaching programs from the EWTN Radio Network. Programming is simulcast on KRCN in Longmont, Colorado, serving the Denver metropolitan area.

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By day, KCRN broadcasts at 50,000 watts, the maximum power for most AM radio stations in the U.S. [3] The high power and directional antenna allow KCRN to be heard in Denver and Colorado Springs. Because AM 1120 is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A KMOX in St. Louis, KCRN must leave the air at night when radio signals travel farther.

The transmitter is on Route 86 in Simla, about 25 miles west of Limon. [4] KCRN is also heard on 250-watt FM translator station K272FP at 102.3 MHz in Black Forest, Colorado, serving Colorado Springs.

History

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 Commission construction 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 Springs radio market.

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References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-118. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KCRN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ FCC.gov/KCRN
  4. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KCRN
  5. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1986 page B-47
  6. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2007 page D-110
  7. ↑ Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station - Federal Communications Commission
  8. ↑ Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station - Federal Communications Commission
  9. ↑ "KCRN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  10. ↑ "KLIM Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
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