KICA (AM)

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KICA
KICA AM980 logo.png
Broadcast area Amarillo, Texas
Frequency 980 kHz
BrandingKICA AM 980
Programming
Format Defunct (was farm and agriculture)
Ownership
Owner
  • Monte Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman
  • (HPRN Networks LLC)
KGRW, KICA-FM, KKNM
History
First air date
1932 (1932)
Last air date
December 31, 2022 (2022-12-31)
Former call signs
  • KICA (1932–1959)
  • KVER (1959–1962)
Technical information
Facility ID 61577
Class D
Power
  • 1,400 watts day
  • 172 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
34°20′55.27″N102°57′19.8″W / 34.3486861°N 102.955500°W / 34.3486861; -102.955500
Links
Website www.hpr.network/new-mexico

KICA (980 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a farm and agriculture format. Licensed to Clovis, New Mexico, the station served the Clovis-Portales CSA; it could also be heard in the Amarillo metropolitan area during the daytime. The station was owned by Monte Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman's High Plains Radio Network, through licensee HPRN Networks LLC. [1] Previously the station was "Rocket 980", with an oldies format.

KICA received its first license on July 15, 1932, and had the call sign KVER from November 1959 to September 4, 1962. [2] The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station’s license on March 12, 2024, because it had been silent since December 31, 2022, more than twelve consecutive months. [3]

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References

  1. "KICA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "KICA history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  3. "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.