KQCV (AM)

KQCV
Broadcast areaOklahoma City metropolitan area
Frequency800 kHz
BrandingBott Radio Network
Programming
FormatChristian talk and teaching
AffiliationsBott Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerBott Broadcasting Company
KQCV-FM 95.1 Shawnee
History
First air date
1948 (as KTOW)
Former call signs
KTOW (1948–1960)
KJEM (1960–1972)
KLEC (1972–1976)
Call sign meaning
"Quality Christian Voice"[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID6487
ClassB
Power2,500 watts day
1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
35°24′43.4″N 97°40′27.56″W / 35.412056°N 97.6743222°W / 35.412056; -97.6743222
Translator(s)K239BT 95.7 The Village
K272FD 102.3 Del City
K296HC 107.1 El Reno
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
WebsiteOfficial website

KQCV is a radio station on 800 kHz in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is part of the Bott Radio Network of Christian radio stations and was the second station acquired by the network.[3] Prior to that, it operated as a secular radio station from 1948 to 1976.

KQCV's transmitter is located off of County Line Road on the southwest edge of Oklahoma City; Bott Radio Network also maintains Oklahoma City offices at 1919 N. Broadway.

History

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The southwest corner of 5th and Robinson, where KTOW's studios were located from 1955 to 1972, is now part of the Oklahoma City National Memorial

KTOW began broadcasting in 1948.[4] It was owned by the Sooner Broadcasting Company; while KTOW itself was a daytime-only AM outlet, plans called for an FM station—the authorization for which would be surrendered because of the lack of sets in the area[5]—and Sooner pursued television as well.[6] An attempt to move to 1400 kHz, which would have allowed nighttime broadcasts, was denied in 1950.[7] Sooner sold KTOW to Citizens Broadcasting Company of Oklahoma for $50,000 in 1955.[8] Citizens moved KTOW to a newly converted building at the corner of NW 5th and Robinson streets in 1956; that facility stood until it was torn down in 1974 to build the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building,[9] being the last structure demolished to make way.[10]

KTOW was sold to KTOW, Inc., in January 1959; the new owners suffered an immediate blow when the Mutual Broadcasting System, the network with which the station was affiliated, jumped from KTOW to KTOK, which boasted a 5,000-watt signal compared to KTOW's 250 watts.[11] On March 1, 1960,[7] KTOW became KJEM, promoting itself as broadcasting "the JEMs of Adult Music".[12] April 9, 1961, brought KJEM-FM, a partial simulcast of the AM station's programming.[4]

In 1964, the owners of KJEM bought KTOK for $625,000, selling KJEM-AM-FM for $315,000 to Radio Oklahoma, headed by the Globe Life and Accident Insurance Corporation.[13] A 1966 blaze at the transmitter site briefly forced the station off the air;[14] months after returning, it made an early move to an all-talk format, branded "Audience Involvement Radio".[15]

Another sale, in 1972, would separate KJEM AM and FM. The buyer for 800 AM was a local electrical firm, Carroll Boyington and Son Electric, who paid $297,000;[16] the call letters were changed to KLEC on September 19.[7] KLEC aired a beautiful music format in its time with the call letters and had relocated to 1919 N. Broadway.[17]

Carroll Boyington and Son Electric sold the station to Bott Broadcasting, Inc., of Kansas City for $284,000 in December 1975.[1] New KQCV call letters, for "Quality Christian Voice",[1] were instituted on January 19, 1976.[7] KQCV was the second Bott station after KCCV in Kansas City.[3]

Bott expanded in Oklahoma City when it acquired contemporary Christian outlet KNTL in 1994;[3] Bott sold that station in 1997[18] and started noncommercial KQCV-FM.

FM translators

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KQCV AM's programming is available on two FM translators in and near Oklahoma City and a third in El Reno.

Broadcast translators for KQCV
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
K272FD 102.3 FM Del City, Oklahoma 140428 215 245 m (804 ft) D LMS
K296HC 107.1 FM El Reno, Oklahoma 142753 250 131 m (430 ft) D LMS
K239BT 95.7 FM The Village, Oklahoma 140427 250 213 m (699 ft) D LMS

References

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  1. ^ a b c "KLEC Sold, To Change". The Daily Oklahoman. December 20, 1975. p. 7. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KQCV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ a b c Gilliland, Pat (November 30, 1994). "Christian Music Radio Station Changes Hands". The Oklahoman. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "KJEM" (PDF). 1970 Broadcasting Yearbook. 1970. p. B-163 (363). Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "11 FM Grants" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 17, 1948. p. 5. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  6. ^ "George McElroy: KTOW Stockholder Dies" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 12, 1949. p. 63. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d FCC History Cards for KQCV
  8. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 4, 1955. p. 84.
  9. ^ "Wren/Consolidated Gas Building". Okie Mod Squad. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  10. ^ "Wrecker Ball hammers away..." The Daily Oklahoman. October 4, 1974. p. 9. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  11. ^ "Mutual signs KTOK" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 25, 1959. p. 9. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  12. ^ "It's a JEM!". The Daily Oklahoman. March 1, 1960. p. 2. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  13. ^ "Radio Stations Owners Shift". The Daily Oklahoman. February 18, 1964. p. 5. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  14. ^ "Blaze Knocks City Radio Station Off Air". The Daily Oklahoman. April 22, 1966. p. 9. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  15. ^ "KJEM Radio Sets 'All-Talk' Format". The Daily Oklahoman. August 11, 1966. p. 22. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  16. ^ "Radio Station Sold to Firm". The Daily Oklahoman. May 24, 1972. p. 15. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  17. ^ "KLEC" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1975. p. C-153 (403). Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  18. ^ "Transactions" (PDF). Radio & Records. November 28, 1997. pp. 6, 9. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
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FM translators
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