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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.
| Broadcast area | Oklahoma City metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 800 kHz |
| Branding | Bott Radio Network |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian talk and teaching |
| Affiliations | Bott Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bott 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 ID | 6487 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 2,500 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°24′43.4″N 97°40′27.56″W |
| Translator(s) | K239BT 95.7 The Village K272FD 102.3 Del City K296HC 107.1 El Reno |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | Official website |
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.
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.
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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.
| 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 |
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