KBCQ-FM
Frequency97.1 MHz
BrandingHot 97
Programming
FormatContemporary hit radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Majestic Communications
  • (Majestic Broadcasting, LLC)
KMOU, KSFX, KZDB
History
First air date
October 5, 1977[1]
Former call signs
KRSY-FM (1977–1978)
KRIZ (1978–1984)
KCKN (1984–1987)
KBCQ (1987–2006)
Technical information
Facility ID57722
ClassC1
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT110 meters (360 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
33°24′5″N 104°22′45″W / 33.40139°N 104.37917°W / 33.40139; -104.37917
Links
WebcastKBCQ-FM

KBCQ-FM (97.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio music format licensed to Roswell, New Mexico, United States. The station is currently owned by Majestic Communications.[2]

History

Troy Raymond Moran received the construction permit for a new radio station in Roswell on June 29, 1976.[3] The new station, designated KRSY-FM and an adjunct to KRSY (1230 AM), went on the air October 5, 1977.[1][4] A year later, on October 15, 1978,[3] the station changed its call letters to KRIZ and began airing an album-oriented rock format.[4] Two years later, Gary Acker and his Good News Broadcasting Company acquired KRIZ,[3] resulting in a flip to contemporary religious music and other programming from local churches.[5] The sale of KRIZ to Acker formed half of a transaction by which Moran acquired the construction permit for channel 14 in Amarillo, Texas and Acker received the radio station as well as $325,000 in cash.[6]

Gary L. Acker sold KRIZ to Ronald Strother for $550,000 in 1984.[7] On June 1 of that year, the station changed its call letters to KCKN and ditched its religious programming, which had not been very profitable, to adopt a 24-hour country music format; KRIZ, in contrast, only operated from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.[8] A year later, Strother sold the station to Sudbrink Broadcasting of New Mexico for $500,000.[9] Sudbrink traded KCKN and KBCQ (1020 AM) to National Capital Christian Broadcasting the next year in order to acquire WTLL, a television station it owned in Richmond, Virginia; National Capital Christian then sold the Roswell radio pair to Ardman Communications for $600,000.[10]

In April 1987, Ardman flipped the formats of the two stations: KBCQ and its contemporary hit radio format moved from 1020 AM to 97.1 FM, while KCKN's country programming moved to 1020 AM.[11] In 1990, the group agreed to sell its Roswell stations and WVSR-AM-FM in Charleston, West Virginia, for $5.75 million to ML Media.[12] KCKN-KBCQ were spun off to Roswell Radio, owned by John and Trisha Dunn, in 1993 for $600,000.[13]

In 2010, Roswell Radio went into receivership. Receiver Tasha Ingalls ultimately acquired Roswell Radio's six stations in Roswell and Tucumcari in 2010 for $340,000, after having been the only bidder in the bankruptcy proceedings.[14] A year later, the Ingalls family sold the stations for $260,000 to Majestic Communications, owned by the Matteucci family.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 "KCKN(FM)" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1985. p. B-178 (262). Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  2. ↑ "KBCQ-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 4, 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 FCC History Cards for KBCQ-FM
  4. 1 2 "City has had a variety of broadcasters". Roswell Daily Record. July 1, 1979. p. 12. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Roswell FM station switches to religion". Roswell Daily Record. September 25, 1981. p. 11. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 19, 1981. p. 106. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  7. ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 30, 1984. p. 102. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  8. ↑ Larson, Carole (May 17, 1984). "New FM station set to go". Roswell Daily Record. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 13, 1985. p. 99. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 5, 1986. p. 73. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Stations change frequencies". Roswell Daily Record. May 10, 1987. p. 31. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 25, 1990. p. 58. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 25, 1993. p. 127. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Receiver becomes buyer of New Mexico radio group". RBR. July 9, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  15. ↑ "New Mexico stock deal forms instant radio group". RBR. August 31, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
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