KCKN
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1020 kHz |
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| Programming | |
| LanguageTemplate:Pluralize from text | Spanish |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio Vision Cristiana Subsidiary Corp. |
| History | |
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Call sign meaning | "Kickin" (former country format) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 57721 | |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
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| Website | www |
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KCKN (1020 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a Spanish-language Christian radio format in Roswell, New Mexico.[2] It is owned by Radio Vision Cristiana Subsidiary Corp.[3] Much of the programming is also heard on co-owned WWRV (1330 AM) in New York City.
KCKN is powered at 50,000 watts, the maximum for AM stations licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It is a Class B outlet, required to protect Class A clear channel station KDKA in Pittsburgh. KCKN uses a directional antenna at all times, with a three-tower array by day and a six-tower array at night. KCKN's transmitter is on La Luz Road at Old Clovis Highway in Roswell.[4]
History
The station signed on the air for the first time in December 1965 under the call sign KSWS. It was co-owned with KSWS-TV (now KOBR). It changed its call sign to KBCQ on June 30, 1975.[5] A sister FM station was purchased in 1986. KBCQ at the time programmed Top 40 and the FM station had the KCKN call sign and a country music format. On April 20 1987, the call signs and formats of the two stations were flipped and 1020 became KCKN Country and the FM became KBCQ-FM Top 40.[6] In the early 1990s, KCKN switched to a soft adult contemporary format with a large news commitment. Religious programming was carried at night for years.
The call sign was changed to KXEM on November 13, 2000; and to KINF on December 1, 2000.[6] As KINF, the station aired a news/talk format. In late August 2005, while operating under a local marketing agreement (LMA), KINF was off the air due to technical problems. The LMA was ended; the station reverted to the KCKN calls on January 12, 2006,[6] and the station signed back on the air in early February 2006 programming classic country music. In 2012, the station was sold to Radio Vision Cristiana Subsidiary Corp.[7] KCKN switched to Spanish language Christian radio.
On June 11, 2018, the transmitter for KCKN caught fire and badly damaged the transmitter building. KCKN requested a special temporary authority (STA) to operate an auxiliary transmitter. The FCC approved the request; however, the fire department forbade using it until electrical inspections took place. KCKN remained silent until inspections took place.[8]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KCKN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KCKN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KCKN
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KBCQ (KCKN) history cards" (PDF). Retrieved November 7, 2025.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KCKN Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Application Search Details fcc.gov. Accessed February 7, 2015
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."STA from KCKN to use auxiliary transmitter (BSTA-20180615ABA)". Federal Communications Commission.
External links
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- KCKN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FCC History Cards for KCKN
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