KCAP (AM)
KCAP (950 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Helena, Montana. The station is owned by Cherry Creek Radio, through licensee CCR-Helena IV, LLC. It airs a news/talk format.
The station went on the air November 1, 1976 as KMTX. Until 2014, the station broadcast an adult standards format as "Classy 950." In October 2014, Cherry Creek Radio announced that it would purchase KMTX from The Montana Radio Company and move its news/talk programming to KMTX from the original KCAP (1340 AM) and KBLL (1240 AM); those stations went off the air on November 5, the date that KMTX changed formats. The station was assigned the KCAP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on November 6. Cherry Creek Radio's purchase of KCAP and translator K240EM was consummated on November 12, 2015, at a price of $250,004.
Awards
In June 2007, Paul Stark of KMTX was presented an E.B. Craney Broadcasting Award for excellence in Radio Station Promotion at the annual meeting of the Montana Broadcasters Association. Kevin Skaalure of KTMX won a Craney for best Radio Public Service Campaign at the same ceremony.
KCAP
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KCAP (defunct)
KCAP (1340 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Helena, Montana. The station was owned by Cherry Creek Radio and licensed to CCR-Helena IV, LLC. It aired a News/Talk format.
The station was assigned the KCAP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It went on the air in October 1949. On October 30, 2014, KCAP's license was surrendered by Cherry Creek Radio to the FCC, who subsequently cancelled it; the station's programming moved that November to KMTX (950 AM), which Cherry Creek Radio is in the process of acquiring from Montana Radio Company. The KCAP call sign was then transferred to KMTX.
Ownership
In August 2000, a deal was reached for KCAP to be acquired by Commonwealth Communications LLC from STARadio Corp. as part of a 9 station deal with a total reported sale price of $7.5 million.
In October 2003, a deal was reached for KCAP to be acquired by Cherry Creek Radio from Commonwealth Communications LLC as part of a 24 station deal with a total reported sale price of $41 million.
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