| City of license | Ferguson, Missouri |
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| Slogan | Diverse music for your diverse mind. |
| Frequency | 89.5 MHz |
| Format | Every type of music |
| ERP | 100 watts |
| HAAT | 49.0 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 62138 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°46′7″N 90°17′16″W / 38.76861°N 90.28778°WCoordinates: 38°46′7″N 90°17′16″W / 38.76861°N 90.28778°W |
| Owner | St. Louis Community College |
| Website | stlcc.edu/kcfv |
KCFV (89.5 FM) is a radio station licensed in Ferguson, Missouri, USA. The station is currently owned by St. Louis Community College.[1][2]
History [link]
The station began operation on April 17, 1972 under license by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as a Class D low-power educational broadcasting service[3] of Florissant Valley Community College (now St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley). The initial transmitted power was regulated to 10 watts omnidirectional, leading to the campus nickname, "the weakest station in the nation". KCFV billed itself as "The 10-Watt Wonder". The station used the slogan, "Just Slightly Ahead of Our Time", a reference to the non-Top 40 progressive music that it featured.
Since its beginning, KCFV has been operated by students of St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley. Most of the on-air staff are majoring in Mass Communications.
Early broadcasts included a progressive rock music format, public affairs programs, news and sports. The station signed on daily at 3 o'clock pm with "The Towne Square", a progressive rock-themed, magazine-style program that followed a weekly rotation of music news, comedy, items of local interest, and politics. The balance of the broadcast day was filled by disc jockey programs of rock music. The station signed off at midnight.
Following changes in FCC rules governing low-power FM stations (LPFMs) in the early 1980s, the station was granted a Class L1 license to raise its transmitter power to 100 watts. KCFV is currently known as "The Wave", and programming features a wide variety of music formats. The station's slogan is "Diverse Music For Your Diverse Mind"[4].
References [link]
- ^ "KCFV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. https://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KCFV.
- ^ "KCFV Station Information Profile". Arbitron. https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=KCFV.
- ^ Opel, Andy (2004), Micro Radio and the FCC, Praeger Publishers, ISBN 0-275-97914--8
- ^ KCFV-FM 89.5 the Wave, https://www.stlcc.edu/fv/kcfv/Index.html, retrieved 2011-05-27
https://www.stlcc.edu/FV/KCFV/Schedule.html
External links [link]
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KCFV
- Radio-Locator information on KCFV
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KCFV
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