KCAS
{{short description|Radio station in McCook, Texas}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KCAS
| logo = KCAS logo.png
| city = McCook, Texas
| country = US
| area = Rio Grande Valley
| branding =
| airdate =
| frequency = 91.5 MHz
| format = Conservative Religious
| erp = 2,500 watts
| haat = {{convert|109|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = A
| facility_id = 85028
| coordinates = {{coord|26|28|51|N|98|23|45|W}}
| callsign_meaning = Know Christ As Savior
| former_callsigns =
| owner = Faith Baptist Ministries
| licensee = Faith Baptist Church, Inc.
| sister_stations =
| webcast = [http://kcasradio.faithbaptistministries.org/listenlive.htm Listen Live]
| website = {{URL|http://www.kcasradio.org}}
| affiliations = VCY America
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KCAS (91.5 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve McCook, Texas. McCook is a dispersed rural community about 20 miles northwest of the county seat, Edinburg, in Hidalgo County, Texas.{{cite web |first=Alicia A. |last=Garza |work=The Handbook of Texas |title=McCook, Texas |url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnm22 |access-date=July 14, 2009}} The station is owned and operated by Faith Baptist Ministries and the broadcast license is held by Faith Baptist Church, Inc.
KCAS broadcasts a conservative religious radio format to the McAllen, Texas, and the Rio Grande Valley.{{cite web |work=Arbitron |title=Station Information Profile |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |access-date=July 14, 2009}} News programming on KCAS is provided by SRN News.
History
This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 21, 1998.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BPED-19970107MB) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=238860 |date=January 21, 1998}} The new station was assigned the KCAS call sign by the FCC on March 2, 1998.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=85028&Callsign=KCAS |publisher=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |access-date=July 14, 2009}} KCAS received its license to cover from the FCC on April 11, 2001.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BLED-20010105AAJ) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=545364 |date=April 11, 2001}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.kcasradio.org KCAS official website]
{{FM station data|85028|KCAS}}
{{McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen Radio}}
{{Religious Radio Stations in Texas}}
Category:Radio stations established in 2001
Category:Hidalgo County, Texas
Category:2001 establishments in Texas
Category:Baptist Christianity in Texas
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