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}}

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