KCEO
{{short description|Relevant Radio station in Vista, California, United States}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| logo =
| name = KCEO
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1968|03|13}}
| city = Vista, California
| area = Western San Diego County
| frequency = 1000 kHz
| translator = 99.3 K257FV (San Diego)
| format = Catholic talk and teaching
| owner = Relevant Radio, Inc.
| licensee =
| branding = Relevant Radio
| power = 10,000 watts day
900 watts night
| class = B
| facility_id = 67666
| coordinates = {{coord|33|13|58|N|117|16|11|W|type:landmark_region:US-CA_source:FCC|display=inline,title}}
| webcast = [https://relevantradio.com/wp-content/media/player.html Listen Live]
| website = [http://relevantradio.com relevantradio.com]
| callsign_meaning = K Chief Executive Officer (from former business talk format)
| former_callsigns = KMLO (1968–January 1986), KKOS (January–April 1986), KVSD (April 1986–1990)
| licensing_authority = FCC
}}
KCEO (1000 AM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station licensed to Vista, California, and serving San Diego County. The studios are located in Carlsbad, California. It is an owned-and-operated station of Relevant Radio, based in Wisconsin. It airs a Catholic talk and teaching radio format.
KCEO broadcasts by day with 10,000 watts and 900 watts at night. It uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array. The transmitter is off Sagewood Drive in Oceanside, near Guajome County Park.[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=kceo&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C Radio-Locator.com/KCEO] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator K257FV in San Diego at 99.3 MHz.[https://radio-locator.com/info/K257FV-FX Radio-Locator.com/K257FV]
History
=KMLO, KKOS, KVSD=
This station signed on the air on {{Start date and age|March 13, 1968}}. The original call sign was KMLO. Because 1000 AM is a clear channel frequency, to avoid interference, the station was limited to 1,000 watts and was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. It was owned by the North County Broadcasting Company.
In 1976, the FCC granted a construction permit to increase the power to 5,000 watts days and 1,000 watts nights. But it had to set up a directional antenna to keep the signal from interfering with Class A stations KNWN Seattle, WMVP Chicago and XEOY Mexico City, all broadcasting on 1000 kHz.
Tri-Cities Broadcasting, owner of KKOS-FM in Carlsbad (now KSSX), bought KMLO in 1985. It relaunched the station as KKOS AM in January 1986. The call letters changed to KVSD, "The Voice of San Diego," in April.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33804882/|work=Times-Advocate|title=2 new radio stations bring sex, religion to airwaves|first=Ken|last=Leighton|access-date=July 12, 2019|date=April 3, 1986}}
=Business News and Talk=
In August 2005, the station began broadcasting a business news format. Until August 2007, KCEO had competition with another business talk station, Cash 1700, with its studios in San Diego and its transmitter in Tecate, Baja California. On August 1, 2007, Cash 1700 became "San Diego 1700." It began airing a talk radio format, while still retaining Ray Lucia and a few other, one-hour business talk shows.
KCEO was one of the first stations to carry Rush Limbaugh after his show became nationally syndicated. KCEO was the former flagship station for business talk host Ray Lucia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kceoradio.com/about.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716100930/http://www.kceoradio.com/about.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2011|title=AM 1000 KCEO: About Us|date=July 16, 2011}}
=Catholic programming=
Effective March 7, 2012, KCEO changed its format. It began airing Catholic talk and teaching full-time. Originally, the shows were provided by Immaculate Heart Radio.{{Cite web|url=https://relevantradio.com/|title=Relevant Radio - America's Talk Radio Network for Catholics|website=Relevant Radio}}
The station switched to the Relevant Radio branding when the two organizations merged on June 30, 2017.{{cite web|url= https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/relevant-radio-and-immaculate-heart-radio-complete-merger-300483030.html|title=Relevant Radio® and Immaculate Heart Radio Complete Merger|work=prnewswire.com|date=July 5, 2017|access-date=February 23, 2024}} It now carries most of the Relevant Radio line-up around the clock.
References
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External links
- [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=43298 FCC History Cards for KCEO]
- [https://relevantradio.com/ AM 1000 KCEO official website]
- [http://www.sdradio.net SDRadio.net]
{{AM station data|67666|KCEO}}
{{San Diego Radio}}
{{Relevant Radio}}
Category:Radio stations established in 1968
Category:1968 establishments in California