KDMC-FM

{{short description|KRCU radio station in Van Buren–Poplar Bluff, Missouri}}

{{about||the former student-run station at 103.7 MHz in Cape Girardeau|KDMC-LP|information on programming|KRCU}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KDMC-FM

| logo =

| city = Van Buren, Missouri

| area = {{ubl|Poplar Bluff, Missouri|Doniphan, Missouri}}

| branding = KRCU

| frequency = 88.7 MHz

| repeater =

| airdate = 2001

| format = Public radio

| erp = {{ubl|100,000 watts horizontal|98,000 watts vertical}}

| haat = {{convert|150|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = C1

| facility_id = 81163

| licensing_authority = FCC

| coordinates = {{coord|37|6|25|N|90|59|30|W|region:US-MO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = KBIY (1998–2020)

| former_frequencies = 91.3 MHz (2001–2021)

| owner = Southeast Missouri State University

| licensee = Board of Regents, Southeast Missouri State University

| sister_stations =

| webcast =

| website = {{official website|krcu.org}}

| affiliations = NPR

}}

KDMC-FM (88.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Van Buren, Missouri, United States. The station is currently owned by Southeast Missouri State University and simulcasts its KRCU public radio station based in Cape Girardeau.

History

The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for the station on May 29, 1998.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=222012 |title=Application Search Details |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |access-date=August 2, 2009}} The station was assigned the KBIY call sign on August 10, 1998,{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=81163&Callsign=KDMC-FM |title=Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |access-date=August 2, 2009}} and received its license to cover on June 26, 2001.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=548637 |title=Application Search Details |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |access-date=August 2, 2009}} Under its original owner, the New Life Evangelistic Center, KBIY was part of the Here's Help Network of Christian radio programming.

New Life sold the station to Southeast Missouri State University for $45,000 in 2019; the station was to be used to bring NPR to the Poplar Bluff area, with the transmitter to be moved to Elsinore, Missouri.{{cite news|url=https://news.semo.edu/krcu-to-expand-service-region-to-bring-npr-coverage-to-poplar-bluff-area/|title=KRCU to Expand Service Region to Bring NPR Coverage to Poplar Bluff Area|date=September 20, 2019|access-date=June 12, 2020|work=Southeast Missouri State University}} Under new call letters KDMC-FM—previously associated with the former student-run station at the Cape Girardeau campus—the station returned to the air on May 14, 2020.{{cite news|url=https://www.kfvs12.com/2020/05/26/krcu-completes-first-phase-expansion-poplar-bluff-van-buren/|access-date=June 12, 2020|date=May 26, 2020|work=KFVS-TV|title=KRCU completes first phase of expansion to Poplar Bluff, Van Buren|first=Amber|last=Ruch}}

On April 1, 2021, the FCC granted KDMC a frequency change from 91.3 FM to 88.7 FM and moved its transmitter to Ellsinore, Missouri.{{cite news |last1=Ruch |first1=Amber |title=KRCU to transfer Van Buren radio signal to 88.7 FM |url=https://www.kait8.com/2021/03/30/krcu-transfer-van-buren-radio-signal-fm/ |access-date=May 2, 2021 |work=KAIT-TV |date=March 31, 2021}}

References

External links

DMC-FM

Category:Radio stations established in 2001

Category:2001 establishments in Missouri

Category:Carter County, Missouri