KRCC

KRCC (91.5 MHz) is a public radio station in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is owned by The Colorado College.[1]

"KECC" redirects here. For the El Centro, California/Yuma, Arizona television station that once used the callsign, see KECY-TV.
KRCC
CityColorado Springs, Colorado
Broadcast areaColorado Springs-Pueblo
Frequency91.5 MHz
BrandingSouthern Colorado's NPR Station
Programming
FormatPublic radio
News-talk (days)
Eclectic music (evenings)
AffiliationsNational Public Radio, American Public Media, Public Radio Exchange, Rocky Mountain Community Radio, BBC World Service, Colorado Public Radio
Ownership
OwnerColorado College
(The Colorado College)
OperatorPublic Broadcasting of Colorado, Inc.
(via SSA)
History
First air date1951
Call sign meaningRadio Colorado College
Technical information
Facility ID65563
ClassC1
ERP2,100 watts
HAAT687 meters (2,254 ft)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitekrcc.org

KRCC broadcasts non-commercial News/Talk programming, mostly from National Public Radio (NPR) and American Public Media during the daytime hours. In the evening it airs eclectic music including adult album alternative, world music, jazz, reggae and other genres. The BBC World Service is heard overnight. KRCC music programming is provided by staff announcers weekdays from 7pm to 10pm and by volunteers from 10pm to 12am. The station is also a member of the Mountain West News Bureau.

Studios and offices are on North Weber Street in Colorado Springs.[2] The transmitter is located on Cheyenne Mountain amid other Colorado Springs-area TV and FM stations. KRCC is also simulcast on a network of repeater stations around Southern Colorado.

History

KRCC officially signed on in 1951.[3] But the station's history began in 1944 as a public address system for the campus of Colorado College. It became a carrier current station two years later. In April 1951, it received the first non-commercial FM license in the state of Colorado, operating from a World War II surplus transmitter. Its reach was initially limited; broadcast on 91.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of only 10 watts, broadcasting from an antenna that was at minus 480 feet height above average terrain. The ERP was boosted to 165 watts in 1956.

In 1964, the station relocated to the Rastall Center Building, with an ERP of 280 watts. The following year, KRCC was authorized for a frequency change to 91.5 MHz. Another ERP increase in 1973 brought power to 1,730 watts. Originally a training program for radio and speech students, it became a conventional college radio station in 1968 after Colorado College dropped radio and speech classes. In 1978, the station opened its microphones to the greater Colorado Springs community, paving the way for it to become Colorado's third NPR member station in 1984.

From the 1980s onward, it built a series of translators to help better penetrate its largely mountainous service area. It also increased the power of the primary transmitter, In the 1980s, the tower height was boosted to over 2,100 feet (640 m), making the signal comparable to other major FM stations in Colorado Springs.

Network

Programming is on the main transmitter in Colorado Springs KRCC 91.5 FM (2100 watts), and is simulcast on three other FM stations:

KRCC also operates seven translators:

gollark: This will not* spontaneously become bees.
gollark: I'm working on it. Please hold while I reeeencode things.
gollark: https://radio-ic.osmarks.net/bees.ogg
gollark: Your pinging everyone repeatedly is not* annoying.
gollark: I see.

References
  1. "KRCC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. KRCC.org/information
  3. Broadcasting Yearbook 1969 page B-28
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