KDMC-FM

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.

For the former student-run station at 103.7 MHz in Cape Girardeau, see KDMC-LP. For information on programming, see KRCU.
KDMC-FM
Broadcast areaPoplar Bluff, Missouri
Doniphan, Missouri
Frequency88.7 MHz
BrandingKRCU
Programming
FormatPublic radio
AffiliationsNPR
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
2001
Former call signs
KBIY (1998–2020)
Former frequencies
91.3 MHz (2001–2021)
Technical information
Facility ID81163
ClassC1
ERP100,000 watts horizontal
98,000 watts vertical
HAAT150 meters (490 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
37°6′25″N 90°59′30″W
Links
WebsiteOfficial website

History

The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for the station on May 29, 1998.[1] The station was assigned the KBIY call sign on August 10, 1998,[2] and received its license to cover on June 26, 2001.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

References
  1. "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  2. "Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  3. "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  4. "KRCU to Expand Service Region to Bring NPR Coverage to Poplar Bluff Area". Southeast Missouri State University. September 20, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  5. Ruch, Amber (May 26, 2020). "KRCU completes first phase of expansion to Poplar Bluff, Van Buren". KFVS-TV. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  6. Ruch, Amber (March 31, 2021). "KRCU to transfer Van Buren radio signal to 88.7 FM". KAIT-TV. Retrieved 2 May 2021.


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