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KCCV (760 AM) and KCCV-FM (92.3 FM) are two radio stations in the Kansas City metropolitan area featuring a Christian radio format as the flagships of the Bott Radio Network. Both stations are licensed to communities in Kansas, the AM station to Overland Park and the FM to Olathe. They are owned by the Bott Broadcasting Company. KCCV's transmitter is located in Kansas City, while KCCV-FM's transmitter is located in Olathe.

In addition to the main signal, KCCV is also heard on two low-power FM translators: K245CC (96.9 FM), licensed to Olathe, and K268CF (101.5 FM), licensed to Kansas City, Missouri.

While all the Bott radio stations in the Kansas City radio market carry Christian talk and teaching programs, they are not fully simulcast as KCCV-FM has a slightly different schedule than KCCV. National religious leaders heard on KCCV and KCCV-FM include Chuck Swindoll, Jim Daly, Charles Stanley, John MacArthur, Alistair Begg and David Jeremiah.

History

The station that is today KCCV signed on the air in 1947 as KANS. It first broadcast at 1510 kHz and was licensed to Independence, Missouri. KANS was a daytimer, powered at 1,000 watts and required to go off the air at night. Richard Bott bought KANS in 1962, the first station in the Bott Radio Network. He switched it to a Christian radio format, calling it "Kansas City's Christian Voice." Bott said during a 55th anniversary broadcast in November 2017, that he felt a responsibility and calling to start a Christian radio station.

KCCV-FM signed on the air on December 1, 1993. While it was not yet built, in 1992, the Bott Broadcasting Company bought the construction permit for $537,500. The plan was to have KCCV-FM air Christian programs around the clock, since the AM station was limited to daytime-only broadcasts. The call letters were chosen to represent "Kansas City's Christian Voice."

In 1989, Bott Broadcasting was issued a construction permit to build a new AM station, licensed to Overland Park, at 760 kHz. KCCV went on the air in 1990, with Bott moving its programming from AM 1510 to AM 760. While 760 at first was also a daytime-only station, its lower position the AM dial and 6,000 watt transmitter gave it one of the best signals in the Kansas City radio market. A few years later, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted KCCV permission to stay on the air at night, but with a reduced power of 200 watts.

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for KCCV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "Facility Technical Data for KCCV-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Spring 2010. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
4. "KCCV (AM) Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
5. "KCCV (FM) Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
6. "B Radio Broadcasting Yearbook 1963" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
7. "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000 page D-175" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Retrieved August 28, 2019.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 6491 (KCCV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KCCV in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 6492 (KCCV-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KCCV-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 140359 (K245CC) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• K245CC at FCCdata.org
• Facility details for Facility ID 92765 (K268CF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• K268CF at FCCdata.org

• Radio stations in the Kansas City metropolitan area
• Olathe, Kansas
• Moody Radio affiliate stations
• Radio stations established in 1989
• Bott Radio Network stations
• Christian radio stations in Kansas
• 1989 establishments in Kansas