KCME
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Broadcast area | Colorado Springs, Colorado; Manitou Springs, Colorado (88.7 MHz) Cripple Creek, Colorado; Victor, Colorado (89.5 MHz) Salida, Colorado; Buena Vista, Colorado (88.1 MHz & 89.5 MHz) Cañon City, Colorado; Penrose, Colorado; Florence, Colorado (91.1 MHz) Summit County, Colorado (89.3 MHz) |
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Frequency | 88.7 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | Analog FM/HD1: Local, Classical, Cultural HD2: In The Moment - Jazz 93.5 |
Programming | |
Format | Classical music |
Subchannels | HD2: Jazz 93.5 (Jazz) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Cheyenne Mountain Public Broadcast House, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | December 24, 1979 (at 88.1) |
Former frequencies | 88.1 MHz (1979–1990) |
Call sign meaning | Charles M. Edmunds (initials C.M.E.) was one of the founders of KCME. Also marketed as Keeping Classical Music Everywhere |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 10791 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 8,900 watts (12,000 watts with beam tilt) |
HAAT | 668 meters (2,192 ft) |
Translator(s) | HD2: 93.5 K228EM (Colorado Springs) |
Links | |
Webcast | Analog FM/HD1: Listen Live HD2: Jazz935 Listen Live |
Website | Analog FM/HD1: kcme.org HD2: jazz935.org |
KCME (88.7
Jazz 93.5
KCME programs a wide variety of jazz on its HD-2 subchannel, which also feeds a translator station, 93.5 MHz K228EM. It is branded as Jazz 93.5, and is a sister station of KCME. Originally KCME aired jazz on Saturday mornings and Saturday evenings during the first 26 years it was on the air. In the 1990s, KCME also had Jazz during the overnight hours in the summer months.
KCME dropped jazz programming in 2007 to focus on its main classical music programming due in part to
History
KCME
In 1990, KCME moved to its current dial position at 88.7 MHz.[2] Another station replaced KCME at 88.1, KTPL, a Christian radio outlet in nearby Pueblo, Colorado. In the mid 1990s, KCME's studios and offices moved to facilities in Colorado Springs, although the station is still identified on the air as "KCME, Manitou Springs."
Satellite stations
KCME maintains several satellite stations for its classical programming: Full powered KMPZ in Salida (200 watts), along with translators K208DP 89.5 MHz in Nathrop (100 watts) and K216EF 91.1 FM Florence (100 watts) and 89.5 in Cripple Creek, Colorado. In July 2008, KCME was invited by Summit Public Radio and TV, Inc. to relay its signal to Summit County (Breckenridge, Dillon, Frisco and Silverthorne) on 89.3 MHz.