KMCN
KZEG (1998–2005) | |
Call sign meaning | K MaC North |
|---|---|
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 33054 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,000 watts |
| HAAT | 100 m (330 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°54′34″N 90°13′28″W / 41.90944°N 90.22444°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | KMCN Online |
KMCN (94.7
History
Early history (1970 to 1998)
The current KMCN-FM went on-the-air as KCLN-FM 97.7 on December 7, 1970. The station used its KCLN-AM programming to
On-Air Personalities at that time were: The Wildman, Fran Scheiden, Joel Craig, Mark Cooper, Bryan Bradford, Eugene Jeffreys, Mary Witt, Kim Long and Kelly Long.
After that short experimental period, the station changed call letters and went to a "reel-to-reel" automated Top 40 format as KLNQ-FM in June 1978. Then the station reorganized and call letters were changed to KNJY-FM and became an Automated Adult Contemporary station on July 1, 1980. KNJY once more changed its call sign to back to KCLN-FM on June 15, 1987. Throughout those early years, the station aired
The station eventually switched frequencies to 94.7 FM on August 8, 1998, and at the same time adopted the call letters KZEG-FM. The current KMCN-FM call sign was adopted on November 2, 2005.[2]
The Eagle 94.7 (1998 to 2005)
KZEG broadcast a country music format from 1998 to 2005, and was known as The Eagle 94.7. In November 2005, both KZEG and Muscatine-based sister station KWCC were owned by WPW Broadcasting, which later became Prairie Radio Communications.
The New MaC FM-93.1 and 94.7 (2005 to present)
The switch from country music to adult hits on both stations happened in November 2005, with the format branded as "93.1 and 94.7 Mac FM" KZEG changed its call letters to KMCN, for "Mac North", while KWCC changed its call letters to KMCS, for "Mac South".[3] The stations target, as well as their home cities, the "Quad Cities" market along the Iowa–Illinois border. The music mix, meanwhile generally included pop, rock and soul from the early 1970s to the present day.
George Lowe is the radio voice for Mac FM.
On January 14, 2013, KMCS dropped from the simulcast and flipped to "Vintage Sound 93.1", airing classic album rock. KMCN continues on with the "Mac FM" format.[4] The station also had a competitor of sorts with KQCJ, which had aired an adult hits format as "Jack FM", but has since flipped to alternative rock as Planet 93.9.
References
- ^ "KMCN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "KMCN Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Quad Cities, IA/IL: KMCS/KMCN - 94.7/93.1 Mac FM". Lou Pickney. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ Burke, David. "Radio station going "Vintage" - Quad-City Times". Lee Enterprises. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
External links
- "Mac%20FM" Official website
- KMCN in the FCC FM station database
- KMCN in Nielsen Audio's FM station database