KCKN

For the airport in Crookston, Minnesota, United States, assigned ICAO code KCKN, see Crookston Municipal Airport. For the earlier radio station by this name in Kansas City, Kansas, see KCKN (defunct).
KCKN
City of license Roswell, New Mexico
Frequency 1020 kHz
First air date 1965
Format Spanish Religious
Power 50,000 watts
Class B
Facility ID 57721
Transmitter coordinates 33°27′53″N 104°29′58″W / 33.46472°N 104.49944°W / 33.46472; -104.49944Coordinates: 33°27′53″N 104°29′58″W / 33.46472°N 104.49944°W / 33.46472; -104.49944
Callsign meaning KiCK
Former callsigns

KXEM (2000-2000)
KINF (2000-1987)

KSWS (1965-1987)
Affiliations AP Radio Dial-Global
Owner Radio Vision Cristiana Subsidiary Corp.
Webcast Listen Live
Website http://www.radiovision.net/

KCKN (1020 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Religious format.[1] Licensed to Roswell, New Mexico, USA. The station is currently owned by Radio Vision Cristiana Subsidiary Corp. [2]

History

Station's former logo

KCKN signed on the air for the first time in December 1965 under the callsign KSWS. It was co-owned with KSWS-TV (now KOBR-TV). The station was assigned the call sign KCKN on 1987-04-20. on 2000-11-13, the station changed its call sign to KXEM, on 2000-12-01 to KINF, on 2006-01-12 back to the current KCKN,[3] A sister FM station was purchased in 1986. The station was using the callsign KBCQ at the time programming Top 40 and the FM station had the KCKN callsign and a country format. In April 1987, the callsigns and formats of the two stations were flipped and 1020 became KCKN Country and the FM became KBCQ-FM Top 40. In the early 90s, KCKN switched to a light adult contemporary/heavy local news format. Nighttime programming has been religion for years. In late August 2005, while operating under an LMA, the station went silent due to technical problems. The LMA was ended and the station signed back on the air in early February, 2006 under the callsign KCKN programming Classic Country music. In 2012, the station was sold to Radio Vision Cristiana Subsidiary Corp.[4]

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