KCCK-FM is a
public
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radio station
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licensed to
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood Community College is a public community college in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Kirkwood has a secondary campus in Iowa City, and several additional regional and county centers located in Belle Plaine, Coralville, Hiawatha, Monticello, Tipton ...
in
Cedar Rapids-
Iowa City,
Iowa
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. KCCK is Iowa's only
jazz
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radio station.
KCCK-FM broadcasts in
HD.
[https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?realid=133 Cedar Rapids HD Guide]
History
KCCK started out as a 1972 project in an electronics class at Kirkwood Community College. The same year a license was granted and the station broadcast, albeit sporadically for the first 3 years. In 1975
KUNI donated its 1945 transmitter to KCCK and KCCK built a larger tower.
Broadcasting
Jazz, Blues, news and informational programming from American Public Media, besides 12 hours of blues and nine hours of new age/ambient, Native American and Celtic music per week.
See also
*
List of jazz radio stations in the United States
References
External links
KCCK's Website
CCK
Jazz radio stations in the United States
NPR member stations
Radio stations established in 1972
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