KCOL-FM (92.5 FM, "Cool 92.5") is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to the suburb of

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, it serves the Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area. Its studios are located southeast of the

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interchange in Beaumont, and its transmitter is located in

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History

Voice in the Wilderness Broadcasting was granted a Construction Permit to build a 3 kilowatt Class A radio facility on 92.1 MHz in

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

. The CP was assigned the

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KTFA on June 27, 1983. KTFA was upgraded to the current 50 kilowatt C2 class in 1990, which involved the change in frequency to 92.5, so as not to interfere with co-operating channel

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serving the Houston area. The station has had only two owners in its lifetime, having been proposed, built, and initially licensed to Voice in the Wilderness, and currently owned by

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http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KCOL KCOL-FM HD2 broadcasts a country love songs format which is also available on the iHeart Radio app.

References

External links

Cool 92.5 Website
Classic hits radio stations in the United States COL-FM Radio stations established in 1983 IHeartMedia radio stations {{Texas-radio-station-stub