KCVM (93.5 FM) is a commercial

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located in

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serving the

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/ Cedar Falls, Iowa area. The station broadcasts a

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music format. KCVM is licensed to James Coloff's Coloff Media, LLC. The transmitter and broadcast tower are located northeast of Hudson. According to the Antenna Structure Registration database, the tower is tall with the FM broadcast antenna mounted at the level. The calculated height above average terrain is .

History

KCVM was originally broadcast on 96.1

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from its inception in the 1990s until July 2010. However, due to the need to protect several other stations in nearby markets from interference, the station had broadcast at an

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of 6

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s with an extremely

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pattern to avoid

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to stations such as

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(

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), KQPR in

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, and

KMXG KMXG (96.1 FM, "Mix 96") is a commercial radio station licensed to Clinton, Iowa, and serving the Quad Cities area of Iowa and Illinois. It broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music from mid-November until the Ch ...

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( Quad Cities). KCVM was also required to protect

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(95.9 MHz) in

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from

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. On June 4, 2010, it was announced that KCVM would be moving from 96.1 to 93.5 and by July 22, KCVM had made the switch to 93.5 MHz; a frequency which allows the station to better serve the Cedar Valley since there are fewer stations on and near the 93.5 frequency that require protection from interference.

Signal upgrade application

KCVM currently has an application on file with the FCC to upgrade its signal again. This time, the plan is to change the

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from Hudson to Evansdale, and to upgrade from a Class A license to a Class C3 license, with a boost in power from its current 6 kilowatts up to 24.5 kilowatts, at an antenna

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of 81.8 meters. Also, the proposed antenna pattern is non-directional. The new transmitter would be located east of Waterloo and north of Evansdale, on East Big Rock Road between Crane Creek Road and North Raymond Road (County Highway V49) in Black Hawk County. The proposed upgrade would add outlying Cedar Valley communities such as Waverly,

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, and

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to KCVM's 60 dBu protected/city grade coverage coutour for the first time ever, as those communities have always received anywhere from marginal to poor reception from KCVM, especially on the previous 96.1 frequency (Oelwein and Independence would often receive KMXG in addition to KCVM back when KCVM was on 96.1; especially during times of tropospheric propagation).

HD Radio

On November 23, 2018, KCVM launched a Christmas music format on its HD2 subchannel, relayed on translator K293CH 106.5 FM Waterloo. In mid-January 2019, KCVM-HD2 launched a country music format, branded as "Corn Country".Upper Midwest Broadcasting
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References

External links

KCVM official website
* * {{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in Iowa CVM Hot adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1998 1998 establishments in Iowa