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KCEE

April 10, 2024

KCEE is a commercial radio station located in Tucson, Arizona, broadcasting on 690 AM. KCEE airs a Christian format and is owned by Calvary Chapel of Tucson, Inc.

KCEE
Broadcast areaTucson metropolitan area
Frequency690 kHz
BrandingReach Radio
Programming
FormatChristian radio
Ownership
OwnerCalvary Chapel of Tucson, Inc.
History
First air date
September 23, 1953; 70 years ago (1953-09-23)
Former call signs
  • KEVT (1953–1981)
  • KVOI (1981–2009)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID24590
ClassD
Power
  • 250 watts (day)
  • 3.5 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
32°15′11″N 110°57′46″W / 32.25306°N 110.96278°W / 32.25306; -110.96278
Translator(s)106.7 K294CR (Tucson)
Repeater(s)88.9 KAIC (Tucson; tower in San Manuel, Arizona)
Links
Public license information
  • Public file
  • LMS
WebcastListen Live
Websitereachradiotucson.com

By day, KCEE is powered at 250 watts; as 690 AM is a clear channel frequency assigned to Mexico and Canada, the station reduces power at night to 3 watts. It uses a non-directional antenna, with the transmitter located on North Los Altos Avenue near East Jacinto Street in Tucson.[2] KCEE's programming is also heard on KAIC (88.9 FM), a station nominally licensed to Tucson but serving San Manuel,[3] and on a translator (K294CR) at 106.7 FM in Tucson itself, relaying an HD Radio subchannel of KLPX (96.1 FM).

History edit

KEVT edit

When we came here, there were five other stations. Most had an hour or two of Spanish-language programs and music a day. We decided to start a radio station that was all-Spanish.

Linn Trowbridge, husband of KEVT founder Peter Trowbridge, in 2009[4]

On April 15, 1953, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a construction permit to Tucson Radio, Incorporated, for a new daytime-only radio station to broadcast on 690 kHz in Tucson.[5] The company consisted of two former employees of KOPO and an Ohio transplant.[6] The station announced plans for studios and a transmitter site on Shawnee Avenue east of St. Mary's Hospital,[7] but it soon found itself needing to buy additional land to ensure a buffer to surrounding properties.[8]

The new station took the call letters KEVT and began broadcasting September 23, 1953,[9] as Tucson's sixth radio station and its first all-Spanish-language outlet, serving an estimated audience of 40,000 Spanish speakers in the area.[10] KEVT broadcast from a 280 ft (85 m) tower—Tucson's second-tallest at the time.[10] Future governor Raúl Héctor Castro served as the station's attorney;[8] daily broadcasts included English lessons from a University of Arizona professor, radio dramas and newscasts.[4]

In 1956, the station attempted to gain full-time broadcasting capabilities by moving to 1600 kHz;[11] the move was dismissed a year later.[5] For a time, KEVT operated from a streetside studio at the corner of Congress Street and Church Avenue, which opened in 1957;[4] a year later, after a burglary, a fire caused extensive damage and destroyed the station's phonograph collection and many business records.[12][13]

KEVT was affected when a full-time competitor, KXEW, started on 1600 kHz in 1963.[4] In January 1966, Peter Trowbridge, one of the founding members of Tucson Radio, resigned, and the company publicly announced its interest in a Spanish-language TV station and an English-language FM outlet.[14] A bigger change was on the horizon when Alvin Korngold acquired the station, a transaction filed in February and approved in May.[5] During the transaction, four announcers charged that Korngold had dismissed them and discriminated against them as Mexican Americans;[15] three of the four were promptly rehired.[16] Korngold had abandoned his antitrust law practice on Long Island to move to Tucson and run KEVT, which became one of the first U.S. stations to carry Spanish-language news direct from the Associated Press instead of having to translate English-language stories, using the shortwave transmissions from the AP.[17] Korngold made a second attempt to take the station full-time,[18] which the FCC denied in 1970.[5]

Where Tucson Radio had failed in expanding to FM, Korngold would be successful. From the KEVT studios, relocated to Broadway Boulevard in 1967, KWFM 92.9, a rock music station, started in March 1970.[19] The next year, he started a Spanish-language station, KAMX, in Albuquerque, New Mexico;[20] in 1972, he attempted to purchase interest and take operational control of KPHX in Phoenix,[21] and he later bought KLAV in Las Vegas.[22]

In 1980, Korngold announced the $3 million sale of KEVT and KWFM to Jay and Louise Heifetz, the son and daughter-in-law of violinist Jascha Heifetz; the sale attempt was dropped that June, as high interest rates dissuaded the potential buyers, who would have had to pay more in interest than they wanted for the purchase.[23]

KVOI edit

In late 1980 and early 1981, KWFM and KEVT would be sold by Korngold to separate buyers. The FM was the first to find a purchaser: Sandusky Newspapers, which already owned Phoenix rock outlet KDKB.[24] A more dramatic transformation, however, awaited KEVT. Abundant Life Ministries, owned by Grace Chapel, acquired the station for more than $1 million in 1981, proposing a format of "inspirational" Christian talk and teaching programming.[25] To the dismay of many loyal listeners, KEVT broadcast for the final time on July 28, 1981.[26] The next day, Abundant Life began its programming,[26] with the station taking on new KVOI call letters, signifying "Voice of Inspiration".[27]

New ownership brought yet another attempt to turn KVOI into a full-time operation, broadcasting day and night. Seeking to take advantage of a ruling that incentivized stations licensed to suburban localities, Abundant Life filed in 1982 to move KVOI to 700 kHz in Oro Valley, where it could broadcast with 10,000 watts during the day and 1,000 at night.[28] Though granted, the move would never come to fruition. Meanwhile, KVOI began to focus itself more on contemporary Christian music as it increased in popularity during the decade.[29] In 1989, the station was off the air for some time after a hit-and-run driver, who was said to be street racing and doing doughnuts, plowed into a guy wire, bringing down its 300 ft (91 m) tower.[30]

In the 1990s, KVOI spawned an FM station, KGMS (97.1 FM), which soon assumed all of KVOI's music programming, while the AM station concentrated on mostly national Christian talk and teaching programs.[31] During the 2000s, with KGMS having moved to its present dial position of 940 kHz, KVOI changed formats again, this time to news/talk.[32]

KCEE edit

Good News Radio Broadcasting, owner of KVOI and KGMS, purchased KCEE (1030 AM) from Jim Slone, who had programmed an adult standards "pop classics" format on the station, in 2009. Martin immediately announced his plans to put the KVOI programming and call letters onto the 1030 frequency, which had a stronger signal at night.[32]

KCEE retained the standards programming until Good News sold it to Calvary Chapel of Tucson in 2018 for $150,000.[33] It was the fourth sale by Good News announced in one week: the company had divested KVOI to Bustos Media, KGMS to Tucson Christian Radio, and a K-Love-airing FM station to the Educational Media Foundation.[34]

Calvary, which returned the station to its present religious programming, already owned a radio station licensed to Tucson,[35] though not one that actually covered it. In December 2013, the church had purchased KAIC, a then-Air1 transmitter owned by the Educational Media Foundation, for $75,000.[36]

References edit

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KCEE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/KCEE
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/KAIC
  4. ^ a b c d Henry, Bonnie (August 3, 2009). "Spanish station's roots in Connecticut". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d FCC History Cards for KCEE
  6. ^ "Tucson Radio Firm Applies For Permit". Tucson Daily Citizen. January 8, 1952. p. 16. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  7. ^ "New Radio Station Set". Tucson Daily Citizen. April 18, 1953. p. 4. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Tucson Radio, Inc., Runs Afoul County Zoning Act". Tucson Daily Citizen. April 30, 1953. p. 6. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  9. ^ "KEVT" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1968. p. B-10 (158). Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  10. ^ a b Carboneau, Dick (September 15, 1953). "Station KEVT Making Debut Here Sept. 28". Arizona Daily Star. p. 8A. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  11. ^ "More Air Time Is Sought By KEVT". Arizona Daily Star. January 10, 1956. p. 6B. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  12. ^ "Burglary At KEVT Solved, But Janitor Denies Setting Station Fire". Arizona Daily Star. August 26, 1958. p. 1B. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  13. ^ "KEVT Fire Traps Burglary Suspect". Tucson Daily Citizen. August 25, 1958. p. 38. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  14. ^ "Spanish TV Application To Be Filed". Tucson Daily Citizen. January 25, 1966. p. 26. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  15. ^ "Radiomen Will Air Grievance: Discrimination At KEVT Charged". Arizona Daily Star. March 29, 1966. p. 14A. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  16. ^ "3 Announcers At KEVT Re-Hired". Arizona Daily Star. April 1, 1966. p. 7D. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  17. ^ Johnson, Marilyn (July 31, 1966). "Lawyer Switches To Radio Station". Arizona Daily Star. p. 9D. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  18. ^ "KEVT Asks Full-Time Broadcasting". Tucson Daily Citizen. August 16, 1967. p. 15. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  19. ^ "Rock FM Radio Broadcasts Planned By Korngold Outlet". Arizona Daily Star. March 7, 1970. p. 21B. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  20. ^ "Korngold Opens Spanish Station In Albuquerque". Arizona Daily Star. February 7, 1971. p. 14A. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  21. ^ "U.S. bars radio station's interim financing plan". The Arizona Republic. December 28, 1973. p. B-6. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  22. ^ Stern, Sherry (February 12, 1980). "KWFM, KEVT sold to Heifetz's son". Arizona Daily Star. p. 3A. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  23. ^ Stern, Sherry (June 13, 1980). "Heifetz kin drop bid to buy stations". Arizona Daily Star. p. 4B. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  24. ^ "Sale of KWFM radio pending". Arizona Daily Star. September 6, 1980. p. 3B. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  25. ^ Duarte, Carmen (March 12, 1981). "Church group to buy Spanish-radio KEVT". Arizona Daily Star. p. 1E. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  26. ^ a b García, Felipe (July 30, 1981). "Hispanics say they've lost a friend as KEVT goes off air". Arizona Daily Star. p. 8G. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  27. ^ Hatfield, David (June 10, 1981). "Few local personalities join musical newscasters game". Arizona Daily Star. p. 4D. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  28. ^ Hatfield, David (February 10, 1982). "KCEE relinquishes King to concentrate on music". Arizona Daily Star. p. 2D. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  29. ^ Graham, Chuck (August 4, 1985). "KVOI: Christian rock 'n' roll". Tucson Citizen. p. 1D. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  30. ^ "KVOI is silent after car smashes its antenna". Arizona Daily Star. October 31, 1989. p. 3B. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  31. ^ Wagner, Raina (July 16, 1999). "Roaming the Radio Dial". Arizona Daily Star. p. 1C. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  32. ^ a b Sorenson, Dan (March 26, 2009). "Slone did it his way at KCEE, and now he's selling station". Arizona Daily Star. p. A10. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  33. ^ "Western North Carolina Noncomm Sold; KCEE/Tucson's Price $150,000". All Access. August 7, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  34. ^ Jacobson, Adam (July 27, 2018). "More Good News: A Fourth Arizona Sale". RBR. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  35. ^ "Deal Digest". InsideRadio. August 9, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  36. ^ "EMF Sells Tucson FM". AllAccess. December 31, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

External links edit

  • Official Website
  • KCEE in the FCC AM station database
  • KCEE in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

April 10, 2024
kcee, commercial, radio, station, located, tucson, arizona, broadcasting, airs, christian, format, owned, calvary, chapel, tucson, tucson, arizonabroadcast, areatucson, metropolitan, areafrequency690, khzbrandingreach, radioprogrammingformatchristian, radioown. KCEE is a commercial radio station located in Tucson Arizona broadcasting on 690 AM KCEE airs a Christian format and is owned by Calvary Chapel of Tucson Inc KCEETucson ArizonaBroadcast areaTucson metropolitan areaFrequency690 kHzBrandingReach RadioProgrammingFormatChristian radioOwnershipOwnerCalvary Chapel of Tucson Inc HistoryFirst air dateSeptember 23 1953 70 years ago 1953 09 23 Former call signsKEVT 1953 1981 KVOI 1981 2009 Technical information 1 Licensing authorityFCCFacility ID24590ClassDPower250 watts day 3 5 watts night Transmitter coordinates32 15 11 N 110 57 46 W 32 25306 N 110 96278 W 32 25306 110 96278Translator s 106 7 K294CR Tucson Repeater s 88 9 KAIC Tucson tower in San Manuel Arizona LinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMSWebcastListen LiveWebsitereachradiotucson comBy day KCEE is powered at 250 watts as 690 AM is a clear channel frequency assigned to Mexico and Canada the station reduces power at night to 3 watts It uses a non directional antenna with the transmitter located on North Los Altos Avenue near East Jacinto Street in Tucson 2 KCEE s programming is also heard on KAIC 88 9 FM a station nominally licensed to Tucson but serving San Manuel 3 and on a translator K294CR at 106 7 FM in Tucson itself relaying an HD Radio subchannel of KLPX 96 1 FM Contents 1 History 1 1 KEVT 1 2 KVOI 1 3 KCEE 2 References 3 External linksHistory editKEVT edit When we came here there were five other stations Most had an hour or two of Spanish language programs and music a day We decided to start a radio station that was all Spanish Linn Trowbridge husband of KEVT founder Peter Trowbridge in 2009 4 On April 15 1953 the Federal Communications Commission FCC granted a construction permit to Tucson Radio Incorporated for a new daytime only radio station to broadcast on 690 kHz in Tucson 5 The company consisted of two former employees of KOPO and an Ohio transplant 6 The station announced plans for studios and a transmitter site on Shawnee Avenue east of St Mary s Hospital 7 but it soon found itself needing to buy additional land to ensure a buffer to surrounding properties 8 The new station took the call letters KEVT and began broadcasting September 23 1953 9 as Tucson s sixth radio station and its first all Spanish language outlet serving an estimated audience of 40 000 Spanish speakers in the area 10 KEVT broadcast from a 280 ft 85 m tower Tucson s second tallest at the time 10 Future governor Raul Hector Castro served as the station s attorney 8 daily broadcasts included English lessons from a University of Arizona professor radio dramas and newscasts 4 In 1956 the station attempted to gain full time broadcasting capabilities by moving to 1600 kHz 11 the move was dismissed a year later 5 For a time KEVT operated from a streetside studio at the corner of Congress Street and Church Avenue which opened in 1957 4 a year later after a burglary a fire caused extensive damage and destroyed the station s phonograph collection and many business records 12 13 KEVT was affected when a full time competitor KXEW started on 1600 kHz in 1963 4 In January 1966 Peter Trowbridge one of the founding members of Tucson Radio resigned and the company publicly announced its interest in a Spanish language TV station and an English language FM outlet 14 A bigger change was on the horizon when Alvin Korngold acquired the station a transaction filed in February and approved in May 5 During the transaction four announcers charged that Korngold had dismissed them and discriminated against them as Mexican Americans 15 three of the four were promptly rehired 16 Korngold had abandoned his antitrust law practice on Long Island to move to Tucson and run KEVT which became one of the first U S stations to carry Spanish language news direct from the Associated Press instead of having to translate English language stories using the shortwave transmissions from the AP 17 Korngold made a second attempt to take the station full time 18 which the FCC denied in 1970 5 Where Tucson Radio had failed in expanding to FM Korngold would be successful From the KEVT studios relocated to Broadway Boulevard in 1967 KWFM 92 9 a rock music station started in March 1970 19 The next year he started a Spanish language station KAMX in Albuquerque New Mexico 20 in 1972 he attempted to purchase interest and take operational control of KPHX in Phoenix 21 and he later bought KLAV in Las Vegas 22 In 1980 Korngold announced the 3 million sale of KEVT and KWFM to Jay and Louise Heifetz the son and daughter in law of violinist Jascha Heifetz the sale attempt was dropped that June as high interest rates dissuaded the potential buyers who would have had to pay more in interest than they wanted for the purchase 23 KVOI edit In late 1980 and early 1981 KWFM and KEVT would be sold by Korngold to separate buyers The FM was the first to find a purchaser Sandusky Newspapers which already owned Phoenix rock outlet KDKB 24 A more dramatic transformation however awaited KEVT Abundant Life Ministries owned by Grace Chapel acquired the station for more than 1 million in 1981 proposing a format of inspirational Christian talk and teaching programming 25 To the dismay of many loyal listeners KEVT broadcast for the final time on July 28 1981 26 The next day Abundant Life began its programming 26 with the station taking on new KVOI call letters signifying Voice of Inspiration 27 New ownership brought yet another attempt to turn KVOI into a full time operation broadcasting day and night Seeking to take advantage of a ruling that incentivized stations licensed to suburban localities Abundant Life filed in 1982 to move KVOI to 700 kHz in Oro Valley where it could broadcast with 10 000 watts during the day and 1 000 at night 28 Though granted the move would never come to fruition Meanwhile KVOI began to focus itself more on contemporary Christian music as it increased in popularity during the decade 29 In 1989 the station was off the air for some time after a hit and run driver who was said to be street racing and doing doughnuts plowed into a guy wire bringing down its 300 ft 91 m tower 30 In the 1990s KVOI spawned an FM station KGMS 97 1 FM which soon assumed all of KVOI s music programming while the AM station concentrated on mostly national Christian talk and teaching programs 31 During the 2000s with KGMS having moved to its present dial position of 940 kHz KVOI changed formats again this time to news talk 32 KCEE edit Good News Radio Broadcasting owner of KVOI and KGMS purchased KCEE 1030 AM from Jim Slone who had programmed an adult standards pop classics format on the station in 2009 Martin immediately announced his plans to put the KVOI programming and call letters onto the 1030 frequency which had a stronger signal at night 32 KCEE retained the standards programming until Good News sold it to Calvary Chapel of Tucson in 2018 for 150 000 33 It was the fourth sale by Good News announced in one week the company had divested KVOI to Bustos Media KGMS to Tucson Christian Radio and a K Love airing FM station to the Educational Media Foundation 34 Calvary which returned the station to its present religious programming already owned a radio station licensed to Tucson 35 though not one that actually covered it In December 2013 the church had purchased KAIC a then Air1 transmitter owned by the Educational Media Foundation for 75 000 36 References edit Facility Technical Data for KCEE Licensing and Management System Federal Communications Commission Radio Locator com KCEE Radio Locator com KAIC a b c d Henry Bonnie August 3 2009 Spanish station s roots in Connecticut Arizona Daily Star Retrieved December 31 2020 a b c d FCC History Cards for KCEE Tucson Radio Firm Applies For Permit Tucson Daily Citizen January 8 1952 p 16 Retrieved December 31 2020 New Radio Station Set Tucson Daily Citizen April 18 1953 p 4 Retrieved December 31 2020 a b Tucson Radio Inc Runs Afoul County Zoning Act Tucson Daily Citizen April 30 1953 p 6 Retrieved December 31 2020 KEVT PDF Broadcasting Yearbook 1968 p B 10 158 Retrieved December 31 2020 a b Carboneau Dick September 15 1953 Station KEVT Making Debut Here Sept 28 Arizona Daily Star p 8A Retrieved December 31 2020 More Air Time Is Sought By KEVT Arizona Daily Star January 10 1956 p 6B Retrieved December 31 2020 Burglary At KEVT Solved But Janitor Denies Setting Station Fire Arizona Daily Star August 26 1958 p 1B Retrieved December 31 2020 KEVT Fire Traps Burglary Suspect Tucson Daily Citizen August 25 1958 p 38 Retrieved December 31 2020 Spanish TV Application To Be Filed Tucson Daily Citizen January 25 1966 p 26 Retrieved December 31 2020 Radiomen Will Air Grievance Discrimination At KEVT Charged Arizona Daily Star March 29 1966 p 14A Retrieved December 31 2020 3 Announcers At KEVT Re Hired Arizona Daily Star April 1 1966 p 7D Retrieved December 31 2020 Johnson Marilyn July 31 1966 Lawyer Switches To Radio Station Arizona Daily Star p 9D Retrieved December 31 2020 KEVT Asks Full Time Broadcasting Tucson Daily Citizen August 16 1967 p 15 Retrieved December 31 2020 Rock FM Radio Broadcasts Planned By Korngold Outlet Arizona Daily Star March 7 1970 p 21B Retrieved December 31 2020 Korngold Opens Spanish Station In Albuquerque Arizona Daily Star February 7 1971 p 14A Retrieved December 31 2020 U S bars radio station s interim financing plan The Arizona Republic December 28 1973 p B 6 Retrieved December 31 2020 Stern Sherry February 12 1980 KWFM KEVT sold to Heifetz s son Arizona Daily Star p 3A Retrieved December 31 2020 Stern Sherry June 13 1980 Heifetz kin drop bid to buy stations Arizona Daily Star p 4B Retrieved December 31 2020 Sale of KWFM radio pending Arizona Daily Star September 6 1980 p 3B Retrieved December 31 2020 Duarte Carmen March 12 1981 Church group to buy Spanish radio KEVT Arizona Daily Star p 1E Retrieved December 31 2020 a b Garcia Felipe July 30 1981 Hispanics say they ve lost a friend as KEVT goes off air Arizona Daily Star p 8G Retrieved December 31 2020 Hatfield David June 10 1981 Few local personalities join musical newscasters game Arizona Daily Star p 4D Retrieved December 31 2020 Hatfield David February 10 1982 KCEE relinquishes King to concentrate on music Arizona Daily Star p 2D Retrieved December 31 2020 Graham Chuck August 4 1985 KVOI Christian rock n roll Tucson Citizen p 1D Retrieved December 31 2020 KVOI is silent after car smashes its antenna Arizona Daily Star October 31 1989 p 3B Retrieved December 31 2020 Wagner Raina July 16 1999 Roaming the Radio Dial Arizona Daily Star p 1C Retrieved December 31 2020 a b Sorenson Dan March 26 2009 Slone did it his way at KCEE and now he s selling station Arizona Daily Star p A10 Retrieved December 31 2020 Western North Carolina Noncomm Sold KCEE Tucson s Price 150 000 All Access August 7 2018 Retrieved December 31 2020 Jacobson Adam July 27 2018 More Good News A Fourth Arizona Sale RBR Retrieved December 31 2020 Deal Digest InsideRadio August 9 2018 Retrieved December 31 2020 EMF Sells Tucson FM AllAccess December 31 2013 Retrieved December 31 2020 External links editOfficial Website KCEE in the FCC AM station database KCEE in Nielsen Audio s AM station databasePortals nbsp Arizona nbsp Christianity nbsp Radio Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title KCEE amp oldid 1192828565, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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