K248AR
KCRS' studios are located at the ICA Business Plaza on East Eighth Street in Odessa, just east of downtown, and its transmitter is located in Midland.
KCRS was the leader in sports in West Texas for a time. It was the home of Sports Fan Radio Network and aired the Fabulous Sports Babe program. Until the 2009 season, KCRS was the flagship station for the RockHounds, having been their radio home since the team was first established as the Midland Cubs back in 1972. In the spring of 2009, GAP Broadcasting announced that the Rockhound games would be following OC over to 102.1 Jack FM. From 2004 to 2007 NewsTalk 550 was the affiliate for Odessa College men's and women's road basketball games, but those rights were transferred to KFZX in 2008. Before getting the OC contract, they aired 10 consecutive years of NJCAA Conference play with Midland College for both men's and women's basketball. They have also been the home for the NCAA Texas Tech Red Raiders football and men's basketball games, but the rights were moved to KMCM in 2004. They broadcast NCAA Baylor Bears football games from 1978 until 2004, when they decided to drop NCAA games altogether.
KCRS was owned by Clear Channel Communications until it sold the entire Midland-Odessa cluster to Gap Broadcasting, who in turn sold the said cluster to ICA Broadcasting for $3 million.
FM Translators
KCRS relays its programming to two FM translators in order to widen the coverage area; they also provide the listener with the choice of listening on FM with high fidelity stereophonic sound.
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
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K238AZ | 95.5 FM | Odessa, Texas | 155720 | 250 | D | LMS |
K248AR | 97.5 FM | Midland, Texas | 149509 | 250 | D | LMS |
Station schedule
Monday–Friday
- 4am – Gordon Deal This Morning
- 6am – The Morning Drive
- 9am – The Lynn Woolley Show
- 11am – Rush Limbaugh
- 2pm – Dave Ramsey
- 5pm – The 5 O'Clock News Block with Jesse Grimes
- 6pm – Lars Larson
- 9pm – Hugh Hewitt (delayed)
- 12am – Coast to Coast AM with George Noory
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KCRS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KCRS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "$3 million sale in Odessa-Midland, TX – GAP to ICA Radio". Radio-Info.com. October 12, 2009. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 42015 (KCRS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KCRS in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 155720 (K238AZ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K238AZ at FCCdata.org
- Facility details for Facility ID 149509 (K248AR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K248AR at FCCdata.org