KRCC
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| Broadcast area | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
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| Branding | Southern Colorado's NPR Station |
| Format | News/Talk (Public) NPR/eclectic music (evenings) |
| ERP | 2,100 watts |
| HAAT | 687 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 65563 |
| Callsign meaning | Radio Colorado College |
| Affiliations | National Public Radio, American Public Media, Public Radio International, Public Radio Exchange, Rocky Mountain Community Radio |
| Owner | Colorado College |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | krcc.org |
91.5 KRCC (91.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting Public Radio News/Talk programming from mostly National Public Radio, and American Public Media during the daytime hours; and eclectic music during the evening hours. KRCC is licensed to Colorado Springs, Colorado and owned by Colorado College.
91.5 KRCC began in 1944 as a public address system for the Colorado College campus. It became a carrier current two years later. In April 1951, it received the first noncommercial FM license in the state of Colorado, operating from a World War II surplus transmitter.
Originally a training program for radio and speech students, it became a conventional college radio station in 1968 after Colorado College dropped radio and speech classes. In 1978, the station opened its microphones to the greater Colorado Springs community, paving the way for it to become Colorado's third NPR member station in 1984. From the 1980s onward, it built a series of translators to help better penetrate its largely mountainous service area.
91.5 KRCC currently provides NPR and nationally distributed public radio News/Talk programming as well as coverage of Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico through its newsroom and producers during the daytime hours. Music programming is provided by staff M-F from 7pm to 10pm and by volunteers after from 10pm to 12am.
Programming is on the main transmitter in Colorado Springs KRCC 91.5 FM (2100 watts) simulcast on KECC in La Junta (740 watts). Query the FCC's FM station database for KECC and KCCS in Starkville (south of Trinidad, Colorado) (370 watts). Query the FCC's FM station database for KCCS.
KRCC operates seven translators:
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