KECR

KECR
City	El Cajon, California
Broadcast area	San Diego, California
Branding	Family Radio
Slogan	"The Sound of the New Life."
Frequency	910 (kHz)
First air date	1955
Format	Christian radio
Power	5,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	20977
Transmitter coordinates	32°53′44″N 116°55′32″W / 32.89556°N 116.92556°W / 32.89556; -116.92556
Callsign meaning	El Cajon Radio or disambiguation of sister station KEAR
Former callsigns	KDEO (1960s-1970s) KMJC (1970s-1995)
Affiliations	Family Radio
Owner	Family Radio (Family Stations, Inc.)
Website	familyradio.com

KECR or Family Radio is the San Diego Family Radio affiliate. It has been on the AM band since the mid-1990s, at 910 kHz. It previously broadcast on 93.3 FM (now KHTS-FM). The studio and the transmitter site is near Moreno Avenue, north of Lakeside, California by Highway 67.

The transmitter site is also the broadcast home of KCBQ/1170. They share the seven-tower site.

During the October 2003 Cedar Fires, part of KECR's rural transmitter site was destroyed by flames. Only one antenna (out of a total of seven) and an 'electrical doghouse' were completely destroyed. The station has been fully upgraded and repaired.

In the 1960s the station was a Top 40 rocker known as KDEO, with the moniker "Radio Kay-dee-oh". The station was also the first in the world to broadcast the countdown program American Top 40, on July 3, 1970.^[1]

In the mid-1970s the station was KMJC, Magic 91, still playing Top 40. In 1980 KMJC flipped to Christian programming and changed their call's meaning to "King and Master, Jesus Christ". In 1995, KECR-FM and KMJC began simulcasting. This ended in 1996, when Jacor took control of the FM station.

References

↑ Durkee, Rob. American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century. ISBN 0-02-864895-1. New York City: Schirmer Books, 1999, p. 57. Accessed December 10, 2007.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KECR

Radio-Locator Information on KECR

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KECR

Family Radio

AM Radio Stations	KARR^† KEAR KECR KFRN KKAA KQKD KYFR WCTF WCUE WFME WFSI WKDN

FM Radio Stations	KDFR KEBR KEFR KFNO KFRB KFRD KFRJ KFRP KFRS KFRW KFRY KHAP KJVH KPFR KPHF KPRA KQFE KTXB KUFR KXFR KYOR WBFR WBMD WEFR WFBF WFCH WFME-FM WFRC WFRH WFRJ WFRP WFRS WJCH WJFR WKDN-FM WMFL WMWK WOFR WOTL WUFR WWFR WYTN

Television stations	KZTN-LD WNYJ-TV

† Affiliate; not licensed to Family Stations, Inc.

Radio stations in the San Diego, California market

By AM frequency	600 690 740 760 910 1000 1040 1070 1090 1130 1170 1210 1240 1320 1360 1450 1610¹

By FM frequency	88.3 88.9 89.1 89.5 90.3 91.1 91.3 92.1 92.5 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.1 100.1 100.7 101.5 102.1 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.9 105.3 106.5 107.1 107.9 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4 162.425

By callsign	KBRT KBZT KCBQ KCEO "KCR"¹ KECR KEC62 KEGY KFMB KFMB-FM KFSD KGB-FM KHTS-FM KIOZ KKSM KLNV KLQV KLSD KLVJ KMYI KNSN KNSJ KOGO KOPA KPBS-FM KPRI KPRZ KRLY-LP KSDW KSDO KSDS KSON KSOQ-FM KSSD KSSX KURS KWVE-FM KXSN KYDO KYXY WNG637 XETRA-FM XEWW-AM XHITZ-FM XHPRS-FM XHRM-FM XHLNC-FM

Defunct	KJQY KPLN KMJC KHHS-LP

¹ unofficial call-sign of a carrier current station Nearby radio markets Imperial Valley Los Angeles Palm Springs Riverside/San Bernardino Tijuana See also List of radio stations in California

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