KCAS (91.5 FM) is a

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radio station licensed to serve McCook, Texas. McCook is a dispersed rural community about 20 miles northwest of the county seat, Edinburg, in Hidalgo County, Texas. The station is owned and operated by Faith Baptist Ministries and the broadcast license is held by Faith Baptist Church, Inc. KCAS broadcasts a conservative religious radio format to the McAllen, Texas, and the Rio Grande Valley. News programming on KCAS is provided by SRN News.

History

This station received its original

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from the Federal Communications Commission on January 21,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

. The new station was assigned the KCAS call sign by the FCC on March 2, 1998. KCAS received its license to cover from the FCC on April 11, 2001.

References

External links

KCAS official website
Radio stations established in 2001 Hidalgo County, Texas 2001 establishments in Texas

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