KCBC-FM (94.1 FM, "KCBC 94") was a

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, from 1949 to 1952. Its studios were located at 2323 Grand Avenue on the near west side of Des Moines. The original transmitter and tower were also located on the property until 1950. In 1950, KCBC purchased the former WHO-FM transmitter and tower on top of the Equitable Building at 6th and Locust in downtown Des Moines.

History

KCBC-FM adopted an

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format, targeted at people riding the city's buses. At the rear of KCBC's Grand Avenue property there was a barn where they installed FM receivers in the city's buses. The plan to provide music and advertisements to the city's bus riders was not a profitable one, and after just four years, KCBC-FM left the air, donating their transmitter to the Des Moines Public Schools. The school district used the transmitter to put

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on air the same year on 88.1 FM. After KCBC-FM's license was deleted on December 9, 1952, no other station in Des Moines used the 94.1 frequency until 2005, when a low-powered radio station from

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, signed on, which later shared frequency with

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References

The history of KCBC
from DesMoinesBroadcasting.com. Accessed June 23, 2006. {{Des Moines radio Defunct radio stations in the United States CBC-FM Radio stations established in 1949 1949 establishments in Iowa 1953 disestablishments in Iowa Mass media in Des Moines, Iowa Radio stations disestablished in 1952 Defunct mass media in Iowa