KDVC (FM)

KDVC
City Columbia, Missouri
Broadcast area Mid-Missouri
Branding 98.3 the Dove
Slogan Real Music Variety
Frequency 98.3 MHz
First air date November 9, 2016 (as "K-Santa")
Format Soft Adult Contemporary
Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.)
ERP 9500 watts
HAAT 113 meters
Class C3
Callsign meaning DoVe Columbia
Owner Iris Media (managed by Zimmer Radio Group)
Website 983thedove.com

KDVC is a radio station serving the Columbia, MO area. It broadcasts a Soft AC format. The station is owned by Iris Media, with Zimmer Radio Group operating and managing KDVC through an LMA.[1]

History

From its launch on November 9, 2016, KDVC played commercial-free holiday music as "K-Santa". At 12:01am December 26 KDVC played "Faith" by George Michael (who had died the day before) as the official sign on of "98.3 the Dove".[2]

The 98.3 frequency in Columbia was the home of KFMZ. The station signed on in 1971 with an Album Oriented Rock format. In the 1980s, the AOR format somewhat softened and was used by TM-Century as the template for their "Album Oriented Z" format. By the mid 1990s, KFMZ had shifted to Modern Rock, using the "Buzz" label.

In 1994, around the same time KFMZ shifted to Modern Rock, station owner Mike Rice was convicted of sexual misconduct with underage boys, triggering an FCC license review. After Rice's appeals on his criminal conviction and with the FCC were exhausted, KFMZ left the air in October 2001.[3]

After nearly fifteen years, 98.3 returned to the air in 2015 as a translator for the K-LOVE Contemporary Christian network. K-LOVE relocated to a former Zimmer Radio held translator spot at 106.5 in September 2016, to make way for the launch of KDVC.

References

  1. ↑ "KDVC Debuts As The Dove". Format Change. Format Change. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Venta, Lance. "K-Santa Arrives In Columbia MO As 98.3 Comes Back To Life". Radio Insight. Radio Insight. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2001/10/5/the-buzz-drops-airwaves/
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