KCMA-LP
Encyclopedia
KCMA-LP is a nonprofit, listener-supported radio station
licensed
to serve Payson, Arizona
. The station is owned by Payson Classical Music Appreciation Inc. It airs a Classic Hits
format that the station describes as "musical favorites from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s". In addition to its usual music programming, KCMA-LP airs news programming from the USA Radio Network
.
The station was assigned the KCMA-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
on June 24, 2002.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Payson, Arizona
Payson, Arizona
- History :Payson considers its founding year as 1882, at which time it was known as Green Valley or Union Park. On March 3, 1884, the town officially established a post office. Postmaster Frank C. Hise recommended that the town be named after a man named Levi Joseph Payson. Senator Payson was very...
. The station is owned by Payson Classical Music Appreciation Inc. It airs a Classic Hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
format that the station describes as "musical favorites from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s". In addition to its usual music programming, KCMA-LP airs news programming from the USA Radio Network
USA Radio Network
The USA Radio Network is a syndicator of talk radio programming established in 1985. It provides programming to approximately 1,100 radio stations around the world, plus the American Forces Network and XM Satellite Radio, and can be heard on the internet from USA Radio's website.On March 5, 2008,...
.
The station was assigned the KCMA-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
on June 24, 2002.