KCAP (defunct)

KCAP

City	Helena, Montana
Slogan	"Informing Helena Since 1949"
Frequency	1340 kHz
First air date	October 1949
Last air date	2014
Format	Defunct, was News/Talk
Power	1,000 watts (unlimited)
Class	C
Facility ID	50355
Transmitter coordinates	46°36′43″N 112°03′13″W / 46.61194°N 112.05361°W
Owner	Cherry Creek Radio (CCR-Helena IV, LLC)
Sister stations	KBLL, KBLL-FM, KBMI-FM, KHGC, KZMT

KCAP (1340 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Helena, Montana. The station was owned by Cherry Creek Radio and licensed to CCR-Helena IV, LLC. It aired a News/Talk format.^[1]

The station was assigned the KCAP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).^[2] It went on the air in October 1949.^[3] On October 30, 2014, KCAP's license was surrendered by Cherry Creek Radio to the FCC, who subsequently cancelled it;^[4] the station's programming moved that November to KMTX (950 AM), which Cherry Creek Radio is in the process of acquiring from Montana Radio Company. The KCAP call sign was then transferred to KMTX.^[5]

Ownership

In August 2000, a deal was reached for KCAP to be acquired by Commonwealth Communications LLC from STARadio Corp. as part of a 9 station deal with a total reported sale price of $7.5 million.^[6]

In October 2003, a deal was reached for KCAP to be acquired by Cherry Creek Radio from Commonwealth Communications LLC as part of a 24 station deal with a total reported sale price of $41 million.^[7]

References

1. "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
2. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
3. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-268. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
4. "Station Search Details". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
5. Knauber, Al (November 3, 2014). "Cherry Creek Radio acquires 950 KMTX-AM". Independent Record. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
6. "Combos 8/7/2000". Broadcasting & Cable. 2000-08-07.
7. "Changing Hands 10/27/2003". Broadcasting & Cable. 2003-10-27.