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KLCN

Radio station in Blytheville, Arkansas (1927–2017)

Blytheville, Arkansas

Broadcast areaBlytheville, Arkansas
Dyersburg, Tennessee
Covington, Tennessee
Kennett, MissouriFrequency910 kHzProgrammingFormatDefunct (Formerly Classic Hits)OwnershipOwnerSudbury Services, Inc.

Sister stations

KAMJ, KHLS, KHPA, KNBY, KOKR, KOSE, KQXF, KTPA (AM), KXARHistory

First air date

August 15, 1927

Last air date

May 4, 2017

Former frequencies

1050 kHz (1927–1928)
1290 kHz (1928–1941)
1320 kHz (1941)
900 kHz (1941–1953)

Call sign meaning

Charles Leo "Dutch" Lintzenich and Courier-News (founders)Technical informationFacility ID63606ClassDPower5,000 watts Daytime
85 watts Nighttime

KLCN was an American radio station airing a Classic Hits format. Formally licensed to Blytheville, Arkansas, broadcasting on 910 kHz AM. The station served the areas of Blytheville, Arkansas, Dyersburg, Tennessee, Covington, Tennessee, and Kennett, Missouri for nearly 90 years. In the mid-1930s, among the blues musicians who performed live on the station were Calvin Frazier and James Peck Curtis.^[1] The station was owned by Sudbury Services, Inc.^[2]

Sudbury surrendered the license for KLCN to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 31, 2018, who subsequently cancelled it.^[3]

References

^ Giles Oakley (1997). The Devil's Music. Da Capo Press. pp. 201/2. ISBN 978-0-306-80743-5.
^ KLCN fcc.gov. Retrieved January 12, 2019
^ "License cancelled and callsign deleted". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-12.