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KMCS is a radio station licensed to Muscatine, Iowa
and broadcasting an Adult Hits
format under the branding Mac 94.7 - 93.1 along with its sister station, KMCN
in Clinton, Iowa
. Both stations are currently owned by Prairie Radio Communications. The transmitter for KMCS has always been, and is still co-located with the transmitter of sister AM station KWPC
in northwest Muscatine. Both stations also share a studio facility at this site, although, since the call-letter and format change in 2005, the FM studio has been relegated mostly to the broadcasting of live and local Muscatine area programming, mainly remote broadcasts of Muscatine area high-school sports, and occasional special broadcasts of community events.
format and had a local talent presence in its Muscatine-based studios, which it shared with its immediate sister AM station, KWPC
.
, happened in November 2005, with both the new stations branded as "93.1 & 94.7 Mac FM." KWCC changed its call letters to KMCS, which stands for Mac South, while its sister station in Clinton
changed its call letters from KZEG to KMCN, which stands for Mac North. Despite there being a gap between the two broadcast areas, mainly in Davenport, Iowa
, the stations still target the "Quad Cities
" market along the Iowa
–Illinois
border.
Muscatine, Iowa
Muscatine is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. The population was 22,886 in the 2010 census, an increase from 22,697 in the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Muscatine County...
and broadcasting an Adult Hits
Adult hits
Adult hits is a radio format, popular in the early 2000s, that does not adhere to a specific music genre, but instead draws from a wider playlist...
format under the branding Mac 94.7 - 93.1 along with its sister station, KMCN
KMCN
KMCS is a radio station licensed to Muscatine, Iowa and broadcasting an Adult Hits format under the branding Mac 94.7 - 93.1 along with its sister station, KMCN in Clinton, Iowa. Both stations are currently owned by Prairie Radio Communications...
in Clinton, Iowa
Clinton, Iowa
Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 26231as of 2010. Clinton, along with DeWitt, Iowa , was named in honor of the seventh governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton. Clinton is the principal city of the Clinton Micropolitan Statistical...
. Both stations are currently owned by Prairie Radio Communications. The transmitter for KMCS has always been, and is still co-located with the transmitter of sister AM station KWPC
KWPC
KWPC is a commercial radio station serving the Muscatine, Iowa area. The station broadcasts an Oldies format and also provides regular news, weather and sports coverage...
in northwest Muscatine. Both stations also share a studio facility at this site, although, since the call-letter and format change in 2005, the FM studio has been relegated mostly to the broadcasting of live and local Muscatine area programming, mainly remote broadcasts of Muscatine area high-school sports, and occasional special broadcasts of community events.
Call Sign History
The Muscatine allocation for 93.1 MHz signed on the air in June 1996 as KWCC, and switched to its current KMCS call sign on November 2, 2005.93 Country
The former KWCC was branded as 93 Country from its inauguration in 1996 until its call sign change and change to its current Mac FM branding on November 2, 2005. During this time, the station played a country musicCountry music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format and had a local talent presence in its Muscatine-based studios, which it shared with its immediate sister AM station, KWPC
KWPC
KWPC is a commercial radio station serving the Muscatine, Iowa area. The station broadcasts an Oldies format and also provides regular news, weather and sports coverage...
.
Mac FM 94.7 - 93.1: 2005 to present
The switch from Country music to Adult Hits on 93.1, along with Clinton-based sister station KZEG, now KMCNKMCN
KMCS is a radio station licensed to Muscatine, Iowa and broadcasting an Adult Hits format under the branding Mac 94.7 - 93.1 along with its sister station, KMCN in Clinton, Iowa. Both stations are currently owned by Prairie Radio Communications...
, happened in November 2005, with both the new stations branded as "93.1 & 94.7 Mac FM." KWCC changed its call letters to KMCS, which stands for Mac South, while its sister station in Clinton
Clinton, Iowa
Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 26231as of 2010. Clinton, along with DeWitt, Iowa , was named in honor of the seventh governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton. Clinton is the principal city of the Clinton Micropolitan Statistical...
changed its call letters from KZEG to KMCN, which stands for Mac North. Despite there being a gap between the two broadcast areas, mainly in Davenport, Iowa
Davenport, Iowa
Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk...
, the stations still target the "Quad Cities
Quad Cities
The Quad Cities is a group of five cities straddling the Mississippi River on the Iowa–Illinois boundary. These cities, Davenport and Bettendorf and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline , are the center of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area, which, as of 2010, had an estimated population of...
" market along the Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
–Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
border.