KPCN-LP explained

Above:Shared-time with KPVN-LP
KPCN-LP
City:Woodburn, Oregon
Branding:Radio Movimiento
(Movement Radio)
Frequency:95.9 MHz
Format:Spanish Variety
Erp:31 watts
Haat:53 meters (174 feet)
Class:L1
Facility Id:133049
Coordinates:45.1414°N -122.8558°W
Callsign Meaning:Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste
Former Frequencies:96.3 MHz
Owner:Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste
Website:pcun.org
Licensing Authority:FCC

KPCN-LP (95.9 FM, "Radio Movimiento") was a low-power FM radio station licensed to serve Woodburn, Oregon, United States. The station, launched in 2006, was last owned by Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste ("Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United").

KPCN-LP station aired a Spanish-language variety radio format.[1] The station targets its programming at the special interests of farm workers.[2]

The station shared its program hours with KPVN-LP, a similar station owned by the Centro de Servicios para Campesinos ("Farmworkers' Service Center"). That station surrendered its license in a letter dated December 20, 2019, a month after KPCN-LP ceased operations.

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on May 17, 2005.[3] The new station was assigned the KPCN-LP call sign by the FCC on June 13, 2005.[4] KPCN-LP received its license to cover from the FCC on November 28, 2006.[5]

On April 1, 2008, the station applied to the FCC for authorization to move from their licensed broadcast frequency of 96.3 MHz to 95.9 MHz.[6] On the same day, they applied for special temporary authority to broadcast on the lower frequency.[7] While, the Commission has only accepted the authorization request for filing,[6] they granted KPCN-LP the special temporary authority they sought on August 25, 2008, with a scheduled expiration date of February 25, 2009.[7] On that expiration date, the station filed for an extension of their special temporary authority but, the Commission has only accepted this extension request for filing.[8] It made its final broadcast on November 20, 2019, and its license was canceled on August 21, 2020, having been supplanted by the higher-power KTUP (98.3 FM).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arbitron . Station Information Profile.
  2. News: Kirk . Johnson . The New York Times . From a Porch in Montana, Low-Power Radio's Voice Rises . September 8, 2009 . September 9, 2009.
  3. Web site: FCC Media Bureau . Application Search Details (BNPL-20010614AGZ) . May 17, 2005.
  4. Web site: Call Sign History . FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database . September 7, 2009.
  5. Web site: FCC Media Bureau . Application Search Details (BLL-20061114ADL) . November 28, 2006.
  6. Web site: FCC Media Bureau . Application Search Details (BPL-20080401BEH) . April 2, 2008.
  7. Web site: FCC Media Bureau . Application Search Details (BSTA-20080401BGT) . August 25, 2008.
  8. Web site: FCC Media Bureau . Application Search Details (BESTA-20090225ABG) . February 26, 2009.