KDAP (AM)

KDAP (1450 AM, "Radio Cristiana") is a radio station licensed to serve Douglas, Arizona, USA. The station is owned by Howard N. Henderson. It airs a Spanish language Christian radio format.^[1]

HISTORY

This station first went on the air on Feb. 11, 1947 with a power of 250 watts, using the call letters KAWT. This was the first radio station in Cochise County Az. In Feb.1971 the station requested permission to increase the daytime power to 1,000 watts. Due to the proximity to Mexico (less than 1 mile), permission was needed from the Mexican government as well as the FCC. A temporary power increase to 500 watts was granted in Nov. of 1971. In August 1973 final approval was given to increase the power 1,000 watts. The call letters were change to KDAP on Sept.1, 1977. KDAP stands for Douglas/ Agua Prieta, the towns on both sides of the border served by this station. Over the years this station has had many different owners from the first (Carleton Morris) to the present (Howard Henderson).

Ownership

Arizona MultiBank Community Development Corporation, in conjunction with the PPEP Micro-business and Housing Development Corporation in Tucson, provided funding for the purchase of both KDAP and KDAP-FM by Douglas Broadcasting, Inc.^[2]

In March 2002, then-owner KASA Radio Hogar was fined $15,000 by the FCC for "failing to properly maintain the antenna" of KDAP.^[3] In its filing asking that the fine be reduced, KASA Radio Hogar described KDAP as a "nonprofit organization" but the FCC denied the request noting that the licensee, not the station itself, was responsible for the fines.

References

External links

• FCC History Cards for KDAP
• Query the FCC's AM station database for KDAP
• Radio-Locator Information on KDAP
• Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KDAP