KQPW-LP

Infobox Radio station
name = KQPW-LP


city = West Quincy, Missouri
area = Quincy, Illinois
branding =
slogan = "Quincy's True Power Station"
airdate = 2002 to 2006
frequency = 102.5 MHz
format = Religious
erp = 100 watts
haat =
class = L1
facility_id = 131727
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owner = School of Christ
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KQPW-LP was a non-commercial low-power FM Christian radio station licensed to West Quincy, Missouri, broadcasting with 100 watts of effective radiated power on 102.5 MHz. The station licensee, School of Christ, a small private Christian school in Quincy, Illinois, was granted a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on November 26, 2001, with the stated purpose "to further the Gospel of Christ to our students and the surrounding area" and "to instruct those students and other interested area youth in the field of radio electronics and production" [cite web |work=Federal Communications Commission |date=2001-01-16 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=100547079&formid=318&fac_num=131727 |title=Application for construction permit for a low power FM broadcast station] . The station went on the air and applied for a license to cover in August 2002, and the FCC granted this license in September [cite web |work=Federal Communications Commission |date=2002-09-20 |url=http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions/ac020920.txt |title=Report No. 45324 - Broadcast Actions] . The station used the slogan "Quincy's True Power Station". KQPW-LP is no longer broadcasting as the FCC canceled its license on June 21, 2006. [cite web |work=Federal Communications Commission |date=2006-06-21 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=609477 |title=Application Search Details for KQPW-LP's license to cover]

Programming

The station's programming included techno music with a priest speaking Bible verses on top. The primary broadcast service area was Quincy, Illinois, across the Mississippi River.cite news |work=After Action Report |title=We Care Campaigns |date=2003 |first=Larry |last=West |url=http://www.wecaretoday.com/aar/aarspr2003.pdf |publisher=We Care Ministries |location=West Monroe, Louisiana |format=PDF |quote=We Care one-minute daily and five-minute daily radio programs are being aired in different locations around the country. One, Dale Holden of Radio Station KQPW in Quincy, Illinois, says, "We are now broadcasting Larry's gospel teaching messages 24 hours to about 45,000 people! This is our very own station and it broadcasts the Gospel 24 hours. No music, no commercials, just gospel teaching!"]

References

External links

* [http://www.kqpw.faithweb.com/ KQPW official website]
* [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Facility_id=131727 FCC database application search results for deleted facility KQPW-LP]
* [http://www.ontheradio.net/radiostations/kqpwfm.aspx On the Radio.Net: KQPW 102.5 FM]