WBCP

WBCP
City	Urbana, Illinois
Broadcast area	Champaign, Illinois
Frequency	1580 kHz
Branding	WBCP 1580 AM
Programming
Format	Defunct
Ownership
Owner	P & C Enterprises Inc.
History
First air date	1948
Former call signs	WKID (1948–1969); WCCR (1969–1984); WJTX (1984–1990)
Technical information
Facility ID	71211
Class	D
Power	135 watts (day); 6 watts (night)

WBCP (1580 AM) was a radio station licensed to Urbana, Illinois and serving the Champaign, Illinois area. The station was established as a daytime only operation in 1948 as WKID. Call letters were later changed to WCCR in 1969, WJTX in 1984, and WBCP in 1990. The station was last owned by P & C Enterprises, Inc. Despite its solid signal throughout the Champaign area, WBCP has the distinction of being one of the radio stations with the lowest daytime power of any licensed AM station in the USA.^[1] Its license expired December 1, 2020.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ radio-timetraveller Mediumwave Oddities - Transmitter Power
^ "Radio License Expirations", fcc.gov. November 4, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^ Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

Coordinates: 40°07′35″N 88°17′25″W / 40.12639°N 88.29028°W / 40.12639; -88.29028

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[1] radio-timetraveller Mediumwave Oddities - Transmitter Power

[2] "Radio License Expirations", fcc.gov. November 4, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

[3] Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

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