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| Broadcast area | Corpus Christi metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 101.3MHz |
| Branding | C101 Rocks |
| Programming | |
| Format | Active rock |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KKTX,KMXR,KRYS-FM,KSAB,KUNO | |
| History | |
First air date | July 1, 1972 (1972-07-01) |
Former call signs | KMIO (1972–1976) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 67186 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 110 meters (360 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 27°55′24.00″N97°25′26.00″W / 27.9233333°N 97.4238889°W /27.9233333; -97.4238889 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | c101 |
KNCN (101.3FM, "C101") is a commercialradio station licensed toSinton, Texas, United States, and serving theCorpus Christi metropolitan area. Owned byiHeartMedia, it airs anactive rock format with studios located on Old Brownsville Road near theCorpus Christi International Airport.
KNCN's transmitter is sited on FM 3161 at FM 1306 inTaft, a community inSan Patricio County.
The station signed on the air on July 1, 1972,[2] as KMIO. It broadcast from a combined studio and tower site north of Corpus Christi Bay and east of Sinton. It used the same tower and power as now, which is a 100,000-watt signal from a 410-foot antenna.
The site had on-air studios, a bathroom, and the transmitter room. The first main transmitter was a Collins 831-G1. In 1976, it switched to aprogressive rock format, the first commercial FM rock station in Corpus Christi. That was coupled with a change in call letters to KNCN.
It was sold to Tippie Communications whose shareholders had been involved withKHFI-AM-FM-TV inAustin, with Rollins/Terminix. By the 1980s, it was co-owned withKVLY-FM inEdinburg, Texas. At that point, it moved to a more formattedalbum rock sound, playing the top tracks from the biggest selling rock albums. In the 2000s, the station switched to theactive rock panel perMediabase.
In later years, sales offices were established in the business center of Corpus Christi. They were once in the "600 Building" downtown, and later had their own building on Leopard Street. Early on, the station received permission from theFCC to use "Sinton-Taft" in itsstation identification. A bit later, KNCN changed that to "Sinton-Corpus Christi" to identify itscity of license.
Morning show hosts have included Greg and LJ, Ray Lytle and Jon Lamb, Tim and Rex “Two Guys in the Morning”.Hannah Storm ofESPN had a brief stint as a C-101DJ in the early 1980s.