KCMS-FM
| City | Edmonds, Washington |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Greater Puget Sound area, Washington |
| Branding | Spirit 105.3 |
| Slogan | Faith, Fun and Family |
| Frequency | 105.3 MHz FM (also on HD Radio) 105.3-2 FM-"Pure Music" 105.3-3 FM-KCIS simulcast |
| First air date | 1960 (as KGFM) |
| Format |
Contemporary Christian music Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.) |
| ERP | 54,000 watts |
| HAAT | 385 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 14505 |
| Callsign meaning | King's Christian Music Station |
| Former callsigns | KGFM (1960-1970) KBIQ (1970-1984) |
| Owner |
CRISTA Ministries (CRISTA Media) |
| Sister stations | KWPZ, KCIS, KFMK |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www.spirit1053.com |
KCMS is an FM radio station licensed to Edmonds, Washington, serving the Seattle market. It broadcasts a Contemporary Christian music format branded as Spirit 105.3.
The station broadcasts at 105.3 MHz from Seattle (with a transmitter on Cougar Mountain), and includes translators broadcasting on 92.1 MHz (K221BG) in Aberdeen, Washington and 103.9 MHz (K280FF) in Chehalis, Washington. It is owned and operated by Crista Ministries. The station's main transmitting antenna is located on Cougar Mountain and transmits at 54 kW, while studios are located in the Seattle suburb of Shoreline.
KCMS broadcasts in HD Radio.
The station is ranked 21st in the Seattle-Tacoma Arbitron PPM ratings data for September 2011 with 2.5 percent of the market share.
Prior to 1984, KCMS was known as KBIQ; the original calls were KGFM. KBIQ was used from about 1970 to 1984. That callsign now belongs to a Contemporary Christian music station in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The prior usage of the KCMS callsign was for a non-religious station broadcasting at 103.1 MHz from Indio, California. In that context, the "CMS" was promoted as meaning "Classical Music Station."
In the late 1960s into the early 1970s, KBIQ was one of the most powerful FM stations on the west coast of the United States. The station transmitted with an effective radiated power of 240,000 watts from the tower site of KGDN-AM at King's Garden (now Crista) in north Seattle (19303 Fremont Ave North).
The station signal could be heard from Vancouver, BC to Vancouver, Washington. The stereo on hour logo music was edited from Mission Impossible — Operation Charm and had a 747 going from left to right channels. John Pricer was the station voiceover. "From Vancouver to Vancouver, this is the all northwest sound of stereo 105, KBIQ in Edmonds" was their top-of-the-hour ID, along with slight variants.
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