KCON was a radio station broadcasting on 1230 kHz in Conway, Arkansas, United States. It operated from 1950 to 2007 and was last owned by the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). From 1950 to 1998, KCON was a private commercial station; under UCA management, it was operated by students. History Commercial years The Conway Broadcasting Company applied on April 10, 1948, for a new 250-watt radio station to serve Conway. After a comparative hearing, the Federal Communications Commission granted the application on July 26, 1950. From the first day of KCON's operation on November 13, 1950, the station had strong ties to the local Arkansas State Teachers College, today's UCA; the studios and transmitter were at the school's administration building. The KCON facilities also supported the first FM outlet in central Arkansas, KOWN (97.7 FM), which Clayton had put on the air March 5, 1949, while waiting for the AM application to be adjudicated. This station was deleted shortly after the AM was approved to begin broadcasting. The other original local stockholders in the Conway Broadcasting Company sold their stakes to previous part-owner James E. Clayton in 1957; Clayton, who had previously been an engineer at KARK radio in Little Rock, died in 1961. At the end of 1964, the FCC approved the relocation of the KCON transmitter from the administration building to a separate site on campus along with a power increase to 1,000 watts, and two years later, the studios also moved to a site on Parkway Avenue. The relocation of KCON off campus opened up room for the school to start its own station, KASC (91.5 FM). Madge Clayton, James's widow, continued to own the station alongside Sam Clark and Bill Johnson until three men from Hope acquired the full-service, middle of the road outlet in late 1977. This arrangement lasted less than three years, with Clayton, Johnson and others repurchasing KCON in 1980. That same year, Monty Rowell, a UCA alumnus who had been working part-time at KCON since 1978, joined full-time; he would later be general manager and was involved with the station for the rest of its history. Throughout its history, KCON had a focus on local news and sports. It was the primary radio home of UCA football, not missing a game since 1966. By the start of 1998, however, revenues had sagged as more businesses were owned by out-of-town interests and cable