 The calculated height above average terrain is .KCVM was originally broadcast on 96.1 MHz from its inception in the 1990s until July 2010.However, due to the need to protect several other stations in nearby markets from interference, the station had broadcast at an effective radiated power of 6 kilowatts with an extremely directional antenna pattern to avoid co-channel interference to stations such as KNWM in Madrid (), KQPR in Albert Lea, Minnesota, and KMXG in Clinton ().