 The proposed upgrade would add outlying Cedar Valley communities such as Waverly, Oelwein, and Independence to KCVM's 60 dBu protected/city grade coverage coutour for the first time ever, as those communities have always received anywhere from marginal to poor reception from KCVM, especially on the previous 96.1 frequency (Oelwein and Independence would often receive KMXG in addition to KCVM back when KCVM was on 96.1; especially during times of tropospheric propagation).On November 23, 2018, KCVM launched a Christmas music format on its HD2 subchannel, relayed on translator K293CH 106.5 FM Waterloo.In mid-January 2019, KCVM-HD2 launched a country music format, branded as "Corn Country".