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KCCE (AM)

KHCB Christian radio station in San Angelo, Texas, United States

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ6327273 ↗
Source-derived summary

KCCE (1340 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of San Angelo, Texas. The station's broadcast license is held by Houston Christian Broadcasters, Inc.

KCCE broadcasts a Christian radio format to the greater San Angelo, Texas, area.

The station was assigned the call sign "KCRN" by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on September 9, 1991. The station changed its call sign to KCCE on September 7, 2018.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “KCCE (AM)” as kHCB Christian radio station in San Angelo, Texas, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around KCCE, KHCB and Christian.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1340, 1991, 2018—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with KCCE, KHCB and Christian providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “KCCE (AM)”, the useful work is to connect “kHCB Christian radio station in San Angelo, Texas, United States” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 18, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6327273. The first chronological checks are 1340, 1991 and 2018.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “KCCE (AM)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow KCCE (AM) primary sources, KCCE (AM) archive and KCCE research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “KCCE (AM)”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “KCCE (AM)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.