KTBB-FM
KTBB-FM (97.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Troup, Texas, and serving the Tyler-Longview area. It carries a news/talk radio format and is owned by Paul Gleiser, through licensee ATW Media, LLC.[1] All programming is simulcast with sister station KTBB 600 AM.
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| City | Troup, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Tyler-Longview area |
| Frequency | 97.5 MHz |
| Branding | 97.5 FM & 600 AM KTBB |
| Slogan | News, Weather, Talk |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One Compass Media Networks Fox News Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paul Gleiser (ATW Media, LLC) |
| KRWR, KTBB, KYZS | |
| History | |
First air date | 1981 (as 97.7 KWRW Rusk) |
Former call signs | KWRW (1981-2015) |
Former frequencies | 97.7 MHz (1981-2015) |
Call sign meaning | Tyler Blackstone Broadcasting (original KTBB owner) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 17835 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 13,000 watts |
| HAAT | 121 meters (397 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°20′14.00″N 95°02′41.00″W |
| Repeater(s) | 600 KTBB (Tyler) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | ktbb.com |
The studios for KTBB-AM-FM are on ESE Loop 323 at New Copeland Road. The transmitter is on County Road 246 South in Tyler, Texas.
Programming
On weekdays, KTBB-AM-FM feature two hours of news in the morning and an hour of news and information in afternoon drive time. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of syndicated conservative talk shows, including The Glenn Beck Program, The Rush Limbaugh Show,The Sean Hannity Show, The Mark Levin Show, The Jim Bohannon Show, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.
Weekends feature programs on money, health, religion, real estate, fishing and hunting, guns, cars, farming, home repair, gardening, pets and technology. Weekend hosts include Kim Komando and repeats of weekday shows. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio.
History
KTBB-FM signed on the air in 1981 in Rusk, Texas, as KWRW, originally broadcasting at 97.7 MHz. Owned by Emmett H. Whitehead, it programmed an Oldies format for the majority of its existence. To extend KWRW's signal beyond Cherokee County, Whitehead applied for and was granted a relay translator at 103.9 FM, licensed as K280CL Palestine in January 1986.
On January 15, 2009, the format of KWRW was changed from oldies to classic hits, and rebranded as "Classic Hits 97.7".
KWRW and K280CL would remain together for almost 20 years, until Whitehead's passing and subsequent sale of this facility, the relay translator, and the sister AM station KTLU to The Cherokeean.
KWRW was purchased by its current owner, Paul Gleiser, in March 2015. As part of the purchase, a request to move the KWRW facility out of Rusk was applied for and granted by the Federal Communications Commission. The current 97.5 Troup facility began broadcasting on May 15, 2015. K280CL has since been moved from Palestine to Rusk, as the FM translator for KTLU, in an effort to replace the lost KWRW facility.
References
- "KTBB-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- KTBB in the FCC's FM station database
- KTBB on Radio-Locator
- KTBB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database