KTBB (AM)

For the Tyler, Texas radio station that held the call sign KTBB-FM at 92.1 FM from 2009 to 2015, see KRWR.
KTBB
Simulcasts with KTBB-FM, Troup
Broadcast areaTyler-Longview metropolitan area
Frequency600 kHz
BrandingKTBB 97.5 FM
Programming
FormatNews -Talk
NetworkFox News Radio
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Paul Gleiser
  • (ATW Media, LLC)
KRWR, KTBB-FM
History
First air date
August 28, 1947; 77 years ago (August 28, 1947)
Call sign meaning
Thomas Booker Butler Publishing Company (original owner)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID24248
ClassB
Power5,000 watts day
2,500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
32°16′18″N 95°12′23″W / 32.27167°N 95.20639°W / 32.27167; -95.20639
Repeater(s)97.5 KTBB-FM (Troup)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitektbb.com

KTBB (600 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Tyler, Texas, serving the Tyler-Longview market. It simulcasts a news/talk format with sister station 97.5 KTBB-FM. The stations are owned by Paul Gleiser, through licensee ATW Media, LLC.[2][3]

Studios for KTBB-AM-FM are co-located with KRWR in the Woodgate Centre office building at 1001 ESE Loop 323, at the intersection with New Copeland Road. The transmitter is off County Road 283 North in Whitehouse, Texas. By day, KTBB is powered at 5,000 watts. But at night, to protect other stations on 600 AM, KTBB reduces power to 2,500 watts. It uses a directional antenna at all times.[4]

Programming

On weekdays, KTBB-AM-FM features two hours of news in the morning and an hour of news and information in afternoon drive time. The remainder of the weekday schedule is syndicated conservative talk shows, including The Glenn Beck Program, Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla, The Sean Hannity Show, The Mark Levin Show, The Joe Pags Show, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.

Weekends feature programs about money, health, religion, real estate, fishing and hunting, guns, cars, farming, home repair, gardening, pets, and technology. Weekend syndicated programs include The Kim Komando Show, Brian Kilmeade and Friends, The Chris Plante Show, The Pet Show with Warren Eckstein, Real Estate Today, Gun Talk with Tom Gresham and Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio.

History

KTBB signed on the air on August 28, 1947; 77 years ago (August 28, 1947). It was owned and operated by the Blackstone Broadcasting Company.[5] The call sign includes the initials for Tyler and Blackstone Broadcasting. KTBB originally broadcast with 500 watts.

By the 1960s, the power had increased to 1,000 watts. It was owned by Family Stations, not to be confused with Nashville-based Family Radio, a religious broadcaster. KTBB's format was middle of the road music, plus news and sports. In the late 1970s and 80s, KTBB stepped up the music tempo to become a full service, adult contemporary station. It was an affiliate of the ABC Information Network.[6]

By the late 1980s, the music was eliminated and the station was all-talk and news. The power increased to 5,000 watts days and 2,500 watts nights.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KTBB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "KTBB-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ "KTBB AM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ^ Radio-Locator.com/KTBB
  5. ^ "New KTBB Tyler, Tex., Announces Staff Lineup" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 3, 1947. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  6. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1984 page B-259, Broadcasting & Cable