KTBB-FM

KTBB-FM
City Troup, Texas
Broadcast area Tyler-Longview area
Branding KTBB 97.5 FM
Frequency 97.5 MHz
Repeater(s) KTBB (Tyler)
First air date 1981 (as 97.7 KWRW Rusk)
Format News/Talk (KTBB simulcast)
ERP 13,000 watts
HAAT 121 meters (397 ft)
Class C3
Facility ID 17835
Transmitter coordinates 32°20′14.00″N 95°02′41.00″W / 32.3372222°N 95.0447222°W / 32.3372222; -95.0447222
Callsign meaning Tyler Blackstone Broadcasting (original KTBB (AM) owner)
Former callsigns KWRW (1981-2015)
Former frequencies 97.7 MHz (1981-2015)
Owner Paul Gleiser
(ATW Media, LLC)
Sister stations KRWR, KTBB
Webcast Listen Live
Website ktbb.com

KTBB-FM (97.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format, simulcasting KTBB 600 AM Tyler, Texas. Licensed to Troup, Texas, United States, the station serves the Tyler-Longview area. The station is currently owned by Paul Gleiser, through licensee ATW Media, LLC, and features programming from ABC Radio.[1]

History

KTBB-FM signed on the air in 1981 in Rusk, Texas as KWRW and located 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, E.H. Whitehead applied for and was granted a relay translator at 103.9 FM, licensed as K280CL Palestine in January 1986.

KWRW and K280CL would remain together for almost 20 years, until the passing of E.H. Whitehead and subsequent sale of this facilty, the relay translator, and the sister AM station KTLU to The Cherokean.

KWRW was purchased by its current owner, Paul Gleiser, in March 2015. As part of the purchase, a Minor Modification for move of the KWRW facility out of Rusk was applied for and granted by the Federal Communications Commission. The current 97.5 Troup facility commenced broadcasting on May 15, 2015. As KTBB-FM, it is a simulcast of sister AM station KTBB. K280CL has since been moved from Palestine to Rusk, as the FM translator for KTLU, in an effort to replace the lost KWRW facility.

On January 15, 2009, KWRW changed their format from oldies to classic hits, branded as "Classic Hits 97.7".

References

  1. ↑ "KTBB-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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