KZZB

KZZB
City Beaumont, Texas
Broadcast area Beaumont–Port Arthur
Frequency 990 AM (kHz)
Translator(s) 107.5 K298CB (Beaumont)
First air date 990: July 9, 1947 (as KTRM)
107.5: December 4, 2015
Format Gospel music
Language(s) English
Power 990: 1,000 watts
ERP 107.5: 250 watts
HAAT 107.5: 145 meters
Class 990: B
107.5: D
Facility ID 990: 40485
107.5: 156318
Former callsigns KTRM (July 9, 1947-September 1, 1980)
KALO (September 1, 1980-May 5, 1986)
KGIC (May 5, 1986-June 12, 1986)
KYND (June 12, 1986-February 9, 1987)
Owner Martin Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations KWWJ, KYOK, KEES, KGLD, KANI
Webcast Listen Live
Website http://www.kzzbradio.org/home

KZZB (990 AM, 107.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Beaumont, Texas. The station airs a Gospel music format and is owned by Martin Broadcasting, Inc.[1]

History

KZZB was first licensed as KTRM in Beaumont on July 9, 1947, as a 250 watt daytime only facility, from a licensed transmission site at 3240 Washington Boulevard, and owned by KTRM, Incorporated. The original studio location for KTRM was the South Coast Life Building at 230 Orleans Street in Beaumont. KTRM was originally programmed as a country music station, which it continued as for several decades. George Gautney was the licensed Engineer for KTRM.

2 years later, in 1949, KTRM would move its transmission site from Washington Blvd. to a new location at Crow Rd. & Odom St., while also taking the daytime only facility to the current 1 kilowatt full-time operation. In 1970, KTRM would again change its transmission and studio location to 4590 Dowlen Rd.

KTRM was sold to Central Broadcasting Corporation in 1974, and was sold again in 1978 to Security Broadcasting Company of Beaumont, Incorporated.

J.P. Richardson (more commonly known by his stage name The Big Bopper) made his debut at KTRM in 1949 as an announcer before becoming a Top-40 performer. Country music legend George Jones worked there when his career was first starting out.

Martin Broadcasting, the current owner of KZZB, purchased the facility in 1992.

References

  1. ↑ KZZB fcc.gov. Accessed December 22, 2013

Coordinates: 30°08′57″N 94°07′59″W / 30.14917°N 94.13306°W / 30.14917; -94.13306


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