KKUS

KKUS (104.1 FM; 104-1 The Ranch) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country format. Licensed to Tyler, Texas, United States, the station serves the Tyler-Longview area. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media LLC, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC, and features programming from Fox News Radio.[1] Its studios are located on Broadway Avenue in downtown Tyler, and its transmitter is located near Hideaway, Texas.

KKUS

City	Tyler, Texas
Broadcast area	Tyler-Longview area
Branding	104-1 The Ranch
Slogan	Certified East Texas Country
Frequency	104.1 MHz
First air date	December 7, 1989 (1989-12-07) (as KGKB)
Format	Classic Country
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	150.0 meters
Class	C2
Facility ID	68651
Transmitter coordinates	32°29′33″N 95°28′52″W
Call sign meaning	"US 104" (former station branding)
Former call signs	KGKB (1989-1990) KTMJ (1990-1992)
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Owner	Alpha Media LLC (Alpha Media Licensee LLC)
Sister stations	KTLH, KOOI, KOYE
Website	theranch.fm

On-air line up

The on air staff includes Gary P. Walker, Don Jones, Diane Day, Charlie O' Douglas, Dave Alexander, and Radio Broadcast legend Tom Perryman.

Tom Perryman

Tom Perryman was East Texas' only true radio legend. In the late 1940s, Tom started his career at 1400 KEBE "The KEBE Corral" in Jacksonville, Texas. In the mid-1950s, Tom was at KSIJ (now KEES) 1430 in Gladewater, Texas. It was at KSIJ that Tom brought Elvis Presley to East Texas, and gave Elvis some of his first work. It was also at KSIJ that Tom met Jim Reeves, Floyd Cramer, and Johnny Horton. Then Tom went on to host the Opry Star Spotlight on The Air Castle of the South 650 WSM in Nashville, as well as becoming one of the most famous Opry announcers of all time. Before leaving WSM he hired his replacement, Ralph Emery. Tom and Jim Reeves then bought KGRI AM/FM in Henderson, Texas. Later, Tom and Mary Reeves bought WMTS AM/FM in Murfreesboro, TN. The Perryman's and Mary Reeves sold WMTS AM/FM in the early 1980s, and Tom went into retirement. Tom was convinced to come back to East Texas by Dudley Waller (former owner of KKUS) and Rick Guest (former GM of Waller and Access.1/East Texas Radio Group), to boost the ratings of the fledgling classic country station (The Ranch). Tom agreed to join the Ranch, and kept "The Ranch" consistently at the top of the ratings. He died January 11, 2018.

History

December 7, 1989, 104.1 signed on the air as KGKB Tyler. The original licensee of 104.1 was radio executive Rick Reynolds. On April 16, 1990, the station changed its call sign to KTMJ and switched to a "Magic" format. October 1, 1992, 104.1 changed to the current KKUS, and became "US 104" playing top-40 country, in an effort to compete with KNUE and KYKX. In 1998, KKUS was sold to Sun Group of Dallas, which in turn became Sunburst. In 2000, KKUS along with KYKX, KFRO, and KFRO-FM was sold to Waller Media of Jacksonville. Dudley Waller and Rick Guest (former GM of Waller Broadcasting) changed the format to the now highly successful classic country format. Waller and Guest added Tom Perryman, and by adding Tom turned 104.1 into one of the most successful stations in East Texas. On January 7, 2005, Waller sold KKUS, KOOI, KOYE, KYKX, and KFRO to Access.1 of New York/East Texas Radio Group.[2]

Alpha Media LLC purchased KKUS and eight other stations in Texas and Louisiana from Access.1 effective April 14, 2015, at a price of $13.75 million.

References

"KKUS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
"KKUS Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Radio stations in the Tyler–Longview market
By AM frequency	600 660 710 820 890 930 1080 1330 1400 1410 1430 1470 1490 1580
By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.1 89.5 90.3 91.3 91.9 92.1 93.1 93.7 94.5 94.7 95.1 96.1 96.7 97.5 97.9 99.3 99.7 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.5 102.7 104.1 105.7 106.5 106.9 107.3
NOAA Weather Radio	162.475
By callsign	K236BG K250AJ KAPW KATG-FM KAZE KBJS KBLZ KDET KDNT KEBE KEEL KEES KGLD KGLY KHCJ KISX KJBB-LP KKTX-FM KKUS KLVQ KMOO-FM KNUE KOOI KOYE KRLD KRWR KSKY KTBB KTBB-FM KTLU KTXV KTYK KTYL-FM KVNE KVUT KWNS KWRD KYFP KYKX KYZS KZLO KZQX KZYY-LP WBAP WXK36
Defunct	KARW (1280 AM) KFRO-FM (95.3 FM) KLJT (102.3 FM) KMPA (103.1 FM) KXAL-LP (104.7 FM) KZEY (690 AM) KZXM (94.3 FM)
Nearby radio markets Dallas–Fort Worth Longview–Marshall Lufkin–Nacogdoches Paris Shreveport Texarkana See also List of radio stations in Texas

Alpha Media
AM radio stations	KAAN KATE KAUS KBNN KBRK KCOB KFOR KFQD KGLO KGNC KGRN KHAR KIIK KJAM KJFF KJJQ KJPW KJSK KKRT KMCD KMRN KNWH KNWQ KNWZ KNZR KOKA KREI KRIB KSAH KTSA KTTT KTUB KUFO KWIQ KWIX KWOK KXRO KXTG KZDC WCHA WHAG WHBC WHHW WIBW WING WJNT WJOL WJQS WKRS WLIP WNTX WOAD WPCO WSGW
FM radio stations	KAAN-FM KAUS-FM KAYO KBAY KBFF KBMG KBRJ KBRK-FM KBTE KBTT KCLB-FM KCLZ KCOB-FM KCPI KDBX KDES-FM KDGL KDKS-FM KDLO-FM KDUT KDUX-FM KEAG KEEZ-FM KEZR KFBD-FM KFRX KGNC-FM KGNZ KHHL KIAI KIAQ KIBZ KINK KIRK KIXX KJAM-FM KJEL KJXK KKBB KKDV KKFD-FM KKIQ KKOT KKRV KKUS KKUU KKWK KLAK KLEY-FM KLIR KLKL KLLL-FM KLLY KMAD-FM KMKT KMMX KMXS KNZR-FM KONE KOOI KOYE KOZQ-FM KPSI-FM KRES KRTI KSAH-FM KSAJ-FM KTAL-FM KTCM KTFM KTJJ KTPK KUIC KUPL KWHL KWIQ-FM KWIX-FM KWLN KVWE KXFT KXGL KXL-FM KXXK KYKX KZEN KZLB W228CI W242BY WARQ WCCQ WCEN-FM WCLI-FM WDHT WDJX WDLD WERV-FM WFLS-FM WFXH-FM WGCO WGER WGHL WGTZ WGZB-FM WHBC-FM WHXT WIBW-FM WIIL WIKZ WJMI WKXI-FM WMFX WMJM WQCM WRKS WROU-FM WRWN WSCZ WSGW-FM WSSR WTLZ WUBB WVBX WWDM WWUZ WXLC WXMA WXYY WZSR
Website: alphamediausa.com

Country radio stations in the state of Texas
Stations	KABW – Baird KACQ – Lometa KACT – Andrews KACT-FM – Andrews KAGG – Madisonville KAJA – San Antonio KAJE - Ingleside-Corpus Christi KALP – Alpine KAML – Kenedy-Karnes City KAND – Corsicana KARX – Canyon KASE-FM – Austin KATP – Amarillo KATX – Eastland KAUM – Colorado City KAXA – Mountain Home KAYD-FM - Silsbee KBCT – Waco KBCY – Tye KBEC – Waxahachie KBEY – Burnet KBPC – Crockett KBQQ – Smiley KBST-FM – Big Spring KBUK – La Grange KCKL – Malakoff KCKM – Monahans KCLW – Hamilton KCTX-FM – Childress KCUN-LP - Livingston KCWM – Hondo KCYY – San Antonio KDCD – San Angelo KDDD-FM – Dumas KDHN – Dimmitt KDLK-FM – Del Rio KDNZ – Pecos KDRX – Laughlin Air Force Base KEAN-FM – Abilene KEBE – Jacksonville KEKR - Mexia KERC – Kermit KEYE – Perryton KFLP-FM – Floydada KFST-FM – Fort Stockton KFTX – Kingsville KFWR – Jacksboro KFXE – Ingram KFYN – Bonham KFYN-FM – Detroit KGAS-FM – Carthage KGKL-FM – San Angelo KGNC – Amarillo KHBR – Hillsboro KHDY – Clarksville KHEY-FM – El Paso KHFX – Cleburne KHKX – Odessa KHLB – Mason KHOS-FM – Sonora KIBQ – Austwell KIKT – Cooper KILT-FM – Houston KIMP – Mount Pleasant KIUN – Pecos KIVY-FM – Crockett KIXS – Victoria KJCS – Nacogdoches KKBQ – Pasadena KKCN – Ballinger KKLY – El Paso KKUS – Tyler KKYN-FM – Plainview KKYR-FM – Texarkana KKYX – San Antonio KLLL-FM – Lubbock KLSR-FM – Memphis KLUR – Wichita Falls KLXK – Breckenridge KMBL – Junction KMHT – Marshall KMIL – Cameron KMKS – Bay City KMKT – Bells KMOO-FM – Mineola KMUL-FM – Muleshoe KMVL-FM – Madisonville KNAF – Fredericksburg KNAF-FM – Fredericksburg KNAL - Port Lavaca KNEL-FM – Brady KNES – Fairfield KNFM – Midland KNUE – Tyler KNUZ – San Saba KOGT – Orange KOKE-FM – Thorndale KOLI – Electra KOLJ – Quanah KOMX – Pampa KOOV – Kempner KORA-FM – Bryan KORQ - Winters KOXE – Brownwood KOYN – Paris KPAN – Hereford KPAN-FM – Hereford KPET – Lamesa KPIR – Granbury KPLX – Fort Worth KPSO-FM – Falfurrias KPUR-FM - Claude KQBB – Center KQBQ – Meyersville KQBR – Lubbock KQRP-LP – Malakoff KQTY-FM – Borger KRBL – Idalou KRMX – Marlin KRNH – Kerrville KRPT – Devine KRRG – Laredo KRUN – Ballinger KRVA-FM - Campbell KRVF – Kerens KRXT – Rockdale KRYS-FM – Corpus Christi KSAM-FM – Huntsville KSAQ – Charlotte KSCH – Sulphur Springs KSCN – Pittsburg KSCK-LP – Sterling City KSCS – Fort Worth KSEM – Seminole KSEY-FM – Seymour KSNY-FM – Snyder KSSL – Post KSTA – Coleman KSTV-FM – Dublin KTEX – Mercedes KTFW-FM – Glen Rose KTHP – Hemphill KTHT – Cleveland KTKO – Beeville KTTX – Brenham KTTY - New Boston KTWL – Hempstead KTXM – Hallettsville KTXO – Goldsmith KUFA – Hebbronville KUKA – San Diego KULM-FM – Columbus KULP – El Campo KUSJ – Harker Heights KUZN – Centerville KVET-FM – Austin KVLG – La Grange KVMC – Colorado City KVMK – Wheelock KVOU-FM – Uvalde KVRP – Stamford KVRP-FM – Haskell KVST – Huntsville KVWC-FM - Vernon KWBC – College Station KWBF - Lubbock KWBY-FM - Ranger KWED – Seguin KWFS-FM – Wichita Falls KWRD – Henderson KWSP-LP – Kerrville KWYU – Christine KXDJ – Spearman KXEZ-Farmersville KXOX – Sweetwater KXPN-FM - Scotland KXXF - Winnie KXXN - Iowa Park KYKK – Junction KYKM – Yoakum KYKR – Beaumont KYKS – Lufkin KYKX – Longview KYOX - Comanche KYXX – Ozona KYYK – Palestine KYYW – Abilene WACO-FM – Waco WTAW-FM - Buffalo
Defunct:	KDLP-LP – Ace KHTZ – Ganado KRHC – Burnet KSTB – Crystal Beach KTON – Belton KUOL – San Marcos
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas

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