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"AM Stations in the U.S.: Texas", Radio Annual Television Year Book, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1963, OCLC 10512375 – via Internet Archive External links [ edit ]
KBWD (1380 AM, "Magic 1380") is a radio station licensed to serve Brownwood, Texas, United States. It was launched in 1941 as the first radio station in Brownwood. [1] The station is currently owned by the Brown County Broadcasting Company. KBWD broadcasts an adult contemporary music format, including some programming from Citadel Media. [3]
The first shortwave station in Europe. 25 June 1926 (test transmissions began), and the first shortwave station in the world with its own dedicated programming rather than being a simulcast of an AM/MW or LW station such as KDKA. Regular broadcast from 30 May 1927 to May 1940 when the station went dark due to the German occupation of Holland ...
It used a site at 2312 5th Street, three blocks east of Texas Tech University. [4] The station began broadcasting from Lubbock on April 23. [14] Two years later, the station moved to new downtown studios and offices located at 914 Avenue J. [4] Also in 1934, KFYO aired the first-ever radio broadcast of a Texas Tech football game. It then began ...
KSNY (1450 AM, "The Zone") is the first radio station to air in Snyder, Texas.Before the advent of FM as a mainstream medium, KSNY adopted a block format, meaning different formats at different times of the day.
Both stations aired a classic adult contemporary format playing soft hits of the 1960s to the 1980s with a couple of pre-1964 songs per hour. (Today, 96.7 is sports station KTCK-FM). KLUV was the first radio station in the United States to report the death of Michael Jackson in July 2009. [citation needed]
In 1987, KRGV became KRGE when Daytona Group of Texas, Inc. acquired the station. Daytona, which was controlled by Norman S. Drubner, also owned KRIX 99.5 FM. [9] The addition of the FM station was a last-ditch effort to maintain KRGV/KRGE's long-running Top 40 format, which finally went by the wayside in 1988 with a format flip to oldies. [10]
The change ended the streak established by KFYO as Texas Tech's flagship radio station, that was started with its first broadcast of Texas Tech football in the 1940s. During KKAM's tenure as the Texas Tech flagship, football games were simulcast on KFMX and men's basketball games simulcast on 99.5 FM, the present-day KQBR. KKAM remained the ...