KTBB (AM)

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Field	Value
above	Simulcasts with KTBB-FM, Troup
name	KTBB
logo	File:KTBB 97.5FM-600AM logo.png
city	Tyler, Texas
area	Tyler-Longview metropolitan area
branding	KTBB 97.5 FM
frequency	600 kHz
repeater	97.5 KTBB-FM (Troup)
airdate
format	News -Talk
network	Fox News Radio
power	5,000 watts day2,500 watts night
class	B
licensing_authority	FCC
facility_id	24248
coordinates
callsign_meaning	Thomas Booker Butler Publishing Company (original owner)
affiliations	Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Westwood One
licensee	ATW Media, LLC
owner	Paul Gleiser
sister_stations	KRWR, KTBB-FM
webcast	Listen Live
website	ktbb.com
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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.

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.

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. It was owned and operated by the Blackstone Broadcasting Company. 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.

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

"KTBB-FM Facility Record". United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.
"KTBB AM Facility Record". United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.
[https://radio-locator.com/info/KTBB-AM Radio-Locator.com/KTBB]
(August 28, 1947). "Station KTBB Opens Today". Tyler Morning Telegraph.
(November 3, 1947). "New KTBB Tyler, Tex., Announces Staff Lineup".
[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1984/B-Radio-All-BC-YB-1984.pdf ''Broadcasting Yearbook 1984''] page B-259, [[Broadcasting & Cable]]

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