KTBB (AM)
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| Simulcasts with KTBB-FM, Troup | |
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| Broadcast area | Tyler-Longview metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 600 kHz |
| Branding | KTBB 97.5 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | News -Talk |
| Network | Fox News Radio |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KRWR, KTBB-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | August 28, 1947 |
Call sign meaning | Thomas Booker Butler Publishing Company (original owner) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 24248 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 2,500 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°16′18″N 95°12′23″W / 32.27167°N 95.20639°W |
| Repeater | 97.5 KTBB-FM (Troup) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | ktbb.com |
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.[2][3]
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.[4]
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.