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KFRO-FM
KFRO-FM (99.7 MHz) is a radio station, licensed to Cuney, Texas, and serving the Tyler- Longview area. It is owned by RCA Broadcasting of Longview, Texas. Until May 24, 2024, the station operated as KVUT, a public radio station, under ownership of University of Texas at Tyler. KFRO-FM is a Class A station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,600 watts. The transmitter is on Bois D Arc Drive at Hilltop Trail in Bullard, Texas. Spending its first years broadcasting as a non-commercial license, the station now operates with a commercial Classic Hits format. History Construction and sign-on KVUT was initially proposed by New Wavo Communications Group, owners of co-channel KVST in Huntsville, Texas. New Wavo filed a short form application with the Federal Communications Commission, which was granted on November 6, 2015. The facility's transmission site was proposed to be constructed near the small town of Cuney, giving the community its first licensed broadcast se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KFRO (AM)
KFRO (1370 AM) is a terrestrial American radio station licensed to Longview, Texas, United States. The station serves the Longview-Tyler-Kilgore area. KFRO is owned by RCA Broadcasting, LLC. KFRO is a class B station, 1 kilowatt day non-directional (1 tower), 1 kilowatt night directional (three towers). The KFRO towers are 177 feet tall. The current KFRO transmitter building was built in 2003. KFRO signed on in 1935 with a 100-watt homemade transmitter. In 1935 KFRO increased its power to 250 watts with a Western Electric transmitter. In 1941 power was increased to 1,000 watts and a new RCA BTA-1D was installed, it stayed in service until 1983, when it was replaced by a Rockwell Collins 820-D2. The Rockwell Collins transmitter was made to run C-QUAM AM stereo, which made KFRO the first AM stereo station in East Texas. The Collins- Rockwell was replaced in 2003 with a used 1978 Harris MW-1 solid state. In June 2019, a C-QUAM AM stereo exciter was reinstalled at the station. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KVUT Logo
KFRO-FM (99.7 MHz) is a radio station, city of license, licensed to Cuney, Texas, and serving the Tyler, Texas, Tyler-Longview, Texas, Longview area. It is owned by RCA Broadcasting of Longview, Texas. Until May 24, 2024, the station operated as KVUT, a public radio station, under ownership of University of Texas at Tyler. KFRO-FM is a list of broadcast station classes, Class A station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,600 watts. The transmitter is on Bois D Arc Drive at Hilltop Trail in Bullard, Texas. Spending its first years broadcasting as a non-commercial license, the station now operates with a commercial Classic Hits format. History Construction and sign-on KVUT was initially proposed by New Wavo Communications Group, owners of co-channel KVST (FM), KVST in Huntsville, Texas. New Wavo filed a short form application with the Federal Communications Commission, which was granted on November 6, 2015. The facility's transmission site was proposed to be constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |