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KKHR
KKHR (106.3 FM) is a Spanish contemporary radio station serving the Abilene, Texas, area. History On February 18, 1988, a construction permit was granted to SURE Broadcasting, owned by Susan Lundborg, for a new 3,000-watt radio station on 106.3 MHz in Abilene. A classic country format under the name "Kicks 106" and the call letters KHXS were selected, and the station rented space on the tower of KACU. The station began at 1:06 p.m. on October 6, 1989. In 1991, KHXS switched to a Spanish-language format of Tejano music. The station's management and airstaff came from KKHR (98.1 FM), which simultaneously converted to oldies. This new format lasted less than 18 months; the same core group moved on August 1, 1992, to KEYJ (1560 AM) because the station was not making enough money for its owner. After nearly two months, businessman Dave Boyll became the new operator, adopting an easy listening format. Most of the songs the station played were from Boyll's own collection. In Nov ...
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KTLT
KTLT (98.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Anson, Texas, broadcasting to the Abilene, Texas area. KTLT airs an active rock format branded as "98.1 The Phantom". Studios are located along U.S. Highway 84 in southwest Abilene, and the transmitter site is in between Anson and Hawley, Texas along U.S. Highway 277 in Jones County. History On April 29, 2007, KTLT ceased broadcasting a Christian contemporary music format in favor of modern rock. On September 13, 2010, KTLT changed their format from modern rock to sports, branded as "The Ticket", with programming from ESPN Radio. In January 2013, KTLT switched affiliations to CBS Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio is a sports radio network that debuted with hourly sports news updates on September 4, 2012, and with 24/7 programming on January 2, 2013. CBS Sports Radio is owned by Paramount Global and distributed by Westwood One. Programmin .... On January 15, 2021 at 12 midnight, KTLT changed their format from sports to ac ...
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KWKC
KWKC (1340 AM) is a sports radio station in Abilene, Texas, United States. The station is owned by WesTex Telco, LLC, and originates from studios in northeast Abilene and a transmitter on the city's south side. KWKC is the second-oldest radio station in Abilene, beginning operations in 1948. It broadcast a news talk format from 1998-2022. History On December 30, 1947, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a construction permit to the Citizens Broadcasting Company for a new 250-watt radio station in Abilene. The decision ended a year of fighting between Citizens Broadcasting and a competing applicant, the Abilene Broadcasting Company. Citizens got the nod because it had more local residents in its composition and because one Abilene Broadcasting shareholder, Gene Cagle, was involved with the Texas State Network, affiliated with KRBC, then the city's only station. KWKC began operating on June 19, 1948, from studios at 25th and Butternut streets; it was an affiliate ...
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Abilene, Texas
Abilene ( ) is a city in Taylor and Jones Counties in Texas, United States. Its population was 125,182 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the state of Texas. It is the principal city of the Abilene metropolitan statistical area, which had an estimated population of 169,893, as of 2016. It is the county seat of Taylor County. Dyess Air Force Base is located on the west side of the city. Abilene is located off Interstate 20, between exits 279 on its western edge and 292 on the east. It is west of Fort Worth. The city is looped by I-20 to the north, US 83/84 on the west, and Loop 322 to the east. A railroad divides the city down the center into north and south. The historic downtown area is on the north side of the railroad. History Established by cattlemen as a stock shipping point on the Texas and Pacific Railway in 1881, the city was named after Abilene, Kansas, the original endpoint for the Chisholm Trail. The T&P had bypassed the town of ...
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KTJK
KTJK (101.7 FM, "The Raider") is a variety hits radio station serving the area around Abilene, Texas and licensed to nearby Hawley. History KTJK began airing content under a new commercial license in late winter 2018, adopting its current variety hits format after a seasonal broadcast of all Christmas music. The license and equipment was purchased in spring 2021 by WesTex Telco. KTJK is held by local community ownership and is operated by local staff. Branding The station's identity as "101.7 The Raider" is a direct reference to the presence of Dyess Air Force Base in the local community. The United States Air Force has announced Dyess AFB as one of the operational bases of the under-development US heavy bomber, the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is an American strategic bomber under development for the United States Air Force (USAF) by Northrop Grumman. As part of the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) program, it is to be a long-range ...
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KZQQ
KZQQ (1560 AM) is a radio station with a news/talk format licensed to and serving the area around Abilene, Texas. On March 29, 2010, KZQQ dropped the sports format for classic rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, prim .... The format flip brought in Dave Andrews for mornings, and Ben “Candy Man” Gonzalez hosting afternoons. On December 28, 2010 KZQQ changed their format back to sports. In 2022, Canfin Enterprises reached a deal to sell its Abilene radio cluster to WesTex Telco, LLC, owner of KTJK (101.7 FM). As of October 1, KZQQ was playing solid gold oldies in advance of a transition to a reworked news-talk format previously found on sister KWKC. References External links News and talk radio stations in the United States ZQQ Radio stations establi ...
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KHXS
KHXS (102.7 FM, "102 The Bear") is an FM radio station playing classic rock music. It serves the area of Abilene, Texas, United States. The station is under ownership of Cumulus Media. History On April 3, 1978, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted the Big Country Broadcasting Company, owned by Gaylon Christi and Ted Connell, a construction permit to build an FM radio station on 102.3 MHz in Merkel, where the two owned KBGG (1500 AM). The station began May 3, 1982, as KMIO-FM. KBGG became KMIO and primarily simulcast the new FM's format of beautiful music and adult standards. The change came ahead of a sale of both properties in 1983 to Bob Hanna, a Dallas media broker. The station had flipped to country by the time the simulcast was broken up in October 1983. The next year, with no change in format, the call sign was changed to KIXK for "Kicks", which the owners thought sounded better. Bill Fox purchased KRBC (1470 AM), which he rebranded as KFQX "K-Fox", in 198 ...
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Don Imus
John Donald Imus Jr. (July 23, 1940 – December 27, 2019), also known mononymously as Imus, was an American radio personality, television show host, recording artist, and author. His radio show, '' Imus in the Morning'', was aired on various stations and digital platforms nationwide until 2018. In 1968, he began his first radio job, at KUTY in Palmdale, California. Three years later, he landed the morning broadcast position at WNBC in New York City. Imus was fired from WNBC in 1977, and following a one-year stint at WHK in Cleveland was rehired by WNBC in 1979. Imus remained at the station until it left the air in 1988, at which time his show moved to WFAN, which took over WNBC's former frequency of 660 kHz. Following Howard Stern's success with national syndication, ''Imus in the Morning'' adopted the same model in 1993. Throughout his later career, Imus was labeled a " shock jock". He was fired by CBS Radio in April 2007 after describing the Rutgers University women's ...
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Radio Stations In Abilene, Texas
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connected to an antenna which radiates the waves, and received by another antenna connected to a radio receiver. Radio is very widely used in modern technology, in radio communication, radar, radio navigation, remote control, remote sensing, and other applications. In radio communication, used in radio and television broadcasting, cell phones, two-way radios, wireless networking, and satellite communication, among numerous other uses, radio waves are used to carry information across space from a transmitter to a receiver, by modulating the radio signal (impressing an information signal on the radio wave by varying some aspect of the wave) in the transmitter. In radar, used to locate and track objects like aircraft, ships, spacecraft ...
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Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez
"Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez" () is a song written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel for his fourth studio album, ''Juan Gabriel con el Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán'' (1974). The song is a ranchera number that tells of an impossible reunion as the singer forgets he is the only one who loved a woman. It was released as the lead single from the album in 1975. The song has been listed as among Juan Gabriel's best songs according to music critics and was one of the best-performing singles of 1975 in Mexico. Gabriel has re-recorded the song twice, the first for his compilation album, ''Por Los Siglos'' (2001), and as a duet with fellow Mexican singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís on his 28th studio album, ''Los Dúo'' (2015). In 1999, Mexican band Maná covered "Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez" on their second live album-, '' MTV Unplugged''. Mana's rendition is performed as a reggae-tinged cumbia song. Their version was also received positive reactions from music cr ...
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Juan Gabriel
Alberto Aguilera Valadez (; January 7, 1950 – August 28, 2016), known professionally as Juan Gabriel (), was a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor. Colloquially nicknamed as Juanga () and El Divo de Juárez, Juan Gabriel was known for his flamboyant style, which broke barriers within the Latin music industry. Widely considered one of the best and most prolific Mexican composers and singers of all time, he has been referred to as a pop icon. Having sold an estimated of 60 million records worldwide, Juan Gabriel was among Latin America's best selling singer-songwriters. His nineteenth studio album, '' Recuerdos, Vol. II'', is reportedly the best-selling album of all time in Mexico, with over eight million copies sold. During his career, Juan Gabriel wrote around 1,800 songs. Among his most recognized penned songs are "Amor eterno", "Querida", "Yo no nací para amar", " Hasta que te conocí", "El Noa Noa", " No tengo dinero", " Abrázame muy fuerte", "Te lo pido por favor", "E ...
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Oye Como Va
"Oye Cómo Va" is a 1962 cha-cha-chá by Tito Puente, originally released on ''El Rey Bravo'' (Tico Records). The song achieved worldwide popularity in 1970, when it was recorded by American rock group Santana for their album ''Abraxas''. This version was released as a single in 1971, reaching number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Easy Listening survey, and number 32 on the R&B chart. The block chord ostinato pattern that repeats throughout the song was most likely borrowed by Puente from Cachao's 1957 mambo "Chanchullo", which was recorded by Puente in 1959. The song has been praised by critics and inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. Due to its multinational origins—Cuban, Puerto Rican and American—and its many versions by artists from all over the world, "Oye cómo va" has come to represent "the interconnectedness, hybridity and transnationality" of Latin music in the United States. Origi ...
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Santana (band)
Santana is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1966 by American guitarist Carlos Santana. The band has undergone multiple recording and performing line-ups in its history, with Santana the only consistent member. After signing with Columbia Records, the band's appearance at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 increased their profile and went on to record the commercially successful and critically-acclaimed albums '' Santana'' (1969), ''Abraxas'' (1970), and '' Santana III'' (1971). These were recorded by the group's "classic" line-up, featuring Gregg Rolie, Michael Carabello, Michael Shrieve, David Brown, and José "Chepito" Areas. Hit songs of this period include " Evil Ways", " Black Magic Woman", "Oye Como Va", and the instrumental " Samba Pa Ti". Following a change in line-up and musical direction in 1972, the band experimented with elements of jazz fusion on ''Caravanserai'' (1972), '' Welcome'' (1973), and '' Borboletta'' (1974). Santana reached a new peak ...
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