KMUL-FM (103.1 FM) was a radio station in Muleshoe, Texas, United States. It broadcast from 1966 to 2012 and was last owned by Tallgrass Broadcasting.

History

John Burroughs, Leola Randolph, and Gilbert Lamb, the owners of KMUL AM, filed with the

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on July 28, 1964, to build an FM radio station in Muleshoe. The

(FCC) approved the application on June 16, 1965, and a license to cover was requested in February 1966. In 2007, the KMUL stations were acquired by Tallgrass Broadcasting, which owned KICA-AM- FM and KKYC serving Clovis, New Mexico. One of the owners in Tallgrass was former TV news anchor and documentarian

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. Tallgrass went into receivership in 2010 after ceasing to pay a loan. KMUL-FM was taken silent by its receiver on May 1, 2012, for financial reasons. On April 17, 2013, Tallgrass surrendered the

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and informed the FCC that it had no intention to reactivate the facility.

References

MUL-FM 1966 establishments in Texas 2012 disestablishments in Texas Radio stations established in 1966 Radio stations disestablished in 2012 Defunct radio stations in the United States Defunct mass media in Texas Bailey County, Texas {{Texas-radio-station-stub