KRTE-FM (107.3
MHz
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) is a
conservative talk
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radio station
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serving the city of
Rolla, Missouri
Rolla () is a city in and the county seat of Phelps County, Missouri, United States. Its population in the 2020 United States Census was 19,943. It is approximately midway between St. Louis and Springfield along I-44. Its micropolitan sta ...
.
Originally licensed to serve
Cuba, Missouri
Cuba is a city in Crawford County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,356 at the 2010 census. Cuba is the largest city situated entirely in Crawford County.
History
Cuba was platted in 1857 when it was certain the railroad would be ...
, in February 2007, the license holder applied to change the
city of license
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In North American broadcast ...
to
Steelville, Missouri
Steelville is a city in Crawford County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,472 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Crawford County. Steelville is the hometown of Congressman Albert Reeves and Missouri State Representative J ...
, which was the location of
KQQX, a station owned by Twenty-One Sound Communications.
The FCC revoked the station's STA authority (allowing it to remain silent) on April 10, 2007. The station was granted its operating license on September 12, 2007 based on the original
city of license
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In North American broadcast ...
of Cuba.
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On August 2, 2012, the FCC granted KLPW-FM special temporary authority
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to operate from a new location at a reduced height and power. On August 13, 2012, KLPW-FM returned to the air with sports talk programming from ESPN Radio
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.
On October 2, 2015, the station was approved to move its community of license from Cuba to Steelville at increased power.
In late October 2021, KLPW-FM started simulcasting KRTK "Real Talk 93.3" for coverage in the Rolla area; new KRTE-FM call letters followed on December 15. With the expansion of "Real Talk" to other frequencies, the group of stations began calling itself "The Real Talk Radio Network".
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2007 establishments in Missouri
Radio stations established in 2007
Conservative talk radio
Talk radio stations in the United States
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