KSAB (99.9
FM, ''Tejano 99.9'') is a
commercial
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* a dose of advertising ...
radio station
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broadcasting a
Tejano music
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It reached a larger audience in the late 20th century ...
format
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. It is
licensed
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to
Robstown, Texas
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, and serves the
Corpus Christi metropolitan area
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. It is owned by
iHeartMedia, Inc. The music ranges from the 1980s and 90s to present-day Tejano hits. Announcements are in a mix of
Spanish
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...
and
English
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. The studios and offices are on Old Brownsville Road near
Corpus Christi International Airport
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The airport's six-gate Hayden Wilson Head Termina ...
.
KSAB has an
effective radiated power
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(ERP) of 100,000
watt
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s, the maximum for most stations in the U.S. The
transmitter
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tower
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is off County Road 67 in Robstown.
History
The station
signed on
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the air on .
''Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1981'' page C-235. Retrieved Jan. 27, 2025.
/REF> Its original call sign
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was KROB-FM, the sister station
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to KROB
KROB (1510 AM, ''The Conjunto Station'') is a commercial radio station broadcasting a Tejano and Conjunto radio format. It is licensed to Robstown, Texas, and serves the Corpus Christi metropolitan area. The station is owned by Claro Communic ...
1510 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1510 kHz: 1510 AM is a North American (U.S.) clear-channel frequency. WLAC in Nashville, Tennessee, is the dominant Class A station on 1510 AM. KGA Spokane had been a Class A station, ...
. The two stations had simulcast
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a country music
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format. They were owned by Coastal Bend Broadcasting.
On July 11, 1991, the station changed its call letters to the current KSAB. It switched to a Tejano music format, separate from its AM sister station.
San Antonio
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-based Clear Channel Communications
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acquired the station in 2000. In 2014, Clear Channel changed its name to the current iHeartMedia. KSAB Tejano 99.9 broadcasts online via the iHeartRadio
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app.
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Radio stations established in 1978
IHeartMedia radio stations
Tejano music
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