KTLH (107.9
FM) is an
Alpha Media
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radio station
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, licensed to
Hallsville, Texas
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, United States, serving the Tyler-Longview area with a Regional Mexican format in full simulcast with its sister station
KOYE in Frankston, Texas.
Studios are located on Broadway Avenue in downtown Tyler; transmitter site is located in unincorporated Harrison County, northeast of Ashland, Texas.
KTLH signed on as the simulcast partner of Regional Mexican formatted 96.7
KOYE Frankston "La Invasora", replacing the lost coverage of former simulcast partner 92.3
KCUL-FM Marshall
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History
KTLH was first proposed by Alpha Media in early 2018, and received a permit to construct the facility on June 25, 2018. The construction permit was to expire in June 2021, and also forced Chalk Hill Media to move its displaced
Henderson Class D translator, K300CX, which relays AM 1240
KDOK
KDOK (1240 AM) is a terrestrial radio station licensed to Kilgore, Texas, United States, paired with an FM translator, and simulcast with sister station 1490 KYZS, serving the Tyler-Longview market with a Classic hits format.
KDOK signed on ...
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, to a new operating channel. Chalk Hill media applied and was granted the move of K300CX to channel 291 (106.1 MHz), making way for the new Hallsville station to sign on.
After a week of testing the new signal with a looped instrumental piece and a basic "107.9 KTLH Hallsville" identification, KTLH joined Alpha Media sister station
KOYE as a simulcast partner of Regional Mexican "La Invasora" on February 19, 2020, returning the format to the Longview/Marshall portion of the market.
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Radio stations established in 2020
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