KYBI (100.1 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the Lufkin-

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area. The station features programming from

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and

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History

KYBI was first proposed and requested by Darrell Yates, owner of

KRBA KRBA (1340 AM), is a terrestrial American radio station, licensed to Lufkin, Texas, United States. The station is currently owned by Kasa Family Limited Partnership. History KRBA began broadcasting on May 3, 1938 at 100 watts of daytime only po ...

, in October 1977. The request was granted by the

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on December 19, 1977. The facility was granted the call letters KDEY, as a Class A with 1.9 kilowatts ERP, operating on 99.3 MHz, and was officially licensed on July 27, 1978. The station changed its

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to KUEZ on July 1, 1987. In January 2002, 99.3 KUEZ was granted a construction permit to change frequencies to the current 100.1 MHz, as to allow for construction of a new facility to be built south of

Diboll, Texas Diboll is a city in Angelina County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,457 at the 2020 census. Diboll is named for J. C. Diboll, a local timber salesman. Geography Diboll is located in southwestern Angelina County. U.S. Route 59 (f ...

using the 99.3 allocation. The new facility was constructed in 2005, and is currently in operation, licensed to Corrigan, Texas as KYTM. On February 15, 2005, the move to 100.1 was granted a license to cover on its new operating channel, and changed its call sign to the current KYBI in the process, which was moved from sister station 101.9 (now

KSML-FM KSML-FM (101.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Variety music format. Licensed to Huntington, Texas Huntington is a city in Angelina County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,025 at the 2020 census. The site is named ...

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