KTBB (AM)

KTBB
Simulcasts with KTBB-FM, Troup
Broadcast areaTyler-Longview metropolitan area
Frequency600 kHz
BrandingKTBB 97.5 FM
Programming
FormatNews -Talk
NetworkFox News Radio
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Paul Gleiser
  • (ATW Media, LLC)
KRWR, KTBB-FM
History
First air date
August 28, 1947; 77 years ago (August 28, 1947)
Call sign meaning
Thomas Booker Butler Publishing Company (original owner)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID24248
ClassB
Power5,000 watts day
2,500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
32°16′18″N 95°12′23″W / 32.27167°N 95.20639°W / 32.27167; -95.20639
Repeater(s)97.5 KTBB-FM (Troup)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitektbb.com

KTBB (600 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Tyler, Texas, serving the Tyler-Longview market. It simulcasts a news/talk format with sister station 97.5 KTBB-FM. The stations are owned by Paul Gleiser, through licensee ATW Media, LLC.[2][3]

Studios for KTBB-AM-FM are co-located with KRWR in the Woodgate Centre office building at 1001 ESE Loop 323, at the intersection with New Copeland Road. The transmitter is off County Road 283 North in Whitehouse, Texas. By day, KTBB is powered at 5,000 watts. But at night, to protect other stations on 600 AM, KTBB reduces power to 2,500 watts. It uses a directional antenna at all times.[4]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KTBB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "KTBB-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ "KTBB AM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ^ Radio-Locator.com/KTBB