KWKH

KWKH
Broadcast areaShreveport-Bossier City
Frequency1130 kHz
Branding1130 The Tiger
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatSports
AffiliationsFox Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner
KEEL, KRUF, KTUX, KVKI-FM, KXKS-FM
History
First air date
August 6, 1926 (98 years ago) (1926-08-06)
Call sign meaning
W. K. Henderson (station founder)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID60266
ClassA
Power50,000 watts
Translator(s)103.3 K277DO (Shreveport)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitekwkhonline.com

KWKH (1130 AM) is a sports radio station licensed to Shreveport, Louisiana. The 50-kilowatt station broadcasts at 1130 kHz. Formerly owned by Clear Channel Communications and Gap Central Broadcasting, it is now owned by Townsquare Media. KWKH serves the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area. Its studios are shared with its other five sister stations on Westport[2] Avenue in West Shreveport (one mile west of Shreveport Regional Airport), and the transmitter is a three-tower array in Belcher, Louisiana.

KWKH is no longer the local affiliate of the New Orleans Saints, but still broadcast the LSU Tigers (hence its nickname, "1130 The Tiger") as well as Fox Sports Radio. It is a 50,000-watt clear-channel station, one of two in Louisiana; the other being WWL in New Orleans. A single tower is used during the day, providing at least secondary coverage to most of northern Louisiana (as far east as Monroe and as far south as Alexandria, northeastern Texas and southwestern Arkansas. At night, power is fed to all three towers in a directional pattern to protect WBBR in New York City, the other Class A station on 1130 AM. Even with this restriction, KWKH can be heard across much of the central portion of North America at night.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KWKH". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Mapquest, Apple Maps