KYYW
| City of license | Abilene, Texas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Abilene, Texas |
| Branding | News/Talk 1470 |
| Slogan | Abilene's News, Talk and Weather station |
| Frequency | 1470 kHz |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5000 watts (day) 1000 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 40997 |
| Former callsigns | KRBC, KFQX, KNTS, KBBA, KEAN, KVVZ |
| Affiliations | ABC News Radio, Wall Street Journal Radio Network, Agriculture Today |
| Owner | Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Abilene License, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KEAN, KEYJ, KMWX, KSLI, KULL |
| Website | http://www.1470kyyw.com |
KYYW (1470 AM) is a News/Talk radio station that serves the Abilene, Texas, area. The station is under ownership of Townsquare Media.
History
The station went on air in 1938 on a local channel. Its former callsign KRBC was made up of the first letters of Reporter Broadcasting Company (RBC). RBC was an affiliate of the Abilene Reporter News newspaper. In late 1940s, station changed channels to 1470 with 5,000 watts days and 1,000 watts at night using a three tower directional antenna located north of Abilene. Studios were in a downtown hotel for many years. Station later moved in with Channel 9 KRBC-TV on south 14th street.
KRBC was spun off to some of its shareholders (Members of the Fox family) in 1986. They later acquired an FM in nearby Merkel, Tx which is today's 102.7. Scion Shane Fox went on to found Maxagrid a maker of Ratings analysis software. He later owned many central Texas stations.
KYYW changed formats from Classic County to News/Talk on Monday, March 1, 2010. Sister station KSLI-AM on the same date picked up the Classic Country format formerly on KYYW.
Weekday lineup
12a-5a Coast to Coast AM with George Noory
5a-6a Wall Street Journal This Morning
6a-7a Agriculture Today with Tony St. James
7a-8a Bill Bennett's Morning in America
8a-11a Glenn Beck
11a-2p Rush Limbaugh
2p-5p Sean Hannity
5p-7p "Pratt on Texas" with Robert Pratt
7p-10p Mark Levin
10p-12a Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis
News/Talk 1470 KYYW airs news updates from ABC News Radio and KTAB-TV
External links
- News/Talk 1470 official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KYYW
- Radio-Locator Information on KYYW
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KYYW
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