KRYS-FM

KRYS-FM

City of license	Corpus Christi, Texas
Broadcast area	Corpus Christi area
Branding	99.1 K-99 Country
Frequency	99.1 MHz
Format	Country music
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	284.0 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	55162
Transmitter coordinates	27°45′7.00″N 97°38′17.00″W
Former callsigns	KBCB (1981-1984)
Affiliations	ABC Radio
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (Capstar TX)
Website	k99country.com

KRYS-FM (99.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, the station serves the Corpus Christi area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications and features programing from ABC Radio .

History

K-99 has been a country formatted station since December 1982. K-99's original call letters were KBCB-FM (1982–84). KRYS was originally KRIS radio 1360 AM, until it was sold in 1956 and changed to KRYS. 1360 AM is now KKTX. The station went on the air as KBCB on 1981-01-05. on 1984-08-20, the station changed its call sign to the current KRYS.

Prior to becoming KKTX-FM, KRYS-AM facilities were located on South Staples across from one of Corpus Christi's first shopping centers. The station manager was Ace Lloyd and the station was owned by an oil company in San Antonio that had at least one other radio station in the South Texas market. Between 1967-1969, on-air personality J Gordan Lunn, who later became the weatherman on KMID-TV in the Midland-Odessa market, was the morning DJ. Jim Springer was the sales' manager and George Dismukes and Bill Scott made up the sales' staff. The news director was Bud Little who later moved to San Antonio and became the news director for WOAI. In the early 70s the station moved to a new location and Jim Springer became the station manager. Salesmen were Brady Malone and Bill Scott.

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for KRYS-FM
• Radio-Locator information on KRYS-FM
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KRYS-FM