KXBT
| City of license | Leander, Texas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Austin, Texas |
| Branding | 98.9 Austin's Greatest Hits |
| Slogan | "Austin's Greatest Hits" |
| Frequency | 98.9 MHz |
| Format | Oldies |
| ERP | 29,000 watts |
| HAAT | 157 meters (515 ft) |
| Class | C2 |
| Facility ID | 59982 |
| Callsign meaning | K X Big Talker (former format) |
| Former callsigns | KLTD (1988-1993) KUTZ (1993-1996) KJFK (1996-2000) KHHL (2000-2009)[1] |
| Affiliations | Citadel Media |
| Owner | Border Media Partners (BMP Austin License Company, L.P.) |
| Webcast | Listen Live-True Oldies Channel |
| Website | 989trueoldies.com |
KXBT (98.9 FM, "Austin's Greatest Hits") is an American oldies radio station licensed to serve the community of Leander, Texas. It broadcasts an oldies format to the greater Austin, Texas area.[2] The station is currently owned by Border Media Partners and the station's broadcast license is held by BMP Austin License Company, L.P. The station was assigned the KXBT call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on October 19, 2009.[1]
[edit] Programming
98.9 signed on in 1988 as KLTD, "Kool 99 FM" with the Satellite Music Network's "Kool Gold" format brought to them by Adams Broadcasting, which eventually spun off the Kool Gold format to Dial Global. This lasted until 1993, when KLTD would flip to KUTZ as part of the Satellite Music Network-Z Rock Network.
98.9 FM would flip again, this time to news/talk as KJFK in 1996, which would last until Border Media Partners acquired the station in 2000 and would become Spanish CHR, "Exitos 98.9" KHHL and later "La Ley 98.9" with a Regional Mexican format.
The Regional Mexican format would last until November 29, 2009, when Bain Capital took over most of the assets of the Austin, Texas cluster of Border Media Partners, and would return to talk radio as "98.9 The Big Talker".
As "98.9 The Big Talker", the station's weekday line-up included The Sean Rima Show during morning rush hour/drive time hours, The Glenn Beck Program during late-morning and early-afternoon hours (often referred to in radio station lingo as the Rush Limbaugh time slot), The Dave Ramsey Show during mid-afternoon hours, The Schnitt Show during late-afternoon hours, and The Mark Levin Show during late-rush hour and early-evening hours. The weekends included The Jesus Christ Show, The Otherside with Steve Godfrey, Leo Laporte The Tech Guy, John Clay Wolfe, and The Weekend. The station was also the Houston Texans affiliate for the Austin, Texas market.
On August 15, 2011, after a listener survey and facing stagnant ratings, BMP Radio dropped the news/talk format in favor of oldies music. From August 15, 2011 to September 3, 2011, KXBT simulcasted KXXS ("True Oldies 92.5"). The True Oldies Channel programming moved permanently to 98.9 FM on September 3, and KXXS dropped the oldies format in favor of ESPN Deportes, formerly located on KWNX.
KXBT airs the entire Scott Shannon's satellite-fed True Oldies Channel programming schedule, and has local Saturday night programming. On Saturday nights, KXBT airs Saturday Night Dance Fever live at the Iron Cactus North on Stonelake Boulevard in Austin. The program features dance classics of the 1970s, 1980s, and early-1990s to cater to the younger end of the station's 25-54 demographic.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=59982&Callsign=KXBT. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
[edit] External links
- KXBT official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KXBT
- Radio-Locator information on KXBT
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KXBT
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