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KBTT (103.7 FM, "103.7 Tha Beat") is a radio station licensed to Haughton, Louisiana and broadcasting to Shreveport with a Mainstream urban musical format. it is owned by Alpha Media, LLC, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. Its studios are located just north of downtown Shreveport, and the transmitter is in Eastwood, Louisiana. Around the late 1990s to early 2000 KBTT, originally called ''"K-103 Tha Beat,"'' was launched with a Rhythmic Contemporary format originally as one of the first competitors to KMJJ. KBTT's sister station KDKS was launched at the same time as an Urban Contemporary format. But once KDKS turned its format over to Urban AC to compete with newcomer KVMA-FM (KMJJ's sister), KBTT tilted its format over to Mainstream Urban since Shreveport-Bossier City market has a huge African American population to support it as opposed to rhythmic. It is the syndicated home of the ''Rickey Smiley Broderick Dornell Smiley (born August 10, 1968) is an American s ...
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KBTT (103.7 FM, "103.7 Tha Beat") is a radio station licensed to Haughton, Louisiana and broadcasting to Shreveport with a Mainstream urban musical format. it is owned by Alpha Media, LLC, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. Its studios are located just north of downtown Shreveport, and the transmitter is in Eastwood, Louisiana. Around the late 1990s to early 2000 KBTT, originally called ''"K-103 Tha Beat,"'' was launched with a Rhythmic Contemporary format originally as one of the first competitors to KMJJ. KBTT's sister station KDKS was launched at the same time as an Urban Contemporary format. But once KDKS turned its format over to Urban AC to compete with newcomer KVMA-FM (KMJJ's sister), KBTT tilted its format over to Mainstream Urban since Shreveport-Bossier City market has a huge African American population to support it as opposed to rhythmic. It is the syndicated home of the ''Rickey Smiley Broderick Dornell Smiley (born August 10, 1968) is an Amer ...
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KDKS-FM
KDKS-FM is a radio station licensed to Blanchard in Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana and broadcasting to Shreveport with an Urban Adult Contemporary musical format. Broadcasting on 102.1 FM, it is owned by Alpha Media LLC, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. Its studios are located just north of downtown Shreveport, and the transmitter is in Blanchard. Around the late 1990s to early 2000s KDKS, originally called ''"HOT 102,"'' was launched with an Urban Contemporary format originally as one of the first competitors to challenge KMJJ, and was launched alongside sister station KBTT (then a Rhythmic). At first it was an Urban AC station until it chose to aim at a more broader 18–49 audience by adding hip hop to the playlist a little later on. When KVMA-FM was launched in 2004, KDKS decided to turn its format back around to Urban AC and instead take its newcoming Urban rival on, while the owners shifted KBTT from Rhythmic to Mainstream Urban and take on KMJJ from ...
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KDKS
KDKS-FM is a radio station licensed to Blanchard in Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana and broadcasting to Shreveport with an Urban Adult Contemporary musical format. Broadcasting on 102.1 FM, it is owned by Alpha Media LLC, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. Its studios are located just north of downtown Shreveport, and the transmitter is in Blanchard. Around the late 1990s to early 2000s KDKS, originally called ''"HOT 102,"'' was launched with an Urban Contemporary format originally as one of the first competitors to challenge KMJJ, and was launched alongside sister station KBTT (then a Rhythmic). At first it was an Urban AC station until it chose to aim at a more broader 18–49 audience by adding hip hop to the playlist a little later on. When KVMA-FM was launched in 2004, KDKS decided to turn its format back around to Urban AC and instead take its newcoming Urban rival on, while the owners shifted KBTT from Rhythmic to Mainstream Urban and take on KMJJ fr ...
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Radio Stations In Louisiana
The following is a list of Federal Communications Commission–licensed radio stations in the American state of Louisiana, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * KBYO * KCJM-LP * KCRJ-LP * KDLA * KEPZ * KEZM * KJCB * KLIC * KMCZ * KMLB (1440 AM) * KPCP * KWHN-FM * KXZZ * WBYU * WIBR * WJVI * WLRO See also * Louisiana media ** List of newspapers in Louisiana ** List of television stations in Louisiana ** Media of locales in Louisiana: Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Monroe, New Orleans, Shreveport, Terrebonne Parish References Bibliography * * * External links * (Directory ceased in 2017) Louisiana Association of Broadcasters Images File:1938 WJBO radio event in Crowley Louisiana Library of Congress fsa1997024063.jpg, WJBO radio event in Crowley, Louisiana, 1938 File:BDC Radio Natchitoches 02.jpg, Building of KZBL and KDBH radio stations in Natchitoches, ...
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KLKL
KLKL (95.7 FM, "The River 95.7") is a radio station airing a classic hits format, licensed to Minden, Louisiana. The station serves the Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan area and is owned by Alpha Media LLC, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC.KLKL
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KOKA
KOKA (980 AM) is an AM radio station, paired with an FM relay translator, licensed to Shreveport, Louisiana, and serving the Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area with an Urban contemporary gospel format. The station is currently under ownership of Alpha Media LLC, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. KOKA's studio is located just north of downtown Shreveport, and the transmitter is north of Cross Lake Cross Lake is a lake on the border of Cayuga and Onondaga Counties in New York, United States. The lake lies within the boundaries of the traditional Onondaga Indian Nation, and is reputed in local tradition to be the boyhood home of Hiawatha, .... References External links * * Radio stations in Louisiana Gospel radio stations in the United States Christian radio stations in Louisiana Alpha Media radio stations {{Louisiana-radio-station-stub ...
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KTAL-FM
KTAL-FM (98.1 MHz, "98 Rocks") is a classic rock music radio station licensed to Texarkana, Texas, with studios in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is owned by Alpha Media LLC, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC Debtor in Possession. Its studios are located just north of downtown Shreveport, and the transmitter is in Vivian, Louisiana. The station is a former sister station of KCMC and KTAL-TV, all of which were owned for many years by WEHCO Media WEHCO Media, Inc., based in Little Rock, AR is a privately held media company with holdings that include newspapers, cable television systems, and internet service. Walter E. Hussman, Jr. (born 1947), is the president. Hussmann is the grandson of ... until the company sold its broadcasting assets. On-air personalities * Tom Michaels * Greg The Nukeman Hanson * Bobby Cook * Gary Newell * Lonnie Haskins External linksOfficial Website* {{coord, 32.903, N, 94.006, W, type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC, display=title TAL-F ...
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KMJJ
KMJJ-FM (99.7 Hertz, MHz) is a radio station with an urban contemporary radio format, format broadcasting in Shreveport, Louisiana and the "Ark-La-Tex." The station is owned by Cumulus Media and is headquartered at the Louisiana Boardwalk shopping center in Bossier City, Louisiana. The station's transmitter is southwest of the Interstate 20, I-20/Interstate 49, I-49 interchange in Shreveport, on a landmark non-supported structure nicknamed Eiffel Tower. It is co-located with KVMA-FM and KQHN-FM with the KRMD-FM auxiliary transmitter. KMJJ was originally known as ''Majic FM 100'' then on 100.1 FM debuting an urban format on August 1, 1988, flipping from easy listening KCOZ. It has been a heritage urban-formatted station since in the Shreveport area. In April 1993 KMJJ moved to 99.7 FM and upgraded to 50,000 watts. In the years since it has gained competition from KDKS and KBTT; it gained format companionship in 2004 when KVMA-FM took to the air. Since January 2008, KMJJ is th ...
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Eastwood, Louisiana
Eastwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,093 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Eastwood is located at (32.557317, -93.568480). It is bordered to the west by the Red Chute CDP, and the town of Haughton is nearby to the southeast. U.S. Routes 80 and 79 pass east–west through the center of Eastwood, and Interstate 20 forms the southern edge of the CDP but with no direct access to it. Via Highways 80/79, it is west to downtown Shreveport. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Eastwood CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,390 people, 1,673 households, and 1,232 families residing in the CDP. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 3,374 people, 1,225 households, and 957 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There ...
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Rickey Smiley
Broderick Dornell Smiley (born August 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, and radio personality, known for his prank phone calls. The calls feature Smiley disguising his voice and carrying on a conversation with the recipient of the call. He is the host of the nationally syndicated ''Rickey Smiley Morning Show'' based in Atlanta from its flagship affiliate WHTA "Hot 107.9". Smiley has starred in sitcom ''The Rickey Smiley Show'', which aired on TV One. He is also a featured columnist on the Fox-produced tabloid nationally-syndicated show ''Dish Nation''. In 2015, Smiley started appearing on '' Rickey Smiley For Real'', a reality television series about his life. Career Smiley appeared as the host of the 2000 season of BET's ''ComicView'' program. He has also appeared on ''Showtime at the Apollo'', HBO's ''Def Comedy Jam'', HBO's ''Snaps'', ''The Nashville Network'', ''Uptown Comedy Club'', and ''Comic Escape''. His original comedy routines ofte ...
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African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslaved Africans who are from the United States. While some Black immigrants or their children may also come to identify as African-American, the majority of first generation immigrants do not, preferring to identify with their nation of origin. African Americans constitute the second largest racial group in the U.S. after White Americans, as well as the third largest ethnic group after Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of West/ Central African with some European descent; some also have Native American and other ancestry. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not s ...
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KVMA-FM
KVMA-FM (102.9 MHz) is an urban adult contemporary formatted radio station based in Shreveport, Louisiana, and serving the "Ark-La-Tex" region. Broadcasting on 102.9 FM, KVMA-FM is owned by Cumulus Media and is headquartered at the Louisiana Boardwalk The Louisiana Boardwalk Outlets is an outdoor shopping center combining Retail store, retail shopping, restaurants, and entertainment. It is located in Bossier City, Louisiana, between the Horseshoe Bossier City and Margaritaville Resort Casino. I ... shopping center in Bossier City, Louisiana. KVMA-FM was purchased in 2004 from Magnolia, Arkansas and relocated to the Shreveport Market on 107.9 MHz with Cumulus Broadcasting. In 2005, a short discussion between the FCC, Barksdale Air Force Base and Cumulus Broadcasting over the interference of 107.9 and the B52 Aircraft, the FCC shut down the 107.9 frequency forever in the Shreveport/Bossier area. Cumulus Broadcasting shutdown KVMA-FM and relocated its format to 102.9 one ev ...
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