KBYB (101.7
FM, "Hot FM") is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
country music
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format. Licensed to
Hope, Arkansas
Hope is a city in Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas, United States. Hope is the county seat of Hempstead County and the principal city of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Hempstead and Nevada counties. As of t ...
, United States, it serves the Texarkana area. The station is currently owned by Texarkana Radio Center Licenses, LLC. Studios are located on Olive in
Texarkana, Texas
Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States, in the Ark-La-Tex region. Located approximately from Dallas, Texarkana is a twin city with neighboring Texarkana, Arkansas. The Texas city's population was 36,193 at the 2020 census.
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just one block west of the Texas/Arkansas state line and its transmitter is north of
Fulton, Arkansas
Fulton is a town in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 201 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area. The community is named after steamboat inventor Robert Fulton.
Geography
Fulton is ...
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History
On May 28, 2013, KBYB changed their format from adult hits (as "Bob FM") to country, branded as "101.7 Hot FM".
KBYB Brings Hot Country to Texarkana
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Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1993
1993 establishments in Arkansas
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