KCTX (1510
kHz
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, "The Cat") is a n
AM radio station
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broadcasting a
hot adult contemporary
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music format
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. Licensed to
Childress, Texas, United States. The station is currently owned by James G. Boles, Jr. and features programming from TSN Radio and locally originated programming.
KCTX programming is also heard on translator K221FL at 92.1 FM, also licensed to Childress, hence the former station name of "K92." The station is now imaged as "The Cat" despite still airing "K92" jingles.
1510 AM
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is a United States
clear-channel
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frequency;
WLAC
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in
Nashville, Tennessee
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is the dominant
Class A station on this frequency. KCTX must leave the air from sunset to sunrise in order to protect the nighttime
skywave signal of WLAC.
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