KLEY-FM (95.7

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, "Tejano 95.7 & 103.3") is a

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, and serving the

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. The station is currently owned by

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and licensed to Alpha Media Licensee, LLC. KLEY-FM broadcasts a

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s are on Eisenhauer Road in Northeast San Antonio. KLEY-FM has an

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(ERP) of 11,000

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s. The

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site is on Route 300 near Farm-to-Market Road in

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History

Before the station was built, the

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was given the

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KBOP-FM on April 6, 1998. On October 2, 2000, it changed its call sign to KBUC-FM. KBUC-FM

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in 2001. On February 2, 2005, the call letters were switched to KLEY-FM. On May 6, 2019,

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103.1 KHHL

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dropped its

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programming to simulcast KLEY-FM. On February 23, 2022, at 11 a.m., KLEY-FM flipped from Regional Mexican as "La Ley 95.7" to Tejano as "Tejano 95.7". On June 9, 2022, KLEY-FM started simulcasting on 94.1 KTFM-HD3 FM and translator K227CX 103.3 FM in San Antonio Texas.

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