KRWR (92.1 FM) is an American terrestrial

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, owned by Paul Gleiser through licensee ATW Media, LLC, and broadcasting a

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format with satellite delivered programming from Fox Sports Radio. The studios for "92.1 The Team" are co-located with KTBB AM and FM in One American Center at 909 ESE ESE Loop 323, at the intersection with New Copeland Road. The

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is located northeast of downtown Tyler.

History

The 92.1 frequency traces its roots back to 1975 as KROZ ("K-Rose"). During its lifetime, it has aired

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("Tyler Rose Country"), rock, and

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music formats (as "Z92.1" while keeping the KROZ calls) and included local personalities such as Hoss Huggins, Dave Mitchell, Alex Price, Joel Hardy, Mike O'Neill, Bill Davis, Paul Berry, and Mick Fulgham. The station flipped to a 1950s/1960s

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format and took the KGLD calls on February 9, 1992. On August 24, 1993, the station changed its call sign to KDOK. KTBB (600 AM) has had the same call sign since it signed on. On April 27, 2009, KDOK dropped the oldies format for a syndication of the news/talk and sports programming on sister station KTBB. The call sign was also changed to KTBB-FM to match KTBB. On May 7, 2009, the KDOK calls and oldies format were moved to 1240 AM in

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. The station on that frequency was previously known as KBGE. On February 3, 2015, the station's call sign was changed to KRWR.

Programming

On August 6, 2011, KTBB-FM changed formats from consumer information based

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programming over to ESPN Radio. The subsequent change in format also led to change the branding of the radio station to "ESPN East Texas 92.1 FM". ESPN East Texas now offers the full lineup of ESPN Radio programming as well as local programs such as "Sportstalk with Bill Coates" and "The Eric Sullivan Show". In February 2017, KRWR switched affiliations to Fox Sports Radio and rebranded as "92.1 The Team FM".

Previous logo

(KRWR's logo under previous ESPN Radio affiliation)

References

External links

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