KTBL (1050
AM) is a commercial
radio station
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licensed
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to the village of
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Description
Part of the Albuquerque metropolitan area, Lo ...
, and serves the
Albuquerque metropolitan area
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. It is owned by
Cumulus Media
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and its studios are located in
Downtown Albuquerque
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and the
transmitter
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tower is located in
South Valley, New Mexico
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. KTBL operates with 1,000
watt
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s. The station airs an
active rock format branded as "94.5 The Pit" with the use of FM translator K233CG broadcasting at 250 watts off Sandia Crest.
History
This station signed on in December 1987 as KNXX. The station featured a big-band music format; however, it would be short lived due to operation costs, and went dark in July 1988. In April 1989, the station returned to the air as KMBA with a business talk format. In July 1993, with the talk format getting no ratings, it changed to KJBO with an
oldies
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music format co-owned by radio personality Bobby Box called "Juke Box Oldies". Bobby Box would also be the morning announcer on KJBO. The music on the station would feature only American artists concentrating on music from 1954-1965. In October 1994, KJBO was sold to the owners of classical music station
KHFM when the stations' principal owner Don Davis wanted to devote full attention to FM start-up
KRZN
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(101.3 FM). The format would soon switch to news and information under new call letters KHFN. In March 1996, both KHFM (then on
96.3 FM) and KHFN were sold to
Citadel Broadcasting
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for $5.75 million. In October of that year, the call letters on 1050 were switched to KNML, and the station moved to a
sports radio
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format branded as "The Sports Animal", which was moved from
KRZY (1450 AM) after Citadel had divested the station to a Spanish language broadcaster. In 2000, Citadel had acquired the stronger 610 AM signal for $5.4 million, while swapping 920 AM to Life Talk Broadcasting, and in April, had moved
KNML
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to that signal. The former KNML at 1050 AM would pick up the KHTL call sign from 920 AM. KHTL previously aired a "hot talk" format on 920, but on 1050, it aired a business talk format. In February 2001, 1050 had picked up the call sign KTBL from
103.3 FM
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. KTBL had previously been a traditional country music format branded as "K-Bull"; on 1050 AM, it had aired a
classic country
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Repertoire
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music format with the "K-Bull" brand after 103.3 FM changed to an
adult album alternative
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format at that time.
Talk Business Life
In Spring 2002, KTBL changed to a syndicated talk radio format. The talk format was mainly from a
conservative
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viewpoint. KTBL principally aired
nationally syndicated shows from
Westwood One
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, a
subsidiary of parent company Cumulus Media. KTBL also aired national news updates from
Westwood One News
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(
Fox News Radio before that) throughout the day. Shows featured over the years included
Don Imus
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(mornings 2008-2018),
Glenn Beck,
Mike Huckabee,
Laura Ingraham
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,
Michael Savage
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, and many others. Some shows would at times be shifted between
KKOB and KTBL. The station was promoted as "KKOB's talk partner".
Citadel had merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.
The Pit
On February 18, 2020, KTBL began simulcasting on translator K233CG (94.5 FM), and flipped to
active rock, branded as "94.5 The Pit".
Previous Logos
References
External links
KTBL official website
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Active rock radio stations in the United States