KTXW (1120
AM) is a
commercial
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radio station
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licensed
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to
Manor, Texas
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, and serving the
Greater Austin
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radio market
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. The station broadcasts a
Christian Talk and Teaching radio format
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. It is owned by GLG Media, Inc.
KTXW is powered at 5,600
watt
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s by day. But because
AM 1120 is a
clear channel frequency reserved for
KMOX
KMOX (1120 AM) is a commercial radio station in St. Louis, Missouri. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it is a 50,000 watt Class A clear-channel station with a non-directional signal. The KMOX studios and offices are on Olive Street at Tucker Bouleva ...
in
St. Louis
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, KTXW must reduce power at night to 155 watts to avoid interference. KTXW is also heard on
FM translator station
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K266CI at 101.1 MHz in Austin.
Programming
KTXW airs both national and local religious shows, using a
brokered programming
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arrangement. Hosts pay for their time on the air and may seek donations to support their ministry. National religious leaders heard on KTXW include
Charles Stanley
Charles Frazier Stanley (born 1932) is Pastor Emeritus of First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, after serving as senior pastor for 49 years. He is the founder and president of In Touch Ministries, which widely broadcasts his sermons through te ...
,
Chuck Swindoll
Charles Rozell Swindoll (born October 18, 1934) is an evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator, and radio preacher. He founded ''Insight for Living'', headquartered in Frisco, Texas, which airs a radio program of the same name on more t ...
,
David Jeremiah
David Jeremiah is an American evangelical Christian author, founder of Turning Point Radio and Television Ministries and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch in El Cajon, California, a suburb of San D ...
, and
Jim Daly. KTXW also carries
syndicated talk shows
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from the
Salem Radio Network
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Salem Ra ...
, hosted by
Eric Metaxas
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and
Jay Sekulow
Jay Alan Sekulow (; born June 10, 1956) is an American lawyer, radio, television talk show host and politically conservative media personality. He has been chief counsel of the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) since 1991. As a member of Pr ...
.
History
The station first
signed on
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the air in 2010 as KIXL.
Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook page D-536
/ref> Originally the 1120 kHz frequency was assigned to Cleburne, Texas
Cleburne is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 29,337. The city is named in honor of Patrick Cleburne, a Confederate general. Lake Pat Cleburne, the reservoir that pro ...
, near Dallas
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. KCLE had been on the air from 1947 to 2008, when it moved to AM 1140, getting a boost in power and better coverage of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It is now KHFX
KHFX (1140 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Cleburne, Texas, and serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. It carries a Spanish language Christian radio format and is owned by the Siga Broadcasting Corporation. It calls its ...
.
KCLE's move to another frequency created the opportunity for AM 1120 to go on the air in the Austin radio market
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.
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