KYBI (100.1 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

Lufkin, Texas Lufkin is the largest city in Angelina County, Texas and the county seat. The city is situated in Deep East Texas and about 60 miles west of the Texas-Louisiana border. Its estimated population is 35,021 as of July 1, 2019. Lufkin was founded ...

, United States, the station serves the Lufkin-

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area. The station features programming from

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and

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History

KYBI was first proposed and requested by Darrell Yates, owner of

KRBA KRBA (1340 AM), is a terrestrial American radio station, licensed to Lufkin, Texas, United States. The station is currently owned by Kasa Family Limited Partnership. History KRBA began broadcasting on May 3, 1938 at 100 watts of daytime only pow ...

, in October 1977. The request was granted by the

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on December 19, 1977. The facility was granted the call letters KDEY, as a Class A with 1.9 kilowatts ERP, operating on 99.3 MHz, and was officially licensed on July 27, 1978. The station changed its

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to KUEZ on July 1, 1987. In January 2002, 99.3 KUEZ was granted a construction permit to change frequencies to the current 100.1 MHz, as to allow for construction of a new facility to be built south of

Diboll, Texas Diboll is a city in Angelina County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,457 at the 2020 census. Diboll is named for J. C. Diboll, a local timber salesman. Geography Diboll is located in southwestern Angelina County at (31.186060, –9 ...

using the 99.3 allocation. The new facility was constructed in 2005, and is currently in operation, licensed to

Corrigan, Texas Corrigan is a town in north central Polk County, Texas. It is located along U.S. Highway 59 and is about 100 miles from Houston. Its population was 1,477 in the 2020 census. Background Corrigan largely emerged when the Houston East and West Tex ...

as KYTM. On February 15, 2005, the move to 100.1 was granted a license to cover on its new operating channel, and changed its call sign to the current KYBI in the process, which was moved from sister station 101.9 (now KSML-FM).

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* * YBI Country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1987 {{Texas-radio-station-stub