KYBI (100.1
FM) is a
radio station broadcasting a
country format. Licensed to
Lufkin, Texas, United States, the station serves the Lufkin-
Nacogdoches area. The station features programming from
Citadel Media and
Dial Global.
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
Federal Communications Commission 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
call sign 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 using the 99.3 allocation. The new facility was constructed in 2005, and is currently in operation, licensed to
Corrigan, Texas as
KYTM
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His television ministry, which began in 1971, and was originally known as the “Camp Meeting ...
.
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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).
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Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1987
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