KYYW (1470 AM) is a

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that serves the

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, area. The station is under ownership of

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History

The station went on air in 1938 on a local channel. Its former callsign KRBC was made up of the first letters of Reporter Broadcasting Company (RBC). RBC was an affiliate of the ''

Abilene Reporter-News ''Abilene Reporter-News'' is a daily newspaper based in Abilene, Texas, United States. The newspaper started publishing as the weekly ''Abilene Reporter'', helmed by Charles Edwin Gilbert on June 17, 1881, just three months after Abilene was fo ...

'' newspaper. In late 1940s, the station changed frequencies to 1470 with 5,000 watts days and 1,000 watts at night using a three tower directional antenna located north of Abilene. Studios were in a downtown hotel for many years. KRBC radio later moved in with

KRBC-TV KRBC-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Abilene, Texas, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which maintains joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of dual ...

(channel 9) on south 14th street. KRBC was spun off to some of its shareholders (members of the Fox family) in 1986. They later acquired an FM in nearby

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, which is today's

KHXS KHXS (102.7 FM, "102 The Bear") is an FM radio station playing classic rock music. It serves the area of Abilene, Texas, United States. The station is under ownership of Cumulus Media. History On April 3, 1978, the Federal Communications Commis ...

(102.7). Scion Shane Fox went on to found Maxagrid, a maker of ratings analysis software. He later owned many central Texas stations. KYYW changed formats from

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to news/talk on Monday, March 1, 2010. The classic country format moved to sister station KSLI. On Thursday, November 26, 2020 at 12:30 a.m., translator K234DA signed on the air at 94.7 megahertz and began simulcasting 1470 AM.

References

External links

News/Talk 1470 official website
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