KLUP (930 AM) – branded ''930AM The Answer'' – is a commercial

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licensed to serve Terrell Hills, Texas. Owned by the

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, the station covers the

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. The KLUP studios and transmitter are both located in

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. Besides a standard

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, KLUP is available online. Current station staff includes Chad Gammage - General Manager, Chris Lair - Operations Director, and Barry Besse - Program Director.

History

On October 17, 1947, the station first signed on as KITE in San Antonio, owned by Charles A. Balthrope and was a 1,000 watt daytimer, required to go off the air at night. In the 1950s, the power was boosted and the station was authorized to stay on the air around the clock, running the current 5,000 watts by day and 1,000 watts at night. In May 1960, KITE was acquired by the Townsend U.S. International Growth Fund. An advertisement in the 1960 edition of '' Broadcasting Yearbook'' described KITE as "The Adults Favorite Station in San Antonio." Later in the 1960s, KITE's

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was moved from San Antonio to Terrill Hills. In 1966, it signed on an FM station, 104.5 KITE-FM (now

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). Both stations were owned by Doubleday, a large publishing and broadcasting corporation. Doubleday put

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on the FM station, changing the

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to KEXL, while KITE remained with its middle of the road music format. In 1978, KITE was acquired by Lone Star Broadcasting, becoming KCCW. It later came under the ownership of Radio Alamo and again changed its call letters, this time to KLLS. It was paired up with FM 100.3, which became KLLS-FM. The two stations

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as "Klassy 100 FM." In 1990, the station became KISS, known as "Kool 930 AM." At first, it ran a satellite delivered

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format, but later was

with KISS-FM, airing a locally produced and hosted oldies format. In 1992, the Rusk Corporation paid $3.95 million for KISS-AM-FM.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1995 page B-416
/ref> KISS-FM returned to its original rock format, while the format on KISS switched to syndicated adult standards as KLUP "The Loop." In 1997, Cox Radio acquired KLUP, keeping the standards format. Three years later, Cox spun off KLUP to current owner

, who switched KLUP to a

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format a short time later.

Programming

KLUP's schedule features programming from the

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, including

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, Mike Gallagher,

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, Charlie Kirk,

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and Brandon Tatum. Other National hosts include Del Walmsley,

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, and

Todd Starnes Todd Starnes (born October 28, 1967) is a conservative American columnist, commentator, author and radio host. He has appeared on ''Fox and Friends'' and ''Hannity''. In June 2017, Starnes began hosting a syndicated talk radio show on Fox News ...

References

External links

* {{News/Talk Radio Stations in Texas LUP News and talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1987 Salem Media Group properties