Knowledge

KTYK

Source 📝

22: 654:
KPXI was owned by various members of the Ward family from its sign on in the early 1960s until it went into receivership in the early 1990s. East Texas Broadcasting purchased it from the receivership and sold it to Sunburst, which owned other Tyler/Longview market stations at the time. Sunburst
630:
In September 1991, KPXI shifted back to an adult contemporary format, and flipped to country music by the end of the year. It aired various derivatives of country under the branding of "K-101" until it moved to Overton and downgraded to a C3 signal in June 1999. This allowed co-channel
620:. It moved to 100.7 MHz in the mid-1960s and changed call letters to KPXI in 1974. It carried a beautiful music/easy listening format until the mid-1980s, when it shifted to a gold-based AC format that began phasing out the older music and playing more uptempo songs. 699:
Completion of the license transfer took place on October 11, 2018, with KPXI dropping the longtime call letters associated with the facility to the current KTYK, which is representative of the programming targeting the cities of Tyler and Kilgore.
1880: 1787: 1837: 688:
On October 11, 2018, KPXI went silent in preparation of the facility's acquisition by Louisiana State University. As a result of the sale of KPXI, former sister station
428: 627:
market with a signal that covered a large area of northeast Texas, but rarely showed significant numbers in Tyler due to its limited signal strength within the city.
795: 465: 1792: 1885: 655:
exited the radio business in 2000 and sold KPXI to Salem along with KLTY. Sunburst's other Tyler/Longview area stations were sold to Waller Broadcasting.
1822: 1807: 685:
after the two parties reached a deal for L.S.U. to acquire the station. Neither sister station KWRD, nor its FM translator, was included in the sale.
1847: 1802: 287: 1832: 1817: 1842: 651:), a rimshot of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. After briefly airing an oldies format, KPXI switched to a simulcast of KWRD Highland Village. 1875: 1492: 1408: 717: 788: 1418: 757: 753: 725: 678: 524: 113: 1890: 1413: 1459: 47: 763: 1433: 781: 616:
KTYK signed on November 6, 1961, as KIMP-FM in Mount Pleasant at 96.1 MHz. KIMP-FM was the original FM sister to 960
153: 1797: 448: 1122: 666:
in Henderson, which Hanszen purchased from former Tyler City Councilman Jerry Russell. KPXI dropped the simulcast of
662:
subsidiary Inspiration Media of Texas, LLC on June 3, 2009. In doing so, KPXI became the sister station to co-owned
1870: 682: 94: 1449: 66: 1510: 1428: 554: 548: 438: 32: 542: 1632: 1485: 1044: 805: 640: 73: 51: 36: 1016: 773: 361: 266: 43: 80: 1772: 1423: 1365: 1812: 1595: 1538: 1478: 1444: 1101: 221: 62: 261: 202: 1573: 858: 819: 671: 597: 589: 301: 140: 1864: 1388: 767: 693: 636: 624: 593: 214: 209: 87: 659: 418: 21: 1470: 1827: 1403: 519: 623:
In 1988, it switched formats to CHR as "X-100", attempting to compete in the
481: 467: 1740: 1714: 1607: 1378: 1290: 1280: 896: 827: 689: 663: 389: 310: 233: 160: 176: 1755: 1750: 1708: 1692: 1669: 1642: 1350: 1305: 1295: 1260: 1240: 1230: 1225: 1175: 1034: 1029: 1024: 961: 936: 926: 911: 866: 677:
On September 12, 2018, the license transfer of KPXI was granted by the
667: 648: 632: 534: 1165: 1160: 1155: 1150: 1145: 1140: 1135: 1130: 1087: 1082: 1077: 1072: 1067: 1062: 1057: 1052: 292:(Board Supervisors, Louisiana State University and A&M College) 1355: 1111: 809: 744: 568: 1760: 1745: 1735: 1730: 1725: 1719: 1703: 1697: 1686: 1680: 1664: 1648: 1560: 1554: 1519: 1383: 1373: 1345: 1340: 1335: 1330: 1325: 1320: 1315: 1310: 1285: 1275: 1270: 1265: 1255: 1250: 1245: 1235: 1220: 1215: 1210: 1205: 1200: 1195: 1190: 1185: 1180: 1170: 1006: 1001: 996: 991: 986: 981: 976: 966: 954: 949: 941: 931: 921: 916: 906: 901: 891: 886: 881: 876: 871: 847: 842: 837: 832: 674:
format branded as "The Heartbeat of East Texas, KPXI 100.7 FM".
644: 617: 357: 325: 320: 315: 239: 1474: 777: 1675: 1501: 605: 601: 585: 411: 256: 170: 15: 681:
from Hanszen Broadcasting to the Board of Supervisors at
696:
format, along with its FM translator at 98.5 MHz.
1657: 1631: 1594: 1572: 1537: 1509: 1364: 1120: 1100: 1043: 1015: 856: 817: 563: 533: 510: 505: 457: 447: 437: 427: 417: 405: 400: 387: 368: 339: 334: 299: 280: 275: 249: 220: 208: 198: 193: 183: 159: 149: 136: 588:) is a non-commercial radio station, licensed to 670:upon completion of the sale and switched to a 1486: 789: 754:Facility details for Facility ID 29916 (KTYK) 600:Network. KTYK features news programming from 8: 131: 50:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 1881:Public radio stations in the United States 1493: 1479: 1471: 1012: 796: 782: 774: 130: 114:Learn how and when to remove this message 288:Louisiana State University in Shreveport 709: 7: 48:adding citations to reliable sources 1886:Radio stations established in 1961 718:"Facility Technical Data for KTYK" 658:Jerry Hanszen purchased KPXI from 14: 726:Federal Communications Commission 679:Federal Communications Commission 20: 1460:List of radio stations in Texas 760:Licensing and Management System 722:Licensing and Management System 128:Radio station in Overton, Texas 238:HD4: Adult Album Alternative ( 1: 1876:1961 establishments in Texas 512:Public license information 1907: 683:Louisiana State University 1779: 1769: 1397: 692:returned to its heritage 596:format, as a part of the 356:(license granted as 96.1 1511:High Plains Public Radio 1504:member stations in Texas 453:174 meters (571 ft) 1891:Radio stations in Texas 1850:radio stations in Texas 1633:Texas Tech Public Media 806:Tyler metropolitan area 635:100.7 to relocate from 482:32.152111°N 95.057722°W 459:Transmitter coordinates 1709:Corpus Christi KEDT-FM 804:Radio stations in the 770:'s FM station database 347:; 62 years ago 592:, and broadcasting a 487:32.152111; -95.057722 401:Technical information 362:Mount Pleasant, Texas 345:November 6, 1961 267:Public Radio Exchange 1773:List of NPR stations 1441:Other nearby regions 1409:Beaumont-Port Arthur 229:HD2: Classical music 44:improve this article 477: /  407:Licensing authority 377:KIMP-FM (1961–1974) 154:Tyler-Longview area 133: 1788:adult contemporary 1761:Wichita Falls KMCU 1596:Texas Public Radio 1539:Marfa Public Radio 1419:Lufkin-Nacogdoches 1402:Radio stations in 1102:NOAA Weather Radio 1871:HD Radio stations 1858: 1857: 1741:Stephenville KTRL 1736:Prairie View KPVU 1691:College Station ( 1618:San Antonio (KPAC 1468: 1467: 1445:Dallas-Fort Worth 1414:Longview-Marshall 1096: 1095: 579: 578: 370:Former call signs 262:BBC World Service 124: 123: 116: 98: 1898: 1495: 1488: 1481: 1472: 1013: 798: 791: 784: 775: 748: 747: 745:Official website 730: 729: 714: 641:Highland Village 575: 572: 570: 501: 500: 498: 497: 496: 494: 489: 488: 483: 478: 475: 474: 473: 470: 380:KPXI (1974–2018) 355: 353: 348: 174: 173: 168: 134: 119: 112: 108: 105: 99: 97: 56: 24: 16: 1906: 1905: 1901: 1900: 1899: 1897: 1896: 1895: 1861: 1860: 1859: 1854: 1853: 1775: 1765: 1653: 1649:San Angelo KNCH 1627: 1590: 1574:Red River Radio 1568: 1533: 1505: 1499: 1469: 1464: 1438: 1393: 1360: 1116: 1104: 1092: 1039: 1011: 852: 813: 802: 743: 742: 739: 734: 733: 716: 715: 711: 706: 672:Classic Country 614: 598:Red River Radio 567: 559: 529: 513: 492: 490: 486: 484: 480: 479: 476: 471: 468: 466: 464: 463: 460: 408: 393: 383: 371: 351: 349: 346: 342: 330: 304: 302:Sister stations 295: 271: 245: 188:Red River Radio 169: 166: 165: 145: 129: 120: 109: 103: 100: 57: 55: 41: 25: 12: 11: 5: 1904: 1902: 1894: 1893: 1888: 1883: 1878: 1873: 1863: 1862: 1856: 1855: 1852: 1851: 1845: 1840: 1835: 1830: 1825: 1820: 1815: 1810: 1805: 1800: 1795: 1790: 1785: 1781: 1780: 1777: 1776: 1770: 1767: 1766: 1764: 1763: 1758: 1753: 1748: 1746:Texarkana KTXK 1743: 1738: 1733: 1728: 1723: 1717: 1711: 1706: 1701: 1695: 1689: 1684: 1678: 1672: 1667: 1661: 1659: 1658:Other stations 1655: 1654: 1652: 1651: 1646: 1638: 1636: 1629: 1628: 1626: 1625: 1622: 1619: 1616: 1613: 1610: 1605: 1601: 1599: 1592: 1591: 1589: 1588: 1583: 1579: 1577: 1570: 1569: 1567: 1566: 1563: 1558: 1551: 1548: 1544: 1542: 1535: 1534: 1532: 1531: 1528: 1525: 1522: 1516: 1514: 1507: 1506: 1500: 1498: 1497: 1490: 1483: 1475: 1466: 1465: 1463: 1462: 1457: 1453: 1452: 1447: 1442: 1437: 1436: 1431: 1426: 1421: 1416: 1411: 1406: 1399: 1398: 1395: 1394: 1392: 1391: 1386: 1384:KTLU (1580 AM) 1381: 1379:KOFY (1060 AM) 1376: 1374:KNGR (1560 AM) 1370: 1368: 1362: 1361: 1359: 1358: 1353: 1348: 1343: 1338: 1333: 1328: 1323: 1318: 1313: 1308: 1303: 1298: 1293: 1288: 1283: 1278: 1273: 1268: 1263: 1258: 1253: 1248: 1243: 1238: 1233: 1228: 1223: 1218: 1213: 1208: 1203: 1198: 1193: 1188: 1183: 1178: 1173: 1168: 1163: 1158: 1153: 1148: 1143: 1138: 1133: 1127: 1125: 1118: 1117: 1115: 1114: 1108: 1106: 1098: 1097: 1094: 1093: 1091: 1090: 1085: 1080: 1075: 1070: 1065: 1060: 1055: 1049: 1047: 1041: 1040: 1038: 1037: 1032: 1027: 1021: 1019: 1010: 1009: 1004: 999: 994: 989: 984: 979: 974: 969: 964: 959: 958: 957: 952: 944: 939: 934: 929: 924: 919: 914: 909: 904: 899: 894: 889: 884: 879: 874: 869: 863: 861: 854: 853: 851: 850: 845: 840: 835: 830: 824: 822: 815: 814: 803: 801: 800: 793: 786: 778: 772: 771: 761: 751: 749: 738: 737:External links 735: 732: 731: 708: 707: 705: 702: 613: 610: 590:Overton, Texas 577: 576: 571:.redriverradio 565: 561: 560: 558: 557: 551: 545: 539: 537: 531: 530: 528: 527: 522: 516: 514: 511: 508: 507: 503: 502: 461: 458: 455: 454: 451: 445: 444: 441: 435: 434: 431: 425: 424: 421: 415: 414: 409: 406: 403: 402: 398: 397: 394: 388: 385: 384: 382: 381: 378: 374: 372: 369: 366: 365: 343: 341:First air date 340: 337: 336: 332: 331: 329: 328: 323: 318: 313: 307: 305: 300: 297: 296: 294: 293: 290: 284: 282: 278: 277: 273: 272: 270: 269: 264: 259: 253: 251: 247: 246: 244: 243: 236: 230: 226: 224: 218: 217: 212: 206: 205: 200: 196: 195: 191: 190: 185: 181: 180: 163: 157: 156: 151: 150:Broadcast area 147: 146: 144: 143: 141:Overton, Texas 137: 127: 122: 121: 28: 26: 19: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1903: 1892: 1889: 1887: 1884: 1882: 1879: 1877: 1874: 1872: 1869: 1868: 1866: 1849: 1846: 1844: 1841: 1839: 1836: 1834: 1831: 1829: 1826: 1824: 1821: 1819: 1816: 1814: 1811: 1809: 1806: 1804: 1801: 1799: 1796: 1794: 1791: 1789: 1786: 1783: 1782: 1778: 1774: 1768: 1762: 1759: 1757: 1754: 1752: 1751:Victoria KVRT 1749: 1747: 1744: 1742: 1739: 1737: 1734: 1732: 1729: 1727: 1724: 1721: 1718: 1716: 1712: 1710: 1707: 1705: 1704:Commerce KETR 1702: 1699: 1696: 1694: 1690: 1688: 1687:Beaumont KVLU 1685: 1682: 1679: 1677: 1673: 1671: 1670:Amarillo KACV 1668: 1666: 1663: 1662: 1660: 1656: 1650: 1647: 1645: 1644: 1640: 1639: 1637: 1634: 1630: 1623: 1620: 1617: 1614: 1611: 1609: 1608:Gonzales KCTI 1606: 1603: 1602: 1600: 1597: 1593: 1587: 1584: 1581: 1580: 1578: 1575: 1571: 1565:Presidio KOJP 1564: 1562: 1559: 1557: 1556: 1552: 1550:Marathon KDKY 1549: 1546: 1545: 1543: 1540: 1536: 1530:Spearman KTOT 1529: 1526: 1524:Bushland KTXP 1523: 1521: 1520:Amarillo KJJP 1518: 1517: 1515: 1512: 1508: 1503: 1496: 1491: 1489: 1484: 1482: 1477: 1476: 1473: 1461: 1458: 1455: 1454: 1451: 1448: 1446: 1443: 1440: 1439: 1435: 1432: 1430: 1427: 1425: 1422: 1420: 1417: 1415: 1412: 1410: 1407: 1405: 1401: 1400: 1396: 1390: 1389:KZEY (690 AM) 1387: 1385: 1382: 1380: 1377: 1375: 1372: 1371: 1369: 1367: 1363: 1357: 1354: 1352: 1349: 1347: 1344: 1342: 1339: 1337: 1334: 1332: 1329: 1327: 1324: 1322: 1319: 1317: 1314: 1312: 1309: 1307: 1304: 1302: 1299: 1297: 1294: 1292: 1289: 1287: 1284: 1282: 1279: 1277: 1274: 1272: 1269: 1267: 1264: 1262: 1259: 1257: 1254: 1252: 1249: 1247: 1244: 1242: 1239: 1237: 1234: 1232: 1229: 1227: 1224: 1222: 1219: 1217: 1214: 1212: 1209: 1207: 1204: 1202: 1199: 1197: 1194: 1192: 1189: 1187: 1184: 1182: 1179: 1177: 1174: 1172: 1169: 1167: 1164: 1162: 1159: 1157: 1154: 1152: 1149: 1147: 1144: 1142: 1139: 1137: 1134: 1132: 1129: 1128: 1126: 1124: 1119: 1113: 1110: 1109: 1107: 1103: 1099: 1089: 1086: 1084: 1081: 1079: 1076: 1074: 1071: 1069: 1066: 1064: 1061: 1059: 1056: 1054: 1051: 1050: 1048: 1046: 1042: 1036: 1033: 1031: 1028: 1026: 1023: 1022: 1020: 1018: 1014: 1008: 1005: 1003: 1000: 998: 995: 993: 990: 988: 985: 983: 980: 978: 975: 973: 970: 968: 965: 963: 960: 956: 953: 951: 948: 947: 945: 943: 940: 938: 935: 933: 930: 928: 925: 923: 920: 918: 915: 913: 910: 908: 905: 903: 900: 898: 895: 893: 890: 888: 885: 883: 880: 878: 875: 873: 870: 868: 865: 864: 862: 860: 855: 849: 846: 844: 841: 839: 836: 834: 831: 829: 826: 825: 823: 821: 816: 811: 807: 799: 794: 792: 787: 785: 780: 779: 776: 769: 768:Nielsen Audio 765: 762: 759: 755: 752: 750: 746: 741: 740: 736: 727: 723: 719: 713: 710: 703: 701: 697: 695: 691: 686: 684: 680: 675: 673: 669: 665: 661: 656: 652: 650: 646: 642: 638: 634: 628: 626: 621: 619: 611: 609: 607: 603: 599: 595: 591: 587: 583: 574: 566: 562: 556: 552: 550: 546: 544: 541: 540: 538: 536: 532: 526: 523: 521: 518: 517: 515: 509: 504: 499: 462: 456: 452: 450: 446: 442: 440: 436: 432: 430: 426: 422: 420: 416: 413: 410: 404: 399: 396:Tyler-Kilgore 395: 391: 386: 379: 376: 375: 373: 367: 363: 359: 344: 338: 333: 327: 324: 322: 319: 317: 314: 312: 309: 308: 306: 303: 298: 291: 289: 286: 285: 283: 279: 274: 268: 265: 263: 260: 258: 255: 254: 252: 248: 241: 237: 235: 231: 228: 227: 225: 223: 219: 216: 213: 211: 207: 204: 201: 197: 192: 189: 186: 182: 178: 172: 164: 162: 158: 155: 152: 148: 142: 139: 138: 135: 126: 118: 115: 107: 104:February 2022 96: 93: 89: 86: 82: 79: 75: 72: 68: 65: –  64: 60: 59:Find sources: 53: 49: 45: 39: 38: 34: 29:This article 27: 23: 18: 17: 1793:classic hits 1756:Waco KWBU-FM 1731:Houston KUHF 1726:El Paso KTEP 1665:Abilene KACU 1643:Lubbock KTTZ 1641: 1624:Stanton KTPR 1604:Del Rio KTPD 1585: 1553: 1527:Dalhart KTDH 1300: 971: 859:FM frequency 820:AM frequency 721: 712: 698: 687: 676: 657: 653: 629: 622: 615: 594:Public radio 581: 580: 250:Affiliations 215:Public radio 187: 125: 110: 101: 91: 84: 77: 70: 58: 42:Please help 30: 1612:Ingram KTXI 1582:Lufkin KLDN 1561:Odessa KXWT 1547:Alpine KRTP 1045:Translators 660:Salem Media 555:Listen live 549:Listen live 543:Listen live 520:Public file 485: / 472:95°3′27.8″W 443:8,100 watts 419:Facility ID 222:Subchannels 199:Language(s) 194:Programming 1865:Categories 1615:Llano KVHL 1586:Tyler KTYK 1555:Marfa KRTS 1450:Shreveport 1404:East Texas 704:References 491: ( 469:32°9′7.6″N 352:1961-11-06 242:simulcast) 74:newspapers 1823:religious 1808:news/talk 1771:See also 1429:Texarkana 1123:call sign 1105:frequency 390:Call sign 276:Ownership 234:News/Talk 161:Frequency 31:does not 1784:See also 1713:Dallas ( 1674:Austin ( 1635:stations 1598:stations 1576:stations 1541:stations 1513:stations 1456:See also 604:and the 184:Branding 177:HD Radio 1803:country 1798:college 1693:KAMU-FM 1366:Defunct 1351:KZYY-LP 1306:KTYL-FM 1296:KTBB-FM 1261:KMOO-FM 1241:KKTX-FM 1231:KJID-LP 1226:KJBB-LP 1176:KATG-FM 1112:162.475 756:in the 694:country 668:KWRD-FM 649:KWRD-FM 612:History 584:(100.7 564:Website 535:Webcast 392:meaning 350: ( 335:History 203:English 88:scholar 52:removed 37:sources 1838:top 40 1833:sports 1818:oldies 1166:K291CH 1161:K285GY 1156:K284CT 1151:K280CL 1146:K261CW 1141:K250AJ 1136:K239CB 1131:K233BE 210:Format 90:  83:  76:  69:  63:"KTYK" 61:  1848:other 1843:urban 1621:KSTX) 1434:Tyler 1424:Paris 1356:WXK36 1088:106.1 1083:104.9 1078:104.7 1073:103.9 1068:100.1 1007:107.3 1002:106.5 997:105.7 992:104.1 987:102.7 982:102.3 977:101.5 972:100.7 967:100.5 946:99.7 810:Texas 647:(now 637:Bowie 625:Tyler 553:HD3: 547:HD2: 506:Links 429:Class 423:29916 281:Owner 232:HD3: 167:100.7 95:JSTOR 81:books 1828:rock 1720:KKXT 1715:KERA 1698:KEOS 1681:KUTX 1346:KZWL 1341:KZLO 1336:KYZS 1331:KYKX 1326:KYFP 1321:KWNS 1316:KVUT 1311:KVNE 1301:KTYK 1291:KTBB 1286:KRWR 1281:KPIT 1276:KOYE 1271:KOOI 1266:KNUE 1256:KLVQ 1251:KLFZ 1246:KKUS 1236:KKGT 1221:KISX 1216:KHCJ 1211:KGLY 1206:KGLD 1201:KETE 1196:KEBE 1191:KDDM 1186:KBLZ 1181:KBJS 1171:KAPW 1063:97.9 1058:95.7 1053:94.5 1035:94.7 1030:93.7 1025:92.5 1017:LPFM 962:99.9 955:KVUT 950:KETE 942:99.3 937:97.5 932:96.7 927:96.1 922:95.1 917:94.3 912:93.1 907:92.1 902:91.9 897:91.7 892:91.3 887:90.3 882:89.5 877:89.1 872:88.7 867:88.1 848:1490 843:1410 838:1400 833:1330 764:KTYK 690:KWRD 664:KWRD 645:KLTY 633:KRJT 618:KIMP 582:KTYK 573:.org 493:KTYK 449:HAAT 360:-FM 358:KIMP 326:KLSA 321:KLDN 316:KDAQ 311:KBSA 240:WXPN 132:KTYK 67:news 35:any 33:cite 1813:NPR 1676:KUT 1502:NPR 1121:By 857:By 828:600 818:By 766:in 758:FCC 643:as 639:to 606:BBC 602:NPR 586:MHz 569:www 525:LMS 439:ERP 412:FCC 257:NPR 171:MHz 46:by 1867:: 724:. 720:. 608:. 433:C3 1722:) 1700:) 1683:) 1494:e 1487:t 1480:v 812:) 808:( 797:e 790:t 783:v 728:. 495:) 364:) 354:) 179:) 175:( 117:) 111:( 106:) 102:( 92:· 85:· 78:· 71:· 54:. 40:.

Index


cite
sources
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
removed
"KTYK"
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message
Overton, Texas
Tyler-Longview area
Frequency
MHz
HD Radio
English
Format
Public radio
Subchannels
News/Talk
WXPN
NPR
BBC World Service
Public Radio Exchange
Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Sister stations
KBSA

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.