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David Smoak left KTBB for reasons that we cannot disclose at this time.

Bill Coates is now hosting SportsTalk every weekday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. on KTBB FM 92.1. Bill is an experienced, talented, network-quality sports broadcasting professional with over 30 years in the business and over 19 years at KTBB. Bill brings and encyclopedic knowledge of professional, collegiate and high school sports together with an easy, inviting conversational style. We are excited to have Bill on the air in a long-form format and we expect him to take SportsTalk to a new level in the coming months.

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KTBB AM 600
1001 ESE Loop 323
Suite 455
Tyler, TX 75701

ANSWER
KDOK will, in fact, change call letters to KTBB-FM and begin broadcasting
all news and talk. The change will take place April 27.

I am the decision maker. It was not made lightly.

People will lose their jobs. That does not please me. The affected people
are more than employees, they have become friends of mine in the decade and
a half that they have been a part of my company. I am doing all that I can
within the bounds of fiscal responsibility and my responsibility for the
health of the company to provide those employees with a severance package
that will soften the blow.

We will not compete with Imus and Stern and the “umpteen already on the
air.” None of these hosts is on the air in this market nor does it look like
they will be in the forseeable future.

This change is brought about by the necessity of recognizing the structural
shifts taking place in the music industry and the radio industry. Radio is
gradually, but with increasing velocity, losing its no. 1 status as a music
delivery appliance. iPods and devices like it, together with nearly
unlimited and very low or no cost access to music on the internet, are
conspiring to dramatically reduce radio’s role as the principal provider of
music entertainment. (more…)

ANSWER
About 18 months ago, Dale Groom became the Extension Agent for Dallas County. It has become clear that the demands of that job and his frequent travel make it increasingly difficult for Dale to devote the time to a one-hour program on Saturday. Dale was a valued member of our lineup for many years and we wish him the best.

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ANSWER
Changing networks to move away from ABC is not an option for us. There are a
number of reasons.

First let me respond to the belief held by you and a number of others that
ABC News Radio displays a liberal bias. As you may know from my weekly
feature called “You Tell Me” (www.ktbb.com/youtellme) I am a committed
conservative. KTBB’s hospitality to conservative thought is well-evidenced
by the fact that we are the home in East Texas for Glenn Beck, Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Michael Savage.

If you believe that ABC displays a liberal bias, you join a fairly large
chorus of others. But when you examine that belief closely, you will almost
always find that the liberal bias charge pertains principally to the news
product on the ABC Television Network, mainly their flagship broadcast ABC
World News with Charles Gibson.

I am not going to debate whether or not ABC News as seen on television is
biased. Some very reasonable and well-informed people believe that it is.
Others believe otherwise. (more…)

ANSWER
Yours is a question we get nearly every fall.

If it were up to us, we’d be on the air at 100 kilowatts. The equipment to broadcast at a higher power output is relatively cheap and, despite the high energy costs that so dominate the headlines as I write this, so is the electricity.

If we could, we’d go buy a gangbusters transmitter and crank it all the way up.

And so would every other broadcaster. (more…)

ANSWER
Yours is a question we get frequently at this time of year as the sun begins rising later and setting earlier. You didn’t specify where you live in the area so my answer will be general in nature. But put simply, as the sun rises and sets, KTBB, like most AM radio stations, changes its power and the direction in which it more strongly radiates its signal.

A little technical information. Radio Frequency energy (RF) in what is commonly called the AM band (535 kHz to 1700 kHz) has a characteristic called the skywave. During the day, ionization of the atmosphere by the sun suppresses the skywave and your receiver detects only the groundwave. But at night, when solar energy is gone, the skywave is “free” to travel great distances. As a result, the skywave of a station in Tyler, Texas can cause severe interference for a station in a state as far away as either coast. The skywave effect diminishes with an increase in frequency (dial position). Therefore, a station that is low on the dial like KTBB at 600 kHz will have a very significant skywave component.

To deal with this physical property of AM radio, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allocated radio stations in the U.S. in such a way that some stations are fully powered both day and night, a great many stations are only on the air in the daytime and the rest operate at a higher power by day and a lower power by night. (more…)

Frequently Asked Questions about our Live Audio Streaming Subscription Service.

No, you do not need to purchase a subscription to download MP3s or to use the podcasting features from our
Podcasts and MP3 Downloads page. The subscription is only for the live audio streaming.

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If you are looking for a particular “local” news story you may use the “Search for
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If the above options don’t yield the results you were looking for you can use the information found on our Contact Page to contact us.

To get your events listed here you can mail your info to:

KTBB/KDOK Radio Attn: Calendar of Events c/o: Mike Edwards 1001 ESE Loop 323, Tyler Texas 75701

Or Fax them to: (903)-593-4918. You can also e-mail Mike your items. Send to medwards at ktbb dot com

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You may e-mail (k.b.beavers@juno.com) your volunteer of the day nominations to Karen Beavers.

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