KTXZ
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| KTXZ | |
| City of license | West Lake Hills, Texas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area |
| Branding | Planeta 1560 |
| Frequency | 1560 kHz |
| First air date | October 17, 2007 |
| Format | Latin Alternative Rock |
| Power | 2,500 watts |
| Callsign meaning | Texas |
| Owner | Encino Broadcasting LLC |
| Sister stations | KELG, KOKE |
KTXZ is an Austin, Texas AM radio station, operating at 1560Hz, licensed to West Lake Hills, Texas, and is owned by Encino Broadcasting LLC. The station airs a Latin Alternative Rock format.
KTXZ was purchased by Encino Broadcasting LLC, along with KELG and KOKE on September 24, 2007.
[edit] Personalities
Jorge "El Monstro" Lopez
[edit] History
KTXZ signed on the air in June 2, 1981 as the sole radio station licensed to Westlake Hills, Texas by former KTBC Ch.7 legendary newscaster Neal Spelce.
KTXZ established itself as a heritage Spanish language radio station when it became Austin’s second fulltime AM radio station on September 1, 1986. On that date, KTXZ initiated itself into Spanish language broadcasting with a Tejano music format. KTXZ has had several other formats over the years. Currently, KTXZ plays a Latin Alternative Rock format under the moniker of "Planeta 1560".
The station remained in the hands of Neal Spelce until it was sold to Dynamic Radio Broadcasting Corporation, which was founded by Jose Jaime Garcia, Sr., on September 1, 1994.
Garcia, Sr also founded KMXX 102.3 mHz in August of 1976. It was the very first fulltime Spanish language radio station in the state capital. KMXX was later sold to Clear Channel Communications of San Antonio, Texas on March 16, 1982. The call letters were then changed to KPEZ and the Spanish language music format was changed to a "Beautiful Music" format. That format was later dropped in favor of various Rock music formats. Today, it is known as "The River" an Inspirational music format.
KELG 1440 kHz was the first AM fulltime to service the Austin Hispanic community. Dynamic Radio Broadcasting Corporation would later add a FM radio station on August 14, 1992 KKLB 92.5 Mhz - Elgin, Texas known as “Club 92.5FM”, On September 1, 1994 it would acquire KTXZ 1560kHz – Westlake Hills, Texas then known as “Austin’s Original Tejano Music Station” and finally on March 29, 2000 it acquired KFON 1490kHz – Austin, Texas then known as Sportsfan 1490”.
After nearly 20 years of operations, Dynamic Radio Broadcasting Corporation, owners of KKLB, KTXZ, KELG and KFON sold all four radio stations to Border Media Partners on January 3, 2005 for $19,000,000.
Encino Broadcasting then repurchased KELG and KTXZ along with KOKE from Border Media Partmers for $5,500,000 on September 27, 2007.
Encino Broadcasting LLC is owned by family members of Spanish language broadcasting pioneer Jose Jaime Garcia, Sr.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KTXZ
- Radio Locator Information on KTXZ
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for KTXZ
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