| City of license | Austin, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area |
| Branding | News Radio 590 KLBJ |
| Slogan | "Austin's 24-Hour News Station" |
| Frequency | 590 kHz |
| Translator(s) | K259AJ 99.7 MHz (Austin) |
| First air date | July 2, 1939 as KTBC |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 65791 |
| Callsign meaning | K Lyndon Baines Johnson |
| Owner | Emmis Communications (Emmis Austin Broadcasting Company, LP) |
| Sister stations | KBPA, KGSR, KLZT, KLBJ-FM, KROX |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | newsradioklbj.com |
KLBJ (590 AM) is a talk radio station broadcasting from Austin, Texas, USA. It was once owned by the family of Lyndon Baines Johnson, but is now owned by Emmis Communications of Indianapolis, Indiana. On October 30, 2009, 590 AM began simulcasting its programming on K259AJ 99.7 FM.
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KLBJ carries the nationally syndicated programs "Coast to Coast AM", "The Neal Boortz Show", "The Rush Limbaugh Show", and "The Clark Howard Show" as part of its daily schedule. The weekend schedule includes the nationally syndicated programs "The Kim Komando Show", "Dr. Dean Edell", "The Alex Jones Show", "Beyond the Beltway" and "The Mutual Fund Show with Adam Bold".
KLBJ became the subject of controversy in July 2009 when Don Pryor, the co-host of the Todd and Don Show repeatedly used the term wetback to refer to illegal aliens in a satirical attempt to make a point about labels. Both hosts issued an on-air apology the next day, and were put on a 2 week unpaid suspension. It was announced on July 20 that the show was canceled, though both remained employed at the station.
The Todd and Don Show returned to the airwaves on December 7, 2009, with a transformed perspective on community history, expectations and cultural sensitivity.
Famed atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair produced a radio program called the American Atheist Radio Series on KTBC.[1]
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