KMKS

KMKS
City of license Bay City, Texas
Broadcast area Central Gulf Coast
Branding “Hot Country 102.5”
Slogan "Hot Country 102.5”
Frequency 102.5 MHz
First air date July 27, 1984
Format Country
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 142 Meters
Class C1
Facility ID 58979
Owner Sandlin Broadcasting Co., Inc.
(Sandlin Broadcasting Co., Inc.)
Website [http://www.kmks.com

KMKS (102.5 FM known as "Hot Country 102.5") serves Bay City, Texas and the region south of Houston. The radio station plays country music and features topics of regional interest, regional news and weather, local personalities, and requests and dedications. Owned by Sandlin Broadcasting Co., Inc, KMKS is licensed by the Federal Communications Commissions to operate on 102.5 FM. The KMKS transmitter is located near Palacios, Texas. The station's call sign is a tribute to the station’s owner and president, Margaret Kay Sandlin, who built and has managed the station since 1984.

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History

Class A: Application for Construction Permit was received by the Federal Communications Commission on June 23, 1982 to operate on the assigned frequency of 92.1 MHz at 3,000 watts. The station signed on at 92.1 FM on July 27, 1984 at 2:57 pm. At that time, KMKS played Adult contemporary music. In 1997 KMKS switched its formats to country music.

Class C2:50,000 watts: August 13, 1990 KMKS applied for a station license of its newly upgraded facility with its assigned new frequency of 102.5 KHz and 50,000 watts BPH-20030206ACK .

Class C1: 100,000 watts. KMKS filed an Application for a FM Broadcast Station License to operate as C1, 100,000 watts on July 20, 2007 (BLH-20070720ABH), which was accepted for filing by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) July 23, 2007. KMKS received its license to cover (BPH-20030206ACK) August 6, 2007. At that time, KMKS 102.5 FM went from 50,000 to 100,000 watts ERP with a country music format.

STATION EMPLOYEES

Studio location

Studio is located at 2309 5 th. Street in Bay City Texas.

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