KSNY-FM

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For the AM sister station, see KSNY (AM).

KSNY-FM
City of license	Snyder, Texas
Branding	Twister 101.5
Frequency	101.5 (kHz)
First air date	1980
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	587 feet/179 meters
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	K SNY DER
Affiliations	ABC Radio, Paul Harvey, Mike Huckabee
Owner	Snyder Broadcasting

KSNY-FM (101.5 FM, "Twister 101.5") is the companion station to KSNY (AM). The station began in 1980 at 101.7 mHz as 'FM-102' with an Easy Listening format. The station was automated in the beginning until its move to 101.5 and the format change to country. The station now has coverage in the Big Spring and Abilene markets. In 2001, KSNY began a sister station, 98.9 KLYD "Real Rock." but it was automated until 2003.

Trivia

The station's studios moved from KSNY drive, west of town on Ave. R, to the old Texas Utilities building next to the "SCAT" TV Cable building around 2002.

The FM was put on the air back in the late 1970s. It originally a 3,000 watt class A on 101.7, transmitting from the AM tower at the former studios. The station upgraded in turn to a class C2 in the nineties, and to a C1 on 101.5 in the early 2000s.

The station added a sister station for rock listeners, KLYD 98.9, in 2001, but it was fully automated until 2003.

The DJs for the station become, in effect, local celebrities, with the recent stand-outs being Sheree Stone, Magic Johnson, Cody Christopher, Bruce Bell, Shotgun Kellie Taylor, Becca Grey, "Suzie Q." Leslie Summers, Colby James, Brooks Moon, Gracie James, Blue Patrick, and James Mac.

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v t e Radio stations in the Big Spring/Snyder, Texas area

by FM frequency	91.1 91.3 91.5 94.3 95.7 98.5 98.9 101.5 105.5 107.1

by AM frequency	690 1320 1400 1450 1490

by call sign	KAUM KBCX KBKN KBST KBST-FM KBTS KBXJ KBYG KGWB KLYD KPET KSNY KSNY-FM KVMC KXCS

Defunct	KPBD (89.3 FM)

Texas radio markets Abilene Amarillo Austin Beaumont–Port Arthur Bryan–College Station Corpus Christi Dallas–Fort Worth El Paso Houston–Galveston Killeen–Temple Laredo Lubbock Lufkin–Nacogdoches McAllen–Brownsville–Harlingen Odessa–Midland San Angelo San Antonio Tyler–Longview Texarkana Waco Wichita Falls Other Texas radio regions Bay City–Freeport Big Spring–Snyder Brownwood Del Rio Eagle Pass Fort Stockton–Alpine Kerrville–Fredericksburg Kingsville–Alice–Falfurrias Longview–Marshall Paris Sherman–Denison Victoria See also List of radio stations in Texas

Coordinates: 32°53′28″N 101°06′29″W / 32.891°N 101.108°W / 32.891; -101.108

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