KLBJ (AM)

KLBJ

City of license	Austin, Texas
Broadcast area	Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area
Branding	News Radio KLBJ
Slogan	"Austin's 24-Hour News Station"
Frequency	590 kHz
Translator(s)	99.7 K259AJ (Austin)
First air date	July 2, 1939 as KTBC
Format	News/Talk
Power	5000 watts (day) 1000 watts (night)
Class	B
Facility ID	65791
Callsign meaning	K Lyndon Baines Johnson
Former callsigns	KTBC (1939-1973)
Affiliations	Premiere Networks Westwood One Network Fox News Radio
Owner	Emmis Communications (Emmis Austin Radio Broadcasting Company, L.P.)
Sister stations	KBPA, KGSR, KLZT, KLBJ-FM, KROX
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.newsradioklbj.com

KLBJ (590 kHz) is a commercial AM Radio station licensed to Austin, Texas. It carries a News/Talk Radio format. KLBJ is owned by Emmis Communications of Indianapolis, Indiana but once was owned by the family of President Lyndon Baines Johnson and still carries his initials as its call letters. On October 30, 2009, 590 AM began simulcasting its programming on FM translator K259AJ 99.7 MHz. The station has studios along Interstate 35 in North Austin, and the transmitter site is located east of Austin near the Colorado River in unincorporated Travis County. KLBJ 590 operates at 5000 watts by day, 1000 watts by night.

Programming

KLBJ carries both local and nationally syndicated programs. Weekdays begin with an hour of news at 5 a.m., called Austin's Morning News. At 6 a.m., KLBJ airs The Todd and Don Show, a wake-up program of news, interviews and phone calls hosted by Todd Jeffries and Don Pryor. At 10 a.m., it's Mark Caesar and Charlie Hodge. At 11 a.m., KLBJ carries The Rush Limbaugh Show. KLBJ returns to local programming at 2 p.m. with Dale Dudley, followed at 3 p.m. by Jeff Ward and Ed Clemments. At 7 p.m., KLBJ goes back to syndicated shows, with Dana Loesch followed by Clyde Lewis at 9 p.m. Overnight it's Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and America in The Morning at 4 a.m.

The weekend schedule includes shows on money, gardening, food, cars, real estate and nationally syndicated programs The Kim Komando Show and Beyond the Beltway with Bruce DuMont. Some weekend hours are paid Brokered programming.

Controversy

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 KLBJ on December 7, 2009, with a transformed perspective on community history and cultural sensitivity.

History

KLBJ first went on the air in 1939^[1] as KTBC, the call letters standing for Texas Broadcasting Company. It was acquired by the family of future president Lyndon Johnson. The Johnson Family put Austin's first TV station on the air in 1952, KTBC-TV 7 and a co-owned FM station signed on the air in 1960, KTBC-FM (today KLBJ-FM). The Johnson Family eventually divested its broadcasting properties, with KLBJ-AM-FM today owned by Emmis Communications and KTBC-TV going first to The Times Mirror Company and today it is owned by Fox Television Stations.

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KLBJ

Radio-Locator Information on KLBJ

Radio stations in Austin, Texas

By AM frequency	590 970 1060¹ 1120 1260 1300 1370 1440 1490 1530 1560 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.5 89.9 90.5 91.7 91.7 91.9 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.7 95.1 95.5 96.3 96.7 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.3 99.7 100.7 101.5 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.5 104.3 104.9 105.3 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 (Austin)

By callsign	K242CC KAMX KASE-FM KAZI KBPA KELG KFIT¹ KFMK KGSR KHFI-FM KIXL KJCE KKMJ-FM KLBJ KLBJ-FM KLGO KLJA KLLR KLQB KLZT KMFA KMLR KNLE-FM KOKE KOKE-FM KOOP KPEZ KROX-FM KTAE KTSW KTXW KTXX-FM KTXZ KUT KUTX KVET KVET-FM KVLR KVRX KXPW-LP KYLR KZNX WXK27

Defunct	KUOL/1470

Nearby radio markets Bryan–College Station Dallas–Fort Worth Houston–Galveston Kerrville–Fredericksburg Killeen–Temple San Antonio Victoria Waco See also List of radio stations in Texas ¹ = Daytime-only AM radio station.

News/Talk radio stations in Texas

All-News	KLIF – Dallas KRLD – Dallas

News & Talk	KBRA – Freer KCOX – Jasper KCRS – Midland/Odessa KDET – Center KERA – Dallas KEXB – Dallas KFNA – Winters KFXR – Dallas KFYO – Lubbock KGKL – San Angelo KGNC – Amarillo KIKK – Houston KIXZ – Amarillo KJCE – Rollingwood KJDL – Lubbock KJTV – Lubbock KKSA – San Angelo KKTX – Corpus Christi KLBJ – Austin KLUP – Terrell Hills KLVI – Beaumont KMNY – Hurst KNTH – Houston KPLT – Paris KPYN – Atlanta KSET – Lumberton KSEV – Tomball KSFA – Nacogdoches KSKY – Balch Springs KTBB – Tyler KTBB-FM – Troup KTEK – Alvin KTMR – Edna KTRH – Houston KTSA – San Antonio KTSM – El Paso KUHF – Houston KURV – Edinburg KUTX – Leander KVCE – Highland Park KVNN – Victoria KVOP – Plainview KWEL – Midland/Odessa KWFS – Wichita Falls KWKC – Abilene KWTX – Waco KXYL – Brownwood KXYL-FM – Coleman WBAP – Fort Worth WOAI – San Antonio WTAW – College Station

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas

Emmis Communications

Radio stations	KBPA KFTK KGSR KLBJ KLBJ-FM KLZT KNOU KPNT KPWR KROX-FM KSHE Rádio Expres Radio FM Plus Radio Fresh! STAR WBLS WEPN-FM^* WFNB WFNF WFNI WIBC WLHK WLIB WQHT WTHI-FM WWVR WYXB

Magazines	Atlanta Cincinnati Orange Coast Indianapolis Monthly Los Angeles Texas Monthly

^*Operated by ESPN Radio under a local marketing agreement.

Coordinates: 30°14′16″N 97°37′47″W / 30.23778°N 97.62972°W / 30.23778; -97.62972

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