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| Broadcast area | El Paso metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 690kHz |
| Branding | News Radio 690 KTSM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Network | Fox News Radio |
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| History | |
First air date | 1947 (1947) |
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Call sign meaning | Tri-State Music Company (original owner) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 69561 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 10,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 31°58′11.4″N106°21′16.9″W / 31.969833°N 106.354694°W /31.969833; -106.354694 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | ktsmradio |
KTSM (690AM) is a commercialradio station licensed toEl Paso,Texas. It is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc. and airs atalk format. The studios are on North Mesa Street at West Waymore Drive in west central El Paso.[2]
KTSM broadcasts with 10,000 watts around the clock. Because the station operates on690 AM, a Mexican and Canadianclear-channel frequency, KTSM uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array to avoid interfering with other stations operating on the same frequency. Its transmitter site is located off O'Brian Street nearU.S. Route 54 in north east El Paso.[3]
KTSM weekday schedule is made up ofnationally syndicatedconservative talk shows, mostly supplied byPremiere Networks, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia:Your Morning Show with Michael DelGiorno,The Glenn Beck Radio Program,The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,The Sean Hannity Show,The Jesse Kelly Show,The Mark Levin Show,Coast to Coast AM withGeorge Noory andThis Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.[4]
Weekends feature a mix of local and syndicated shows on money, health, technology, travel, home repair and the law. Weekend programs includeThe Kim Komando Show,Bill Handel on The Law,At Home with Gary Sullivan,Armstrong & Getty,Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb,Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham,The Ben Ferguson Show andSomewhere in Time with Art Bell. Some weekend hours are paidbrokered programming. Most hours begin with an update fromFox News Radio.
In 1947, the stationsigned on the air at 690 kHz as KEPO.[5] It was powered at 5,000 watts and owned by H.J. Griffith, who served as station president.
In 1957, its call letters were changed to KHEY, airing acountry music format for many years. Historically, KHEY was one of several country music stations in El Paso, and was the last AM station in the market to keep its country format. In 1974, KHEY added asister station, 96.3 KEZB, which aired abeautiful music format.[6] That station today is co-ownedKHEY-FM.
In 1998,San Antonio-basedClear Channel Communications (renamed iHeartMedia in 2014), acquired both KHEY-AM-FM and KTSM-AM-FM. Under Clear Channel management, the two AM stations' call signs and formats were swapped in 2000, with KHEY on AM 690 becoming KTSM and inheriting its talk format, while KTSM on AM 1380 becameKHEY and inherited its country music format. (It has since flipped tosports radio programming.)
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