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| Broadcast area | San Antonio metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 930kHz |
| Branding | 930AM The Answer |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Conservative talk radio |
| Affiliations | Salem Radio Network Townhall News |
| Ownership | |
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| KSLR | |
| History | |
First air date | October 17, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-10-17) |
Former call signs | KITE (1947–78) KCCW (1978–85) KLLS (1985–87) KRIA (1987–90) KISS (1990–92)[1] |
Call sign meaning | Pronounced as "loop", former station branding |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 34975 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000watts day 1,000 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°31′06″N98°24′25″W / 29.51833°N 98.40694°W /29.51833; -98.40694 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 930amtheanswer |
KLUP (930AM) – branded930AM The Answer – is a commercialconservative talkradio station licensed to serveTerrell Hills, Texas. Owned by theSalem Media Group, the station covers theSan Antonio metropolitan area. The KLUP studios and transmitter are both located inSan Antonio. Besides a standardanalog transmission, KLUP is available online. Current station staff includes Chad Gammage - General Manager, Chris Lair - Operations Director, and Barry Besse - Program Director.
On October 17, 1947, the station first signed on as KITE in San Antonio, owned by Charles A. Balthrope and was a 1,000 watt daytimer, required to go off the air at night.[3] In the 1950s, the power was boosted and the station was authorized to stay on the air around the clock, running the current 5,000 watts by day and 1,000 watts at night.
In May 1960, KITE was acquired by the Townsend U.S. International Growth Fund. An advertisement in the 1960 edition ofBroadcasting Yearbook described KITE as "The Adults Favorite Station in San Antonio."[4] Later in the 1960s, KITE'scity of license was moved from San Antonio to Terrill Hills. In 1966, it signed on an FM station, 104.5 KITE-FM (nowKZEP).[5] Both stations were owned byDoubleday, a large publishing and broadcasting corporation. Doubleday putprogressive rock on the FM station, changing thecall sign to KEXL, while KITE remained with itsmiddle of the road music format.
In 1978, KITE was acquired by Lone Star Broadcasting, becoming KCCW. It later came under the ownership of Radio Alamo and again changed its call letters, this time to KLLS. It was paired up with FM 100.3, which became KLLS-FM. The two stationssimulcast as "Class 100 FM."[6]
Shortly afterward, KLLS-FM was acquired byKKYX 680, and 930 tried a talk format as KRNN and, later, a bilingual music format with mostly Spanish announcing as KRIA "Radio Alegria." Neither incarnation was successful.
Adams Radio acquired the station after entering the market when it bought KISS-FM 99.5. In 1990, it changed call letters from KRIA to KISS and took an oldies format known as "Kool Gold 930 AM." "Kool Gold" was a satellite deliveredoldies format originating out of Phoenix on Adams sister KOOL 960 (nowKKNT), but it later wassimulcast with KISS-FM, after it fired its entire airstaff to air SMN's Pure Gold oldies programming. In 1992, the Rusk Corporation paid $3.95 million for KISS-AM-FM.[7] KISS-FM returned to its original rock format, while the format on KISS switched tosyndicatedadult standards as KLUP "The Loop."
In 1997,Cox Radio acquired KLUP, keeping the standards format. Three years later, Cox spun off KLUP to current ownerSalem Media Group, who switched KLUP to atalk radio format a short time later.
KLUP's schedule features programming from theSalem Radio Network, includingHugh Hewitt,Mike Gallagher,Dennis Prager,Charlie Kirk,Sebastian Gorka andBrandon Tatum. Other National hosts includeDel Walmsley,Jay Sekulow, andTodd Starnes.