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| Broadcast area | Abilene, Texas |
| Frequency | 101.7MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 101.7 The Patriot |
| Programming | |
| Format | Texas country Mainstream Rock Americana |
| Subchannels | |
| Affiliations | Texas Rangers (baseball)McMurry War Hawks football |
| Ownership | |
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| KTJK,KWKC,KZQQ | |
| History | |
First air date | December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03) |
Former call signs | KTJK (2018–2023) KKHR (2023) |
Call sign meaning | "Abilene, Texas" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 198731 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 6,000watts |
| HAAT | 95 meters (312 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°30′38″N99°44′30″W / 32.51056°N 99.74167°W /32.51056; -99.74167 (KABT) |
| Repeater | KLBY-FM |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | [1] |
| Website | www |
KABT-FM (101.7FM), "The Patriot" is anAmericana/Texas country/southern rockradio station serving theAbilene, Texas, area and licensed to nearbyHawley, Texas. The station is owned by Radio Abilene.
The 101.7 facility went on the air at the end of 2018 as KTJK, with avariety hits format. Radio Abilene acquired the station in 2021 and relaunched it as "The Raider" with the same music format. In 2023, The Raider moved to106.3 MHz, and 101.7 was relaunched with its present format.
Then operating under the call sign KTJK, the station began airing content under a new commercial license in late winter 2018, adopting avariety hits format after a seasonal broadcast of all Christmas music.[2] The license and equipment was purchased in early 2021 by WesTex Telco, which operated KTJK asvariety hits 101.7 The Raider.[3] The station was named after theNorthrop Grumman B-21 Raider, a heavy bomber under development and to be housed at nearbyDyess Air Force Base.[4]
In 2022, Radio Abilene acquiredKKHR (106.3 FM) and the other Abilene stations owned by Canfin Enterprises; it began moving The Raider and the call sign to the higher-power 106.3 facility with a simulcast on August 1, 2023.[5] On August 8, the KKHR call letters briefly moved to 101.7 MHz; on August 21, the station debuted a new format mixing Texasred dirt country music with mainstream rock andAmericana music, known as The Patriot, plusTexas Rangers baseball.[6] New KABT call letters were adopted on September 1, 2023. KABT became the Big Country affiliate for the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network in 2025.
32°30′40″N99°44′31″W / 32.511°N 99.742°W /32.511; -99.742