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| Broadcast area | Corpus Christi metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 1360kHz |
| Branding | NewsRadio 1360 KKTX |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Network | Fox News Radio |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1929; 96 years ago (1929) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Kilgore, Texas (calls loaned from formerFM sister station) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 55166 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | 1360kktx |
KKTX (1360kHz) is a commercialAM radio station inCorpus Christi, Texas. It airs atalk radio format and is owned byiHeartMedia The studios and offices on Old Brownsville Road near theCorpus Christi International Airport.
KKTX is powered at 1,000 watts using anon-directional antenna. Thetransmitter is on McBride Lane at Erin Drive.[2]
Most of KKTX's weekday schedule isnationally syndicated talk shows. Weekdays begin withThis Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal. That's followed byWalton & Johnson with Steve Johnson and Kenny Webster (from co-ownedKPRCHouston),The Glenn Beck Radio Program,The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,The Sean Hannity Show,The Joe Pags Show (from co-ownedWOAISan Antonio),The Jesse Kelly Show andCoast to Coast AM withGeorge Noory.
Weekend shows includeBill Handel on the Law,Armstrong & Getty,Rich DeMuro on Tech,The Weekend with Michael Brown,The Kim Komando Show,Gun Talk with Bill Gresham, The Mark Moss Show, The Great Outdoors with Ken Milam andSunday Night with Bill Cunningham. During theNFL season, KKTX carriesDallas Cowboys games. Most hours begin with an update fromFox News Radio.
The stationsigned on the air in 1929, as KGFI. It is the oldest station in Corpus Christi and was first owned by theCorpus Christi Caller-Times daily newspaper.
Thecall sign became KRIS in 1936, and KRYS in 1956.[3]
On November 10, 1997, KRYS became anaffiliate ofRadio Disney.
Blake Farenthold, a Republican who began representing Corpus Christi in theUnited States House of Representatives forTexas's 27th congressional district in 2011, co-hostedLago in the Morning on KKTX from 1997 to 2010.[4]
Jim Lago retired from hosting the KKTX morning show in December 2019. The 74-year-old Lago hosted his last show on KKTX on December 6, 2019.[5]
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