KABT

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KABT
KABT logo 2023.png
Broadcast area Abilene, Texas
Frequency 101.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding101.7 The Patriot
Programming
Format Americana/Texas country/southern rock
Subchannels
Affiliations Texas Rangers (baseball)
Ownership
Owner
  • WesTex Communications
  • (WesTex Telco, LLC)
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
Facility ID 198731
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 95 meters (312 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 32°30′38″N99°44′30″W / 32.51056°N 99.74167°W / 32.51056; -99.74167 (KKHR)
Links
Webcast Listen live
WebsitePrimary: www.thepatriotabilene.com

KABT (101.7 FM), "The Patriot" is an Americana/Texas country/southern rock radio station serving the Abilene, Texas, area and licensed to nearby Hawley, Texas. The station is owned by WesTex Communications.

Contents

The 101.7 facility went on the air at the end of 2018 as KTJK with a variety hits format. WesTex acquired the station in 2021 and relaunched it as "The Raider" with the same music format. In 2023, The Raider moved to 106.3 MHz, and 101.7 was relaunched with its present format.

History

Then operating under the call sign KTJK, the station began airing content under a new commercial license in late winter 2018, adopting a variety hits format after a seasonal broadcast of all Christmas music. [1] The license and equipment was purchased in early 2021 by WesTex Telco, which operated KTJK as variety hits 101.7 The Raider. [2] The station was named after the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, a heavy bomber under development and to be housed at nearby Dyess Air Force Base. [3]

In 2022, WesTex acquired KKHR (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. [4] On August 8, the KKHR call letters briefly moved to 101.7 MHz; on August 21, the station debuted a new format mixing Americana music with Southern rock and red dirt country music, known as The Patriot, plus Texas Rangers baseball; team organist Dustin Tatro is the operations manager for the WesTex stations. [5] New KABT call letters were adopted on September 1, 2023.

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KTJK is a radio station broadcasting a variety hits format in Abilene, Texas, United States. The station is one of four Abilene-area stations owned by WesTex Communications and operates from its studios on Chestnut Street. In addition to its standard format, it broadcasts a rhythmic contemporary format on its HD Radio subchannel.

References

  1. ↑ Jaklewicz, Greg (January 9, 2019). "Do you hear what I hear? Christmas music still playing in Abilene". Abilene Reporter-News. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  2. ↑ Jacobson, Adam (March 10, 2021). "Bill McCutchen Sells In West Texas". Radio & Television Business Report. Archived from the original on August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  3. ↑ Jaklewicz, Greg (July 1, 2020). "What the Abilene Reporter-News liked and disliked: Those stepping up". Abilene Reporter-News. Archived from the original on August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  4. ↑ Venta, Lance (August 1, 2023). "The Raider Moves In Abilene". RadioInsight. Archived from the original on August 1, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  5. ↑ Venta, Lance (August 21, 2023). "The Patriot Brings Americana To Abilene". RadioInsight. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2023.

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