KBUC

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KBUC
Broadcast area Rio Grande Valley; Matamoros and Reynosa, Tamaulipas
Frequency 102.1 MHz
BrandingSuper Tejano 102.1
Programming
Format Tejano
Ownership
Owner
  • Radio United
  • (Leading Media Group Corp.)
KURV, XHCAO-FM, XHRYS-FM, XHAVO-FM, XHRR-FM
History
First air date
 1983
Former call signs
  • KSOX-FM (1981–1999)
  • KILM (1999–2005)
  • KTFM (2005)
  • KLEY-FM (2005)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 18654
Class C2
ERP 18,000 watts
HAAT 231 meters (758 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 26°38′9″N97°50′10″W / 26.63583°N 97.83611°W / 26.63583; -97.83611
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website supertejano1021.com

KBUC (102.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a tejano music format. [2] Licensed to Raymondville, Texas, United States, the station serves the McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen and Reynosa-Matamoros border area. The station is owned by Grupo Multimedios, through licensee Leading Media Group Corp. The station has obtained a construction permit from the FCC for a power increase to 37,000 watts. [3] KBUC also served as the flagship station for the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees. KBUC formerly broadcast a country music format but flipped on August 15, 2011, at 5:00 p.m.

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History

The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for the station to Sendero Multimedia, Inc. on December 15, 1980. [4] The station was assigned the call sign KSOX-FM on November 16, 1981, and received its license to cover on April 21, 1983. [5] On April 22, 1994, the station changed its call sign to KILM. The station's license and that of Mirando City, Texas-based KBDR were assigned by Sendero on April 3, 2003, to R Communications, LLC at a purchase price of $8,000,000. [6] [7] The station once more changed its call sign on January 19, 2005, to KTFM, on January 26, 2005, to KLEY-FM, and on February 2, 2005, to the current KBUC. [8]

R Communications sold KBUC and three sister stations to Grupo Multimedios effective February 10, 2021, for $6 million.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KBUC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
  3. ↑ "KBUC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Texas radio's MBM Revolution buys again". rbr.com. May 9, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ "KBUC Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved January 22, 2024.


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