KEPS

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KEPS
Frequency 1270 kHz
Programming
Format Defunct
Ownership
Owner
  • Javier Navarro Galindo
  • (South Texas Radio, LLC)
KINL
History
First air date
1957
Last air date
June 29, 2022 (License canceled on December 5, 2023)
Call sign meaning
"Eagle Pass"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 18107
Class D
Power 890 watts (day)
32 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 28°43′57″N100°29′34″W / 28.73250°N 100.49278°W / 28.73250; -100.49278
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Public license information

KEPS (1270 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Eagle Pass, Texas, United States. The station was owned by Javier Navarro Galindo, through licensee South Texas Radio, LLC.

Contents

Until June 29, 2022, KEPS broadcast a Spanish Contemporary music format. [2] The station also broadcast local news, sports, plus CNN en Español newscasts. [3] The station ceased operations on June 29, 2022, with its license cancelation coming in 2023.

History

KEPS was on air since 1957. It was initially owned by Uvalde Broadcasters and was sold in 1964 to Eagle Pass Broadcasters, both in the Harpole family. Texrock Radio bought the station in early 1998.

In 2013, Rhattigan Broadcasting sold KEPS and KINL to MBM Eagle Pass Radio, a subsidiary of R Communications.

On June 29, 2022, KEPS ceased operations. [4] The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station's license on December 5, 2023. [5]

KEPS 1270AM logo.jpg

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KEPS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved July 29, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Station Profile". KINL & KEPS Radio. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
  4. ↑ Five Stations in Uvalde & Eagle Pass TX Cease Operations Radioinsight - July 1, 2022
  5. ↑ "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.


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