KETX (AM)

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KETX
KETX 102.3.png
Frequency 1440 kHz
Branding102.3 The Eagle
Programming
Format Classic rock
Affiliations Dallas Cowboys
Ownership
OwnerKen Luck
History
First air date
August 23, 1957 (1957-08-23)
Call sign meaning
East Texas
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 52895
Class D
Power
  • 5,000 watts day
  • 91 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
30°44′23.00″N94°55′30.00″W / 30.7397222°N 94.9250000°W / 30.7397222; -94.9250000
Translator(s) See § Translator
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1023theeagle.com

KETX (1440 kHz) is a terrestrial American AM radio station, relayed by an FM translator, broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Livingston, Texas, United States, the station is currently owned by Ken Luck, who also serves as the licensee. The purchase from Telcom Supply was consummated on October 2, 2019.

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Broadcast translator for KETX
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC infoNotes
K272FY102.3 FM Livingston, Texas 200935250213  m (699  ft)D LMS First air date: August 2019

History

KETX was initially proposed by Harold J. Haley Sr., Robert M. Sutton, & Donald L. Gulihur, under the corporate name of Polk County Broadcasting Company in September 1956. Originally intended to operate at 1220 kHz with 250 watts, the proposal was amended in November 1956 to move up the dial to the current 1440 kHz, operating at 1 kilowatt of power. A construction permit to build the 1 kilowatt facility, located 0.8 miles NNE of Livingston was granted on April 17, 1957.

The facility was constructed by Don Gulihur, who served as the facility's Chief Engineer, utilizing a Gates BC 1J transmitter, with the studios and tower co-located at the transmission site on U.S. Highway 59, receiving a License to Cover from the Federal Communications Commission on August 23, 1957.

Polk County Broadcasting would go on to further increase power to the current 5 kilowatt daytime signal, which was licensed on May 7, 1963, and involved a change of the transmitter to an RCA BTA 1MX driver and MS 363 amplifier.

The Haley family would own the heritage KETX for the next half century, operating the facility as a country formatted station for the majority of its life, until it was sold to Livingston Telephone, d.b.a. Telcom Supply, Inc. on October 8, 2008, after the deaths of both Hal Sr. and wife Peggy Haley. KETX is one of the few remaining stations operating in Texas that has been locally owned and operated throughout its existence as a broadcast station.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KETX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.