KRWR

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KRWR
KRWR 92.1TheTeam logo.png
Broadcast area Tyler-Longview metropolitan area
Frequency 92.1 MHz
Branding92.1 The Team
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio
Infinity Sports Network
Tyler Junior College
Texas Rangers
Ownership
Owner
  • Paul Gleiser
  • (ATW Media, LLC)
History
First air date
1975;49 years ago (1975) (as KROZ)
Former call signs
KROZ (1975–1992)
KGLD (1992–1993)
KGLD-FM (8/24/1993)
KDOK (1993–2009)
KTBB-FM (2009–2015)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 24247
Class C3
ERP 9,600 watts
HAAT 135 meters (443 ft)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website theteamfm.com

KRWR (92.1 MHz, "The Team") is a commercial FM radio station in Tyler, Texas. It is owned by Paul Gleiser through licensee ATW Media, LLC, and it serves the Tyler-Longview radio market. It broadcasts a sports radio format as a network affiliate of Fox Sports Radio (heard daytime and weekends) and CBS Sports Radio (heard weeknights).

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"The Team" studios are co-located with KTBB AM and FM in One American Center at 909 ESE Loop 323, at the intersection with New Copeland Road. KRWR has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 9,600 watts. The transmitter site is along N NE Loop 323 near Morningside Drive in Tyler. [2]

History

The station signed on the air in 1975;49 years ago. The original call sign was KROZ and it called itself "K-Rose." Over the years, it has aired country music ("Tyler Rose Country"), album rock and urban contemporary music formats (as "Z92.1" while keeping the KROZ call letters). Past personalities included Hoss Huggins, Dave Mitchell, Alex Price, Joel Hardy, Mike O'Neill, Bill Davis, Paul Berry, and Mick Fulgham.

KDOK logo used until April 2009 KDOK logo.png
KDOK logo used until April 2009

The station flipped to a 1950s/1960s oldies format and took the KGLD calls on February 9, 1992. On August 24, 1993, the station changed its call sign to KDOK. [3]

On April 27, 2009, the oldies format was dropped as KDOK became the FM simulcast for sister station 600 KTBB's news/talk format. The call sign was changed to KTBB-FM to simplify identifications. [4] On May 7, 2009, the KDOK calls and oldies format were moved to 1240 AM KBGE in Kilgore, Texas.

In early 2015, owner Paul Gleiser purchased the 97.5 facility from the Rusk Cherokeean Herald newspaper, and relocated the signal to its current Troup transmitter site, after over 30 years of service as KWRW in Rusk, Texas. On February 3, 2015, the news/talk format on KTBB-FM was moved to 97.5. That station became KTBB-FM, while 92.1 switched to the current call letters KRWR.

KRWR initially offered nationally syndicated ESPN sports programming, interspersed with local sports shows and events, branded as "ESPN 92.1 The Team FM".

In February 2017, KRWR switched its affiliation to Fox Sports Radio and CBS Sports Radio with the revised branding of "92.1 The Team". It also airs Tyler Junior College Apache sports, Monday Night Football, and is the East Texas home of the Texas Rangers.

KRWR ESPNEastTexas92.1 logo.png (KRWR's logo under previous ESPN Radio affiliation)

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KRWR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KRWR
  3. ↑ "KRWR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "Statement from KDOK President Paul Gleiser".

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