WTAW (AM)

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WTAW
WTAW logo.png
Broadcast area Brazos Valley
Frequency 1620 kHz (HD Radio)
BrandingNews Talk 1620 94.5 WTAW
Programming
Format Talk radio
Affiliations Fox News Radio
Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Bryan Broadcasting Company
  • (Bryan Broadcasting License Corporation)
KNDE, KZNE, KWBC, KAGC, WTAW-FM, KPWJ, KKEE, KJCS
History
First air date
May 3, 2000;24 years ago (2000-05-03)
Former call signs
KAZW (1998–2000; CP)
KZNE (2000)
Call sign meaning
Watch The Aggies Win
(later slogan adopted for the original randomly assigned call letters of 1150 AM facility, now KZNE; swapped to this facility in 2000)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 87145
Class B
Power 10,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 30°37′15.00″N96°15′16.00″W / 30.6208333°N 96.2544444°W / 30.6208333; -96.2544444
Translator(s) 94.5 K233DU (College Station)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website wtaw.com

WTAW (1620 kHz), branded as "News Talk 1620 94.5 WTAW", is a commercial talk AM radio station licensed to serve College Station, Texas. Owned by the Bryan Broadcasting Company, WTAW covers College Station, Bryan and much of the Brazos Valley. [2] Its studios and transmitter site are located in College Station.

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In addition to a standard analog transmission, WTAW broadcasts in HD Radio, utilizing the in-band on-channel hybrid standard, is simulcast over low-power FM translator K233DU (94.5 FM) College Station, and is available online.

Programming

WTAW personality Scott DeLucia hosts the morning-drive program, The Infomaniacs along with Chelsea Reber on news and Zach Taylor on sports. The show is best known for quick wit and Zach being made fun of by the other hosts.

The Glenn Beck Program , The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show (a direct successor to The Rush Limbaugh Show ), and The Sean Hannity Show (via Premiere Networks) air during the late morning, midday, and afternoons, respectively. Joe Pags (via Compass Media Networks), Coast to Coast AM (via Premiere) and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal (via Compass) also air on the station. Weekend hosts include Kim Komando and Bill Cunningham.

History

KAZW / KZNE

WTAW originated as the expanded band "twin" of an existing station on the standard AM band. On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with the then-WTAW on 1150 kHz authorized to move to 1620 kHz. [3] An application for the expanded band station was filed on June 16, 1997, which was assigned the call letters KAZW on January 9, 1998, which were changed to KZNE on March 1, 2000. [4]

The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency. [3] However, this deadline has been extended multiple times, and the stations on both 1150 and 1620 kHz have remained authorized. One restriction is that the FCC has generally required paired original and expanded band stations to remain under common ownership. [5] [6]

WTAW

On May 3, 2000, the stations on 1150 and 1620 kHz swapped identities, with 1150 becoming sports radio KZNE (while maintaining its longtime role as the flagship of Texas A&M Aggies athletics), and 1620 inheriting the historic WTAW call letters and its talk radio format. Although for the average listener this meant that WTAW had moved from 1150 to 1620 kHz, and KNZE had done the reverse, according to FCC regulatory practices the same station on 1620 kHz continued to be licensed (Facility ID 87145 in FCC nomenclature), with just call letter changes taking place. [4]

On December 4, 2003, WTAW and KZNE were sold to Bryan Broadcasting. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WTAW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WTAW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
  3. 1 2 "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations" (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997.
  4. 1 2 Call Sign History for 1620 kHz (Facility ID: 87145)
  5. ↑ "In re: WHLY(AM), South Bend, Indiana" (FCC DA 13-600, released April 3, 2013)
  6. ↑ "Re: WDDD (AM) Application for Consent to Assignment of AM Broadcast Station License" (August 23, 2010 correspondence from Peter H. Doyle, Chief, FCC Audio Division, Media Bureau. Reference Number 1800B3-TSN)
  7. ↑ "FCC Application". Federal Communications Commission.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
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