KYRK

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KYRK
KYRK logo.png
Broadcast area Corpus Christi metropolitan area
Frequency 106.5 MHz
Branding106.5 BANDTANGO Radio
Programming
Format Alternative rock
Ownership
OwnerWithers Family Texas Holdings, LP
History
First air date
1996 (as KZTX at 106.1)
Former call signs
KZTX (1984-1998)
KTKY (1998-2011)
Former frequencies
106.1 MHz (1996-2011)
Technical information
Facility ID 40798
Class C2
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 148 meters (486 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 27°52′2.00″N97°13′7.00″W / 27.8672222°N 97.2186111°W / 27.8672222; -97.2186111
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website BANDTANGORadio.com

KYRK (106.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Taft, Texas, and serving the Corpus Christi metropolitan area. It airs an alternative rock format and is owned by Withers Family Texas Holdings, LP. It uses the moniker "Bandtango," a brand and sound image concept of Mike Quinn and Bandtango Inc., a Los Angeles entertainment technology company.

Contents

KYRK is a Class C2 station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts. The transmitter is on Avenue B near 8th Street in Ingleside. [1]

History

The station was assigned the call letters KZTX on September 5, 1984. On March 20, 1998, the station changed its call sign to KTKY. On April 26, 2011, the station changed its call sign to the current KYRK. [2] The station moved to 106.5 FM with 50,000 watts on July 15, 2011.

On October 9, 2014, KYRK flipped from classic hits to an alternative rock format, branded as "106.5 The Shark". [3]

On May 3, 2015, the "Shark" alternative rock format moved to 94.7 in Corpus Christi, and the 106.5 frequency fell silent.

On May 20, 2015, 106.5 KYRK adopted 94.7's previous country music format as "Rig Radio 106.5".

On July 22, 2015, KYRK returned to its "Shark" alternative rock format. [4]

On August 10, 2021, KYRK relaunched under the new brand "106.5 BANDTANGO Radio New Alternative First" an alternative music format. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KYRK
  2. ↑ "KYRK Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
  3. ↑ "Corpus Christi Classic Hits Station Flips to Alternative" Archived 2009-06-07 at the Wayback Machine from RadioInfo (October 9, 2014)
  4. ↑ Bogey Resets in Corpus christi as Shark Returns to KYRK
  5. ↑ https://radioinsight.com/headlines/211807/106-5-the-shark-corpus-christi-does-the-bandtango


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