KBXT
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KBXT is a radio station
broadcasting a Urban Contemporary
music format. Licensed to Wixon Valley, Texas
, USA, the station is currently owned by Brazos Valley Communications, Ltd. and features programming from American Urban Radio Networks
.
KPXQ on July 12, 1991. On December 27, 1993, the station changed its call sign to KLTR, on December 20, 1996 to KZTR, and on December 13, 2007, to the current KBXT.
KZTR had originally signed on as an affiliate of Z-Rock in the mid '90s, moving toward classic rock when the network ceased operations. It took on a Top 40 format as "B-102" in November 1998, only to flip to Adult Contemporary as "101.9 The Valley" in 2001. By 2006 it started simulcasting the same audio as KTAM (1240 AM), whose format is regional Mexican.
On November 29, 2007, KZTR flipped to "The Beat" and adopted a Rhythmic format featuring Hip Hop/R&B and Rhythmic Pop hits. While it is a rhythmic format, it is a Hip Hop/R&B station replacement for KVJM
after that station flipped to Spanish language
more than a year earlier. the station has since changed from rhythmic back to Urban contemporary the format that used to air on 103.1 KVJM
Radio station
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broadcasting a Urban Contemporary
Urban contemporary
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...
music format. Licensed to Wixon Valley, Texas
Wixon Valley, Texas
Wixon Valley is a town in Brazos County, Texas, United States. The population was 235 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area.-Geography:Wixon Valley is located at ....
, USA, the station is currently owned by Brazos Valley Communications, Ltd. and features programming from American Urban Radio Networks
American Urban Radio Networks
American Urban Radio Networks is the result of a merger between the National Black Network, founded by Unity Broadcasting in 1973, and the Sheridan Broadcasting Network, founded in 1972 as the Mutual Black Network. The merger took place in the late 1980s. American Urban Radio Networks is an African...
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History
The station was assigned the call signCall sign
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KPXQ on July 12, 1991. On December 27, 1993, the station changed its call sign to KLTR, on December 20, 1996 to KZTR, and on December 13, 2007, to the current KBXT.
KZTR had originally signed on as an affiliate of Z-Rock in the mid '90s, moving toward classic rock when the network ceased operations. It took on a Top 40 format as "B-102" in November 1998, only to flip to Adult Contemporary as "101.9 The Valley" in 2001. By 2006 it started simulcasting the same audio as KTAM (1240 AM), whose format is regional Mexican.
On November 29, 2007, KZTR flipped to "The Beat" and adopted a Rhythmic format featuring Hip Hop/R&B and Rhythmic Pop hits. While it is a rhythmic format, it is a Hip Hop/R&B station replacement for KVJM
KVJM
KVJM is a Spanish language formatted radio station broadcasting from Bryan/College Station, Texas, and licensed to Hearne, Texas. Under the branding "Mia 103.1", it is owned by Clear Channel.-History:...
after that station flipped to Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
more than a year earlier. the station has since changed from rhythmic back to Urban contemporary the format that used to air on 103.1 KVJM
KVJM
KVJM is a Spanish language formatted radio station broadcasting from Bryan/College Station, Texas, and licensed to Hearne, Texas. Under the branding "Mia 103.1", it is owned by Clear Channel.-History:...