KUTX

KUTX
	MHz (HD Radio) ; HD-2 AMX.fm; HD-3 TMX.fm
Branding	KUTX 98.9
Programming
Format	Adult album alternative (Public)
Affiliations	NPR
Ownership
Owner	The University of Texas at Austin
Sister stations	KUT, KVRX
History
First air date	1988
Former call signs	KLTD (1988-1993); KUTZ (1993-1996); KJFK (1996-2000); KHHL (2000-2009); KXBT (2009-2013)
Call sign meaning	University of TeXas
Technical information
Facility ID	59982
Class	C3
ERP	1,600 watts
HAAT	390 meters (1,280 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kutx.org; amx.fm (HD2); tmx.fm (HD3)

KUTX (98.9

radio station licensed to Leander, Texas and serving the greater Austin, Texas area with an adult album alternative format.^[2] The station is owned by University of Texas at Austin with headquarters at the Belo Center for New Media (A0704) on the University of Texas at Austin campus.^[3]

History

98.9 signed on in 1988 at 99.1 FM as KLTD, "Kool 99 FM" with the

Dial Global. On July 3, 1993, KLTD changed calls to KUTZ and format to hard rock as part of the Satellite Music Network-Z Rock

Network.

In 1996, 98.9 FM changed to

Rock AC as "The Hill", KHHL. Later, 98.9 FM became Spanish CHR, "Exitos 98.9", and then "La Ley 98.9" with a Regional Mexican

format.

The Regional Mexican format lasted until November 29, 2009, when

Border Media Partners, and changed formats to talk radio

as "98.9 The Big Talker" and new calls KXBT.

As "98.9 The Big Talker", the station's weekday line-up included The Sean Rima Show during morning

The Schnitt Show during late-afternoon hours, and The Mark Levin Show during late-rush hour and early-evening hours. The weekends included The Jesus Christ Show, The Otherside with Steve Godfrey, Leo Laporte The Tech Guy, John Clay Wolfe, and The Weekend. The station was also the Houston Texans

affiliate for the Austin, Texas market.

On August 15, 2011, after a listener survey and facing stagnant ratings, BMP Radio dropped the news/talk format in favor of

True Oldies Channel programming moved permanently to 98.9 FM on September 3 as "98.9 Austin's Greatest Hits", and KXXS dropped the oldies format in favor of ESPN Deportes, formerly located on KWNX

.

As of January 23, 2012, KXBT began airing local programming Monday-Friday 6am-7pm and added a local morning show from 6am-10am with Bo Chase In The Morning as well as syndicated host Tom Kent weekdays from 7pm-12am.

True Oldies Channel continued to air overnights and Sundays at 7pm. On Saturdays, KXBT aired Saturday Night Dance Fever live at the Iron Cactus

North on Stonelake Boulevard in Austin. The program featured dance classics of the 1970s, 1980s, and early-1990s.

On July 7, 2012, as part of Border Media's Austin selloff, the Board of Regents at the University of Texas announced their intention to vote on their acquisition of KXBT for $6 million; while questions about the proposal tabled the vote for some time, it was approved on August 23, and UT shortly after announced their intention to move KUT's music programming to 98.9 under new calls KUTX by the start of 2013. On November 26, KXBT announced that their classic hits format would end the following Friday, the 30th.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Burl Ives & the Videocraft Chorus, 98.9, finishing out the entire soundtrack to the television special of the same name, began its "Music Preview", with the first song as KUTX being "We Can Work It Out" by The Beatles. The jockless preview gave way to the fully staffed version of the format on January 2.^[6]

KUTX is marketed as "The Austin Music Experience." Music shows moved from KUT include Eklektikos, hosted by John Aielli (with KUT since 1966); Left of the Dial with Jeff McCord; and shows hosted by Jay Trachtenberg, and Jody Denberg.

References

^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
^ "Contact Directions." KUTX. Retrieved on December 18, 2014. See image "KUT Public Media Studios 300 W. Dean Keeton (A0704) Austin, TX 78712-1061"
^ "radio insight". Retrieved 30 November 2012.
^ Austin's Greatest Hits Signs Off
^ 98.9 KUTX Austin Begins Preview Mode (Accessed December 31, 2012)

External links

KUTX official website
KUTX in the FCC FM station database
KUTX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

30°23′28″N 97°50′13″W / 30.391°N 97.837°W / 30.391; -97.837

[fcc1-1] "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved April 16, 2010.

[arb1-2] "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved April 16, 2010.

[3] "Contact Directions." KUTX. Retrieved on December 18, 2014. See image "KUT Public Media Studios 300 W. Dean Keeton (A0704) Austin, TX 78712-1061"

[ins1-4] "radio insight". Retrieved 30 November 2012.

[5] Austin's Greatest Hits Signs Off

[6] 98.9 KUTX Austin Begins Preview Mode (Accessed December 31, 2012)

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