A self-supporting radio tower with 3 FM transmitter arrays in a very industrial part of Dallas booms out WBAP-AM programming on its FM simulcast station, WBAP-FM 93.3.
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"WBAP-FM 93.3 MHz
Haltom City, Texas
"News Talk 820 & 93.3"
Station Format: News/Talk
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Station Owner:
Cumulus Licensing Holding Company LLC
WBAP-FM Technical Details:
Station Status Licensed Class C2 FM Station
Digital Status Analog only
Effective Radiated Power 50,000 Watts
Height above Avg. Terrain 120 meters (394 feet)
Height above Ground Level 146 meters (479 feet)
Height above Sea Level 274 meters (899 feet)
Antenna Pattern Directional
Transmitter Location 32° 46' 45" N, 96° 55' 23" W
License Granted January 18 2024
License Expires August 01 2029
Last FCC Update January 22 2024
Previous Call Signs:
KNBR first used 10/25/1996
KKZN first used 12/20/1996
KKMR first used 12/15/1999
KDBN first used 1/29/2002
KLIF first used 9/7/2009"
From Wikipedia, some information on the pioneering WBAP-AM 820: (
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Broadcast area
Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
North Texas
Frequency 820 kHz
Branding News/Talk 820 WBAP and on FM 93.3
Programming Language(s) English
Format News/talk
Affiliations:
Fox News Radio
Westwood One
The Weather Channel
WFAA-TV
Owner
Cumulus Media
(Cumulus Licensing Holding Company LLC)
Sister stations
KLIF KPLX KSCS KTCK KTCK-FM WBAP-FM
History
First air date May 2, 1922
(102 years ago)
Call sign meaning sequential; "We Bring A Program"
Class A
Power 50,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
32°36'38.49?N 97°10'1.04?W (main antenna)
32°36'43?N 97°9'56?W (auxiliary antenna)
Repeater(s)
93.3 WBAP-FM (Haltom City)
99.5 KPLX-HD2 (Fort Worth)
WBAP (820 kHz) is an AM news/talk radio station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. WBAP is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts with 50,000 watts from a transmitter site in the northwest corner of Mansfield. Its programming is also simulcast on WBAP-FM (93.3) in Haltom City.
WBAP is a Class A clear-channel station, using a non-directional antenna. Its nighttime signal can often be heard throughout the Southern, Central, and Midwestern states and Northern Mexico, while its daytime signal provides at least secondary coverage from Oklahoma City to Austin. WBAP is one of the oldest radio stations in Texas, dating back to 1922, when stations in Texas were still given call signs beginning with "W" instead of "K".
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FM simulcasts
Sister station KPMZ (later WBAP-FM, now KTCK-FM) started simulcasting WBAP on 96.7 FM, March 15, 2010. Although broadcasting on a rimshot signal, management said that WBAP-FM provides "crystal-clear FM fidelity" for their listeners within 96.7's coverage area.
On October 7, 2013, Cumulus announced the discontinuation of the WBAP simulcast on 96.7 FM. It switched call letters to KTCK-FM as a simulcast of the sports radio programming on co-owned KTCK. Dan Bennet, the vice president/market manager of Cumulus, said he had "seen no ratings increase since adding the FM". Bennett added, "WBAP at 820 AM still covers 114 counties in the day and has been heard in up to 38 states at night and early morning before the sun comes up. WBAP at 820 is one of the biggest radio signals in America." The WBAP simulcast moved to the second HD Radio channel of KPLX.
In 2015, WBAP ended decades of ABC News Radio affiliation and changed its national news feed to Westwood One News.[20] On August 31, 2020, after the shutdown of Westwood One News, WBAP switched its national news affiliation to Fox News Radio.
WBAP's programming returned to FM on January 3, 2024, when the station began simulcasting on KLIF-FM 93.3, replacing the 1990s/2000s hits-formatted "Hot 93.3"."