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词条 KLBJ-FM
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  1. History

     Early Years with the Johnson Family  Selling the TV and Radio Stations 

  2. Discography

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox radio station
| image = File:KLBJ rockofAustin93.7 logo.png
| name = KLBJ-FM
| city = Austin, Texas
| area = Austin metropolitan area
| branding = 93.7 KLBJ
| slogan = The Rock Of Austin!
| airdate = 1960 (as KTBC-FM)
| frequency = 93.7 MHz
| format = Album-oriented Rock
| erp = 97,000 watts
| haat = 320 meters (1050 ft)
| class = C
| facility_id = 65792
| callsign_meaning = K Lyndon Baines Johnson
(The Johnson Family are former owners)
| former_callsigns = KTBC-FM (1960-1973)
| owner = Emmis Communications
| licensee = Emmis Austin Radio Broadcasting Company, L.P.
| sister_stations = KBPA, KGSR, KLZT, KLBJ, KROX-FM
| webcast = Listen Live
| website = KLBJfm.com
|}}

KLBJ-FM (93.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Austin, Texas. It airs an album-oriented rock radio format and calls itself "The Rock of Austin." KLBJ-FM is owned by Emmis Communications of Indianapolis, but once was owned by the family of President Lyndon Baines Johnson and still carries his initials as its call letters.

KLBJ-FM has studios and offices along Interstate 35 in North Austin.[1] The transmitter and broadcast tower are atop Austin's Mount Larson.[2] KLBJ-FM broadcasts in the HD Radio format. Its HD-2 subchannel airs Blues music.

The morning show, "Dudley and Bob with Matt" (Dale Dudley, Bob Fonseca and Matt Bearden), is in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. In 2007, it won a Marconi Award from the National Association of Broadcasters for "Medium Market Personality of the Year."[3] KLBJ-FM holds an annual fishing tournament each year in Jonestown, Texas.

History

Early Years with the Johnson Family

The station first signed on the air on in 1960, as KTBC-FM, part of the Johnson Family's broadcasting holdings.[4] In 1943, the future First Lady, known as Claudia T. "Lady Bird" Johnson, invested an inheritance of $17,000 to purchase AM 1150 KTBC. She improved the station by hiring new on-air talent, found commercial sponsors, kept all the financial accounts, and maintained the facility. Using her formal name, Mrs. Claudia T. Johnson served as manager and then as the 1st ever chairwoman of what later came to be known as KLBJ, for some four decades.[5] (In later years, the president and Lady Bird's children ran the radio stations, while she remained chairman.) Because the stations were owned by Claudia Johnson, while Lyndon Johnson did not have to consider divesting the media company, even when he was senator, vice-president or president.

The Johnson Family put Austin's first TV station on the air in 1952, Channel 7 KTBC-TV. The co-owned FM station signed on the air in 1960. In 1972, KTBC-FM switched to a Freeform Rock format and change the call letters into KLBJ-FM the station has a sound that was emerging on the FM dial in many cities in America.[6] Till then, the only rock commonly heard on the radio were a few songs that crossed over onto the Top 40 charts.

Selling the TV and Radio Stations

In 1973, the Johnson Family sold Channel 7 to the Times Mirror Company, a newspaper and broadcasting company that published the Los Angeles Times and the Dallas Times Herald. Tunes Mirror kept the KTBC call sign for Channel 7.[7] In those days, call signs could not be shared between two different owners, so the radio stations became KLBJ AM and FM to reflect the initials of President Johnson, who had died earlier that year, today KTBC-TV is owned by Fox Television Stations.

The Johnson Family divested its radio stations in 1997. It sold KLBJ AM and FM to LBJS Corporation.[8] The corporation was made up of KLBJ executives. 590 KLBJ had already shifted from MOR music to an newsradio format, while 93.7 KLBJ-FM transform into a fully fledged AOR format.

In 2003, KLBJ AM and FM were sold to the Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Company.[9] Emmis had radio stations in several large markets around the U.S., including New York City and Los Angeles.

Discography

KLBJ-FM has produced a number of albums, focusing mainly on local Austin music. Its "Local Licks Live" series started in 1989 and has showcased dozens of popular Austin musicians.

Year Title Series Label
1990Local Licks Live 1989Local Licks LiveKLBJ
1991Local Licks Live 1990Local Licks LiveKLBJ
1992Local Licks Live 1991Local Licks LiveKLBJ
1993Local Licks Live 1992Local Licks LiveKLBJ
1994Local Licks Live 1993Local Licks LiveKLBJ
1995Local Licks Live '94Local Licks LiveKLBJ
1995Public Enema #1Dudley and Bob with Debra calls, bits and sketchesKLBJ
1996Local Licks Live '95Local Licks LiveKLBJ
1996We're Back and We're Highly PissedDudley and Bob with Debra calls, bits and sketchesKLBJ
1997Local Licks Live '96Local Licks LiveKLBJ
1997Eugene! Don't Hit 'Em in the HeadDudley and Bob with Debra calls, bits and sketchesKLBJ
1998Local Licks Live '97Local Licks LiveKLBJ
1998Prince Albert...Your Refrigerator Is RunningDudley and Bob with Debra calls, bits and sketchesKLBJ
1999Local Licks Live '98Local Licks LiveKLBJ
1999Yule Rock!HolidayKLBJ
2000Local Licks Live 1999Local Licks LiveKLBJ
2001Local Licks Live XIILocal Licks LiveKLBJ
2001Damn It's EarlyMusic from The Dudley & Bob ShowKLBJ
2002Local Licks Live 13Local Licks LiveKLBJ
2003Damn It's 2 EarlyMusic from The Dudley & Bob ShowKLBJ

See also

  • Music of Austin

References

1. ^http://www.newsradioklbj.com/station/contact-us NewsradioKLBJ.com/contact-us]
2. ^[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=KLBJ-FM Radio-Locator.com/KLBJ-FM]
3. ^KLBJfm.com/DMBshow
4. ^Enright, J. Scott (March 31, 2005). "Application for Renewal of Broadcast Station License." Consolidated DataBase System, FCC.
5. ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1944, page 154
6. ^KLBJfm.com/station/history
7. ^http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=37
8. ^Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999, page D-422
9. ^Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2005, page D-489

External links

  • KLBJ-FM official website
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5 : Radio stations in Austin, Texas|Album-oriented rock radio stations in the United States|Emmis Communications radio stations|Radio stations established in 1972|1972 establishments in Texas

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