KTXX-FM
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| City | Bee Cave, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area |
| Branding | 104.9 The Horn |
| Frequency | 104.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Translator(s) | 97.1 K246BD (Sunset Valley, relays HD2) 105.3 K287FG (Austin, relays HD4) 106.5 K293BF (Comanche Trail, relays HD3) |
| First air date | June 1985 (as KFFQ) |
| Format | FM/HD1: Sports HD2: Regional Mexican "Fiesta 97.1" HD3: Spanish Christian "Keilah Radio" HD4: Classic Hits "105.3 The Bat" |
| ERP | 3,200 watts |
| HAAT | 136.2 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 40762 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°14′56.80″N 97°54′5.20″W / 30.2491111°N 97.9014444°WCoordinates: 30°14′56.80″N 97°54′5.20″W / 30.2491111°N 97.9014444°W |
| Former callsigns | KFFQ (6/1985-11/1985) KLKM (1985-1995) KBAE (1995-2000) KXXS (2000-2007) KXBT (2007-2009) KHHL (10/2009-11/2009) |
| Affiliations | NBC Sports Radio |
| Owner | Genuine Austin Radio |
| Sister stations | KLGO, KOKE-FM, KTAE |
| Webcast |
Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) Listen Live (HD3) Listen Live (HD4) |
| Website |
hornfm.com fiesta971.com (HD2) keilahradio.com (HD3) 1053thebat.com (HD4) |
KTXX-FM (104.9 FM, "The Horn") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Bee Cave, Texas. The station broadcasts a sports format to the Austin, Texas area, and is the flagship station of the Texas Longhorns. The Genuine Austin Radio outlet broadcasts at 104.9 MHz with an ERP of 3,200 watts. Its transmitter is located in Bee Cave, Texas, and the station has studios along Loop 360 in Southwest Austin.
The station was the original home to "Digital 104.9" with the callsign KXXS. In February 2007, that format and callsign moved to 92.5, to make room for rhythmic contemporary station KXBT as Beat 104.9. This was the third incarnation of "The Beat", as it originally launched on 104.3 in 1998 as KQBT, although it later adopted the KXBT calls on the same frequency after a six-month format hiatus there. The format moved from 104.3 due to a change in ownership when Entercom sold that frequency to Univision, only in the interim after CBS Radio (formerly Infinity Broadcasting) sold it to Entercom. The staff and lineup from "The Beat" was still intact, even though new owner Entercom indeed let them go and was hired by Border Media Partners (BMP).
On September 26, 2008, BMP announced that KXBT will flip to Spanish CHR. On September 29, 2008, KXBT became a simulcast of KXXS, allowing them to now cover the entire Austin metro with KXBT serving the western portion and KXXS covering the eastern part of the area. The simulcast was called "Digital 104.9 y 92.5". The "Digital" simulcast would be broken up in mid-2009, when 104.9 flipped to Regional Mexican. The Spanish CHR format was retained on 92.5. "The Beat" has since been resurrected by Clear Channel where it aired on KFMK and later KPEZ to date.
On November 2, 2009, the format changed to sports, and was branded as "104.9 The Horn". The brand is a tribute to the University of Texas at Austin sports team, the Texas Longhorns.
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