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KFRO-FM
KFRO-FM (99.7 MHz) is a radio station, licensed to Cuney, Texas, and serving the Tyler-Longview area. It is owned by RCA Broadcasting of Longview, Texas.
Until May 24, 2024, the station operated as KVUT, a public radio station, under ownership of University of Texas at Tyler.
KFRO-FM is a Class A station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,600 watts. The transmitter is on Bois D Arc Drive at Hilltop Trail in Bullard, Texas. Spending its first years broadcasting as a non-commercial license, the station now operates with a commercial Classic Hits format.
KVUT was initially proposed by New Wavo Communications Group, owners of co-channel KVST in Huntsville, Texas. New Wavo filed a short form application with the Federal Communications Commission, which was granted on November 6, 2015. The facility's transmission site was proposed to be constructed near the small town of Cuney, giving the community its first licensed broadcast service.
The construction permit was granted the call sign KSOC on October 18, 2017. The proposed facility was permitted to operate, once licensed, at 100 watts, from an elevation of −9.8 meters (−32 ft) in height above average terrain (HAAT). Before it was built, New Wavo sold the construction permit for the facility to North Texas Radio Group, L.P. on August 14, 2017. The facility call sign was changed to KOEE on September 18, 2018, inheriting the call letters from its sister station in Tipton, Oklahoma, which in turn, became KSOC. The KSOC call sign was long utilized by Urban One's urban adult contemporary station KZMJ in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, as "K-Soul 94.5".
The station received an initial "License to Cover" from the Federal Communications Commission. It signed on the air on October 10, 2018.
The station changed its call sign to KVUT on December 19, 2019. On June 16, 2020, North Texas Radio Group, LP filed to transfer the license of KVUT to The University of Texas at Tyler, after a deal was reached to sell the station to the University for $120,000.
The station began broadcasting in "soft launch" mode - testing programming - on May 13, 2021. A public event was held to celebrate the station's arrival in the fall of 2021.
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KFRO-FM
KFRO-FM (99.7 MHz) is a radio station, licensed to Cuney, Texas, and serving the Tyler-Longview area. It is owned by RCA Broadcasting of Longview, Texas.
Until May 24, 2024, the station operated as KVUT, a public radio station, under ownership of University of Texas at Tyler.
KFRO-FM is a Class A station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,600 watts. The transmitter is on Bois D Arc Drive at Hilltop Trail in Bullard, Texas. Spending its first years broadcasting as a non-commercial license, the station now operates with a commercial Classic Hits format.
KVUT was initially proposed by New Wavo Communications Group, owners of co-channel KVST in Huntsville, Texas. New Wavo filed a short form application with the Federal Communications Commission, which was granted on November 6, 2015. The facility's transmission site was proposed to be constructed near the small town of Cuney, giving the community its first licensed broadcast service.
The construction permit was granted the call sign KSOC on October 18, 2017. The proposed facility was permitted to operate, once licensed, at 100 watts, from an elevation of −9.8 meters (−32 ft) in height above average terrain (HAAT). Before it was built, New Wavo sold the construction permit for the facility to North Texas Radio Group, L.P. on August 14, 2017. The facility call sign was changed to KOEE on September 18, 2018, inheriting the call letters from its sister station in Tipton, Oklahoma, which in turn, became KSOC. The KSOC call sign was long utilized by Urban One's urban adult contemporary station KZMJ in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, as "K-Soul 94.5".
The station received an initial "License to Cover" from the Federal Communications Commission. It signed on the air on October 10, 2018.
The station changed its call sign to KVUT on December 19, 2019. On June 16, 2020, North Texas Radio Group, LP filed to transfer the license of KVUT to The University of Texas at Tyler, after a deal was reached to sell the station to the University for $120,000.
The station began broadcasting in "soft launch" mode - testing programming - on May 13, 2021. A public event was held to celebrate the station's arrival in the fall of 2021.