branding 99x slogan the rock station frequency 98.9 mhz format album oriented rock erp 100 000 watts haat 219 meters class c1 facility id 35688 transmitter coordinates 32 23 19 n 94 1 10 w 32.38861 n 94.01944 w 32.38861 ; 94.01944 coordinates 32 23 19 n 94 1 10 w 32.38861 n 94.01944 w 32.38861 ; 94.01944 owner townsquare media townsquare media shreveport license llc sister stations keel kruf kvki kwkh kxks webcast listen live website therockstation99x.com ktux 98.9 fm is a radio station licensed to carthage texas and serving the shreveport area . it plays the active rock format . the station is currently owned by townsquare media . its studios are shared with its other five sister stations in west shreveport one mile west of shreveport regional airport and the transmitter is in greenwood louisiana . ktux began life on april 1 1985 debuting as a contemporary hit radio station fun radio tux 99 . the month before tux 99 officially debuted the 98.9 frequency continuously played the 1966 novelty song by napoleon xiv they re coming to take me away ha haaa the first official song played on tux 99 was let s go crazy by prince . the ktux studios were originally located at the transmitter site near greenwood la . within the bounds of top 40 hits the station occasionally altered the ratios of its playlist through the early 1990s ; each of these format changes was preceded by a stunting event with the station playing the napoleon xiv novelty song on constant repeat for several days . the song was occasionally played on normal rotation as well acting as a sort of theme song for the station . in 1986 ktux moved its studios and most of its operations to shreveport even though the city of license remained carthage . around 1993 the station underwent a drastic format and branding change . this format switch was to a wide ranging rock format with an alternative rock or grunge influence . this format soon yielded to a more traditional album oriented rock format accompanied by a stunting event which featured billy idol s rebel yell on repeat in anticipation of the station s new the rebel rocker 99x slogan . during the 1990s ktux mixed several different rock formats ranging from aor to active rock alternative rock and even classic rock . around 2000 the station featured yet another change . while the format stayed the same the name of the station was changed to rock 99 . when this name lasted only for a few years in which it was switched back to 99x what it currently is today . the first two air personalities on tux were john steel who did mornings and mark christopher pizzolato that did middays . on air personalities edit mornings the free beer and hot wings show 4 9 a.m. middays puff 9 2 p.m. afternoons greg atoms 2 6 p.m. evenings loudwire nights 6 p.m midnight weekends j. b. fox jade steve castello tom e. gunn bones notable past personalities in 2006 and 2007 nick and drew were radio & records nominees for best active rock show personality.both nick and drew were named edison media research s top 30 under 30 in radio . the station s lineup in the 1980s and early 1990s included morning dj and program director shotgun ken shepherd notable as the father of blues guitarist kenny wayne shepherd . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for ktux radio locator information on ktux query nielsen audio s fm station database for ktux v t e radio stations in the shreveport louisiana market by am frequency 710 950 980 1070 1130 1240 1300 1320 1340 1460 1480 by fm frequency 88.5 89.1 89.9 90.7 90.9 91.1 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.7 92.9 93.7 94.5 95.7 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.1 98.9 99.7 100.7 101.1 102.1 102.9 103.7 104.5 104.7 105.3 105.9 106.7 107.1 noaa weather radio frequency 162.400 digital radio 89.1 1 89.1 2 89.9 1 89.9 2 89.9 3 by callsign k214be k216ex k245ba k264as k290al kaso kbcl kbef kbtt kdaq kdks fm keel kflo fm khmd kiou kjvc kkml klhv klkl kmjj fm kmsl kncb kncb fm koka kqar lp kqhn krmd krmd fm krrp kruf kscl 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