sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message klbj city austin texas broadcast area austin round rock metropolitan area branding news radio klbj slogan austin s 24 hour news station frequency 590 khz translator s 99.7 k259aj austin first air date july 2 1939 as ktbc format news talk power 5 000 watts day 1 000 watts night class b facility id 65791 callsign meaning k lyndon baines johnson former callsigns ktbc 1939 1973 affiliations premiere networks westwood one network fox news radio owner emmis communications emmis austin radio broadcasting company l.p. sister stations kbpa kgsr klzt klbj fm krox fm webcast listen live website www.newsradioklbj.com klbj 590 khz is a commercial am radio station licensed to austin texas . it carries a news talk radio format . klbj is owned by emmis communications of indianapolis indiana but once was owned by the family of president lyndon baines johnson and still carries his initials as its call letters . on october 30 2009 590 am began simulcasting its programming on fm translator k259aj 99.7 mhz . the station has studios along interstate 35 in north austin and the transmitter site is located east of austin near the colorado river in unincorporated travis county . klbj 590 operates at 5 000 watts daytime 1 000 watts nighttime . contents 1 programming 1.1 controversy 2 history 3 format 4 references 5 external links programming edit klbj carries both local and nationally syndicated programs . national shows include the rush limbaugh show dana loesch clyde lewis coast to coast am with george noory america in the morning the kim komando show and beyond the beltway with bruce dumont . some weekend hours are paid brokered programming . controversy edit klbj became the subject of controversy in july 2009 when don pryor the co host of the todd and don show repeatedly used the term wetback to refer to illegal aliens in a satirical attempt to make a point about labels . both hosts issued an on air apology the next day and were put on a 2 week unpaid suspension . it was announced on july 20 that the show was canceled though both remained employed at the station . the todd and don show returned to klbj on december 7 2009 with a transformed perspective on community history and cultural sensitivity . history edit klbj first went on the air in 1939 1 as ktbc the call letters standing for texas broadcasting company . it was acquired by the family of future president lyndon johnson . the johnson family put austin s first tv station on the air in 1952 ktbc tv 7 and a co owned fm station signed on the air in 1960 ktbc fm today klbj fm . the johnson family eventually divested its broadcasting properties with klbj am fm today owned by emmis communications and ktbc tv going first to the times mirror company and today it is owned by fox television stations . format edit klbj delivers austin s news at the top and bottom of every hour with austin s most frequent and accurate traffic and weather reports . references edit broadcasting yearbook 1977 external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for klbj radio locator information on klbj query nielsen audio s am station database for klbj query the fcc s fm station database for k259aj radio locator information on k259aj v t e radio stations in austin texas by am frequency 590 970 1060 1120 1260 1300 1370 1440 1490 1530 1560 1600 by fm frequency 88.1 88.7 89.5 89.9 90.5 91.7 91.7 91.9 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.7 95.1 95.5 96.3 96.7 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.3 99.7 100.1 100.7 101.5 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.5 104.3 104.9 105.3 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.7 noaa weather radio frequency 162.400 austin by callsign k242cc kamx kase fm kazi kbpa kdrp lp kelg kfit kfmk kgsr khfi fm kixl kjce kkmj fm klbj klbj fm klgo klja kllr klqb klzt kmfa kmlr knle fm koke koke fm koop kpez krox fm ktae ktsw ktxw ktxx fm ktxz kut kutx kvet kvet fm kvlr kvrx kxpw lp kylr kznx wxk27 defunct kuol 1470 nearby radio markets bryan college station dallas fort worth houston galveston kerrville fredericksburg killeen temple san antonio victoria waco see also list of radio stations in texas daytime only am radio station . v t e news talk radio stations in texas all news klif dallas krld dallas news & talk kbra freer kcox jasper kcrs midland odessa kdet center kera dallas kexb dallas kfna winters kfjz fort worth kfxr dallas kfyo lubbock kgkl san angelo kgnc amarillo kikk houston kixz amarillo kjce rollingwood kjdl lubbock kjtv lubbock kksa san angelo kktx corpus christi klbj austin klup terrell hills klvi beaumont kmny hurst knth houston kplt paris kpyn atlanta ksev tomball ksfa nacogdoches ksky balch springs ktbb tyler ktbb fm troup ktek alvin ktmr edna ktrh houston ktsa san antonio ktsm el paso kuhf houston kurv edinburg kutx leander kvce highland park kvnn victoria kvop plainview kwel midland odessa kwfs 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