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KDET

Coordinates: 31°50′3″N 94°12′53″W / 31.83417°N 94.21472°W / 31.83417; -94.21472
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KDET
Broadcast areaCenter, Nacogdoches
Frequency930 kHz
BrandingKDET AM 930
Programming
FormatNews Talk Information
AffiliationsCitadel Media
Ownership
OwnerCenter Broadcasting Company
KQBB, KXXE
History
Call sign meaning
Deep East Texas
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID9769
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
36 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
31°50′3″N 94°12′53″W / 31.83417°N 94.21472°W / 31.83417; -94.21472
Links
Public license information
Websitecbc-radio.com/stations/kdet

KDET (930 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk/information format.[2] Licensed to Center, Texas, United States, the station serves the Center-Nacogdoches area. The station is currently owned by Center Broadcasting Company.[3]

KDET began broadcasting in February 1949 under the ownership of Tom Foster and the management of Robert Jackson "Jack" Bell. From then until the year 2000, its highly successful format[citation needed] catered to the farmers, ranchers, sportsmen, and small-town residents of Deep East Texas and Northwestern Louisiana.

Chief star of KDET from 1966 until 2000 was Jack Everett "Jack Mack" McLendon who, while known to his listeners for his early-morning show including a crowing rooster at sign-on and the school lunch menus in rhyme, was also the most prolific producer of advertising on KDET.[citation needed] Jack Mack's cousin Mattie Imelda McLendon Dellinger talked to listeners with her call-in show "Mattie's Partyline" in the 1990s and early 2000s.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KDET". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
  3. ^ "KDET Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
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