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Townsquare turns off KSLI 1280 in Abilene

Mediafrog+ said:
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Townsquare Signs-Off AMs In Abilene & Quad Cities

Cumulus Media is not the only company turning off stations for economic reasons. Townsquare Media, which has been pruning underperforming
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Any pulse left on AM in Abilene?
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Abilene is left with a couple of news talkers and a sports outlet on the local AM band. Only thing left for music there would be KXOX, which is an AM/FM combo in Sweetwater.

A note which you might find interesting, šŸø, this facility was the original to bear the KNIT calls for many years, prior to them being resurrected on Dallas' AM 1480.

At 500w days, and around 225 at night on 1280, I figure it's pretty safe to say that this one is a goner. That is, unless there's an Abilenian out there with more money than brains, and a desire to drain what they've got left of both.
 
rosecitymedia said:
A note which you might find interesting, šŸø, this facility was the original to bear the KNIT calls for many years, prior to them being resurrected on Dallas' AM 1480.
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I vaguely remember hearing the old KNIT 1280 on a few trips through Abilene in the 1960s and 70s.

Best known station in that era was the old KRBC 1470 with IIRC a Top 40 format. I could receive the then 1kw night signal in Austin.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
I vaguely remember hearing the old KNIT 1280 on a few trips through Abilene in the 1960s and 70s.
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Was KNIT a Top-40/CHR station? I remember seeing an old Broadcasting Cable Yearbook listing it, but it didnā€™t list the format.

I remember asking Ex #1's dad if he remembered any stations he listened to. She was born in Abilene when he was attending ACU. He was a country music fan who grew up in the Missouri Ozarks near Springfield. He remembered WBAP, but that was the only station he really remembered listening to down there. They had moved to Dallas before KEAN 105.1 launched and became the most listened to country station in America in terms of market share.
 
I don't know for sure about KNIT. The archives are pretty light on it. KNIT signed on 15 June 1957 (ad for the launch the day before in the local Abilene newspaper included).

KNIT's owners bought KWKC-FM 105.1 in 1969 and it became KNIT-FM and the pair simulcasted primarily easy listening. New ownership brought the KEAN-AM/FM calls in 1978.

KRBC 1470 was the AM top 40 outlet back in the day.
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Others have reported that KIKR 1450 (the legendary KAYC) in Beaumont and KBED 1510 in Nederland have been turned off by Cunulus.
 
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