KBUC

KBUC

File:KBUC Logo.png
Raymondville, Texas
Broadcast area	Rio Grande Valley
Frequency	102.1 MHz
Branding	Super Tejano 102.1
Programming
Format	Tejano
Ownership
Owner	R Communications (MBM Texas Valley LLC)
History
First air date	1983
Former call signs	KSOX-FM (1981-1999) KILM (1999-2005) KTFM (2005) KLEY-FM (2005)
Technical information
Facility ID	18654
Class	C2
ERP	18,000 watts
HAAT	231 meters (758 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	26°38′9″N 97°50′10″W
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	[1]

KBUC (branded as Super Tejano 102.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a tejano music format. Licensed to Raymondville, Texas, United States, the station serves the McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen area. The station is owned by R Communications, LLC. The station has obtained a construction permit from the FCC for a power increase to 37,000 watts. KBUC also served as the flagship station for the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees. KBUC formerly broadcast a country music format but flipped on August 15, 2011 at 5:00 p.m.

History

The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for the station to Sendero Multimedia, Inc. on December 15, 1980. The station was assigned the call sign KSOX-FM on November 16, 1981, and received its license to cover on April 21, 1983. On April 22, 1994, the station changed its call sign to KILM. The station's license and that of Mirando City, Texas-based KBDR were assigned by Sendero on April 3, 2003 to the current owner R Communications, LLC at a purchase price of $8,000,000. The station once more changed its call sign on January 19, 2005, to KTFM, on January 26, 2005 to KLEY-FM, and on February 2, 2005 to the current KBUC.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID KBUC ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database