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((Short description|Radio station in College Station, Texas))
((For|the former radio station that held the WTAW callsign from 1922-2000|KZNE))
((more citations needed|date=February 2020))((Infobox radio station
| name               = WTAW
| logo               = WTAW logo.png
| city               = [[College Station, Texas]]
| area               = [[Brazos Valley]]
| branding           = News Talk 1620 94.5 WTAW
| frequency          = 1620 [[kHz]] ((HD Radio))
| translator         = 94.5 K233DU (College Station)
| repeater           =
| airdate            = ((start date and age|2000|5|3))
| format             = [[Talk radio]]
| power              = 10,000 [[watt]]s day<br>1,000 watts night
| class              = B
| facility_id        = 87145
| coordinates        = ((coord|30|37|15.00|N|96|15|16.00|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title))
| callsign_meaning   = '''W'''atch '''T'''he '''A'''ggies '''W'''in<br>(later slogan adopted for the original randomly assigned call letters of 1150 AM facility, now [[KZNE]]; swapped to this facility in 2000)
| former_callsigns   = KAZW (1998-2000; CP)<br>KZNE (2000)
| former_frequencies = 
| affiliations       = [[Fox News Radio]]<br>[[Compass Media Networks]]<br>[[Premiere Networks]]<br>[[Westwood One]]
| owner              = Bryan Broadcasting Company
| licensee           = Bryan Broadcasting License Corporation
| sister_stations    = [[KNDE]], [[KZNE]], [[KWBC]], [[KAGC]], [[WTAW-FM]], [[KPWJ|KPWJ, KKEE]], [[KJCS (FM)|KJCS]]
| webcast            = [https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/index.cfm?stationCallSign=WTAWAM Listen Live]
| website            = ((url|wtaw.com)) 
))

'''WTAW''' (1620 [[Hertz|kHz]]), branded as "News Talk 1620 94.5 WTAW", is a commercial [[talk radio|talk]] [[AM radio|AM]] [[radio station]] licensed to serve [[College Station, Texas]]. Owned by the Bryan Broadcasting Company, WTAW covers College Station, [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]] and much of the [[Brazos Valley]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WTAW |title=WTAW Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division |access-date=2009-09-10))</ref> Its studios and transmitter site are located in College Station.

In addition to a standard [[analog transmission]], WTAW broadcasts in [[HD Radio]], utilizing the [[in-band on-channel]] hybrid standard, is simulcast over low-power [[FM broadcasting|FM]] [[Broadcast relay station|translator]] K233DU (94.5 FM) College Station, and is available online.

==Programming==

WTAW personality Scott DeLucia hosts the morning-drive program, ''The Infomaniacs'' along with Chelsea Reber on news and Zach Taylor on sports. The show is best known for quick wit and Zach being made fun of by the other hosts.

''[[The Glenn Beck Program]]'', ''[[The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show]]'' (a direct successor to ''[[The Rush Limbaugh Show]]''), and ''[[The Sean Hannity Show]]'' (via [[Premiere Networks]]) air during the late morning, midday, and afternoons, respectively. [[Joe Pags]] (via [[Compass Media Networks]]), ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]'' (via Premiere) and ''[[This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal]]'' (via Compass) also air on the station. Weekend hosts include [[Kim Komando]] and [[Bill Cunningham (talk show host)|Bill Cunningham]].

==History==

===KAZW / KZNE ===

WTAW originated as the expanded band "twin" of an existing station on the standard AM band. On March 17, 1997 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "[[AM expanded band#United States|Expanded Band]]" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700&nbsp;kHz, with the [[KZNE|then-WTAW on 1150&nbsp;kHz]] authorized to move to 1620&nbsp;kHz.<ref name="five">[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x004848309&view=1up&seq=276 "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations"] (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997.</ref> An application for the expanded band station was filed on June 16, 1997, which on January 9, 1998 was assigned the call letters '''KAZW''', which were changed on March 1, 2000 to '''KZNE'''.<ref name=callhistory>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=87145 Call Sign History for 1620 kHz] (Facility ID: 87145)</ref>

The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency.<ref name="five"/> However, this deadline has been extended multiple times, and the stations on both 1150 and 1620&nbsp;kHz have remained authorized. One restriction is that the FCC has generally required paired original and expanded band stations to remain under common ownership.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32437121992750;view=1up;seq=264 "In re: WHLY(AM), South Bend, Indiana"] (FCC DA 13-600, released April 3, 2013)</ref><ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=21066 "Re: WDDD (AM) Application for Consent to Assignment of AM Broadcast Station License"] (August 23, 2010 correspondence from Peter H. Doyle, Chief, FCC Audio Division, Media Bureau. Reference Number 1800B3-TSN)</ref>

=== WTAW ===

On May 3, 2000 the stations on 1150 and 1620&nbsp;kHz swapped identities, with 1150 becoming [[sports radio]] KZNE (while maintaining its longtime role as the flagship of Texas A&M Aggies athletics), and 1620 inheriting the historic '''WTAW''' call letters and its [[talk radio]] format. Although for the average listener this meant that WTAW had moved from 1150 to 1620&nbsp;kHz, and KNZE had done the reverse, according to FCC regulatory practices the same station on 1620&nbsp;kHz continued to be licensed (Facility ID 87145 in FCC nomenclature), with just call letter changes taking place.<ref name=callhistory/>

On December 4, 2003, WTAW and KZNE were sold to Bryan Broadcasting.<ref>((cite web|title=FCC Application  |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist|30em))

==External links==
*((Official website|https://www.wtaw.com))((AM station data|WTAW))

((College Station Radio))
((News/Talk Radio Stations in Texas))
((AM Stereo radio stations in the United States))
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[[Category:Radio stations in Texas|µ]]
[[Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 2000]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in Texas]]

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