Scottie Rice’s RCA Broadcasting has closed on its $100,000 purchase of Silent 99.7 KVUT Cuney/Tyler TX from University of Texas at Tyler.
With the closing, the station has begun simulcasting co-owned Classic Hits 1370 KFRO/94.1 K231DK Longview as KFRO-FM. The deal expands KFRO’s coverage across the Tyler/Longview market with 99.7 covering Tyler and areas south such as Jacksonville. With the addition of the simulcast, the station has gone all-Christmas for the remainder of the month of December.
University of Texas at Tyler had acquired the station in June 2020 to launch a new Public Radio brand in the market. That intent ended in May when the university ceased operations of the station, which had been airing a mix of Public/News Talk and Jazz.
This story first appeared on radioinsight.com