// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did KZZB say to its friend? "Bee" there for you.

KZZB

Beaumont, Texas United States
Broadcast area	Beaumont–Port Arthur
Frequency	990 kHz
Programming
Language	English
Format	Gospel music
Ownership
Owner	Martin Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations	KWWJ, KYOK, KGLD, KANI
History
First air date	July 9, 1947 (1947-07-09)
Former call signs	KTRM (1947–1980) KALO (1980–1986) KGIC (1986) KYND (1986–1987)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	40485
Class	B
Power	1,000 watts
Translator	107.5 K298CB (Beaumont)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	kzzbradio.org/home

KZZB (990 AM) is a radio station licensed to Beaumont, Texas. The station airs a Gospel music format and is owned by Martin Broadcasting, Inc.

History

KZZB was first licensed as KTRM in Beaumont on July 9, 1947, as a 250-watt daytime-only facility, from a licensed transmission site at 3240 Washington Boulevard, and owned by KTRM, Incorporated. The original studio location for KTRM was the South Coast Life Building at 230 Orleans Street in Beaumont. KTRM was originally programmed as a country music station, which it continued as for several decades. George Gautney was the licensed Engineer for KTRM.

2 years later, in 1949, KTRM would move its transmission site from Washington Blvd. to a new location at Crow Rd. & Odom St., while also taking the daytime-only facility to the current 1 kilowatt full-time operation. In 1970, KTRM would again change its transmission and studio location to 4590 Dowlen Rd.

KTRM was sold to Central Broadcasting Corporation in 1974, and was sold again in 1978 to Security Broadcasting Company of Beaumont, Incorporated.

J.P. Richardson (more commonly known by his stage name The Big Bopper) made his debut at KTRM in 1949 as an announcer before becoming a Top-40 performer. Country music legend George Jones worked there when his career was first starting out.

Martin Broadcasting, the current owner of KZZB, purchased the facility in 1992.

Translator

KZZB's FM translator, K298CB, transmits on 107.5 MHz. It signed on the air on December 4, 2015.

Broadcast translator for KZZB

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	FCC info
K298CB	107.5 FM	Beaumont, Texas	156318	250	145 m (476 ft)	D	LMS

External links

• KZZB's official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 40485 (KZZB) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KZZB in Nielsen Audio's AM station database