KWKH
KWKH (1130 AM) is a sports radio station serving Shreveport, Louisiana. The 50-kilowatt station broadcasts at 1130 kHz. Formerly owned by Clear Channel Communications and Gap Central Broadcasting, it is now owned by Townsquare Media. Its studios are shared with its other five sister stations on Westport Avenue in West Shreveport (one mile west of Shreveport Regional Airport), and the transmitter is a three-tower array in Belcher, Louisiana.
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| Broadcast area | Shreveport-Bossier City |
| Frequency | 1130 kHz |
| Branding | 1130 The Tiger |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
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Sister stations | KEEL, KRUF, KTUX, KVKI-FM, KXKS-FM |
| History | |
First air date | August 6, 1926 |
Call sign meaning | W. K. Henderson (station founder) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60266 |
| Class | A |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Translator(s) | 103.3 K277DO (Shreveport) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kwkhonline.com |
KWKH is no longer the local affiliate of the New Orleans Saints, but still broadcast the LSU Tigers (hence its nickname, "1130 The Tiger") as well as Fox Sports Radio. It is a 50,000-watt clear-channel station, one of two in Louisiana; the other being WWL in New Orleans. A single tower is used during the day, providing at least secondary coverage to most of northern Louisiana (as far east as Monroe and as far south as Alexandria, northeastern Texas and southwestern Arkansas. At night, power is fed to all three towers in a directional pattern to protect WBBR in New York City, the other Class A station on 1130 AM. Even with this restriction, KWKH can be heard across much of the central portion of North America at night.