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List of radio stations in Texas

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ6635916 ↗
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The following is a list of FCC-licensed AM and FM radio stations in the U.S. state of Texas, which can be sorted by their call signs, broadcast frequencies, cities of license, licensees, or programming formats.

List of radio stations

Defunct

See also

Texas media

List of newspapers in Texas

List of television stations in Texas

Media of cities in Texas: Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Beaumont, Brownsville, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston, Killeen, Laredo, Lubbock, McAllen, McKinney, Midland, Odessa, San Antonio, Waco, Wichita Falls

Texas DX Society (ham radio)

References

Bibliography

Alicoate, Jack, ed. (1939), "Texas", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 – via Internet Archive

"AM Stations in the U.S.: Texas", Radio Annual Television Year Book, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1963, OCLC 10512375 – via Internet Archive

External links

www.radiomap.us – List of radio stations in Dallas, Texas

www.radiomap.us – List of radio stations in Houston, Texas

"Radio: United States: Texas". DMOZ. AOL. (Directory ceased in 2017)

Texas Association of Broadcasters

Houston Vintage Radio Association (est.

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