KBBW

KBBW is a brokered time station. National and local religious leaders buy blocks of time on the station and may use their shows to appeal for donations to their ministries. National hosts include David Jeremiah, Jim Daly, Chuck Swindoll, Joyce Meyer, Charles Stanley, J. Vernon McGee, Greg Laurie, Adrian Rogers, Steve Arterburn, Jim Dobson and Billy Graham. Some programming is supplied by the Salem Radio Network, including a conservative political talk show hosted by attorney Jay Sekulow. ==History==

In April 1953, the station signed on the air as KMLW in Marlin, Texas. Its call sign indicated that it served both MarLin and Waco, the larger city nearby. It was only powered at 250 watts and was a daytimer, required to sign-off at night to avoid interfering with other, more powerful stations on 1010 AM. It was owned by KMLW, Inc. and had studios on the Marlin-Waco Highway. The station changed call letters to KAWA on August 1, 1961. In 1962, it was authorized a dual-city ID of Waco-Marlin. By the early 70s, KAWA was carrying a Country format. On January 1, 1976, the station's call letters were changed to KKIK and the station shifted to a Progressive Country format. By 1978, the station had moved back to mainstream country. By the 1970s, it had gotten Federal Communications Commission permission to move its city of license to Waco. It got a boost in power to 10,000 watts, but was still a daytime-only station. It carried news from Associated Press Radio. By the early 80s, KKIK was struggling in the ratings and had added blocks of Spanish language programming. In 1982, KKIK moved to a Christian music format, and the letters were changed to KBBW in September 1982. The station was acquired by American Broadcasting of Texas in 1986. American Broadcasting switched the format to Christian talk and teaching, now broadcasting 24 hours a day. ==Translators==