KTEG
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| City of license | Bosque Farms, New Mexico |
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| Broadcast area | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Branding | The Edge |
| Slogan | The New Rock Alternative |
| Frequency | 104.7 (MHz)  104.7 HD-2 for Classic Alternative |
| Format | Modern Rock |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | The EdGe |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Website | www.1047edgeradio.com |
KTEG is a commercial modern rock music radio station located in Bosque Farms, New Mexico, in the United States. It broadcasts to the Albuquerque, New Mexico, area on 104.7 FM. KTEG is charted as Active rock since its playlist consists mostly of harder rock artists such as Korn, Godsmack, Disturbed, and Slipknot. In the mornings from 5:30 until ten, The Buck and Dex Show airs, with celebrity interviews, news, music, and listeners who call into the show.
[edit] History
KTEG launched in October 1994 on the 107.9 frequency with an Alternative rock format that was reaching its peak popularity at that time. It was also active in the local live music scene particularly with its annual "Edgefest" that began in summer 1995. The first two festivals featured a now mostly forgotten line up with a notable exception of the band Cake which played the first festival but was little-known at the time. The Edgefest line-up had gotten stronger in 1997 and in the following years. Some of the bands that would play Edgefest over the years would include The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Marcy Playground, Everclear, Our Lady Peace, Fuel, Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, Smash Mouth, Nickelback, Incubus, Staind, and P.O.D.. The Edge had also been one of the few local stations to support local bands which would also be part of Edgefest. By the end of the 90's KTEG's format had started to shift from anything labeled 'alternative rock' to harder music due to changing trends in modern rock radio at the time as well as to differentiate from its sister station KPEK-FM "The Peak" which had a modern adult contemporary format whose playlist at the time was featuring many of the same titles as KTEG. It was purchased by Clear Channel in 1999. In the Summer of 2000, KTEG would move to the 104.7 frequency which Clear Channel had purchased from Continental Communications and previously had a Regional Mexican format as KEXT-FM "Radio Exitos" to make way for a new country music station on the 107.9 frequency to challenge KRST-FM. In a way this marked a new era for the station which was now playing heavier rock music from bands that it had not previously played including Metallica and Pantera while dropping bands such as U2 and No Doubt that were frequenly heard on the old format. These days The Edge sponsors Ozzfest which usually make its way to Albuquerque each summer.
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