City Todd Mission, Texas Format Country | Frequency 105.3 MHz (FM) | |
Broadcast area Navasota and Hempstead, Texas Branding Texas Mix 105.3 and 94.9 Slogan "Authentic Texas Country" | ||
KTWL (105.3 FM) is a radio station that is licensed to serve the community of Todd Mission, Texas, United States. Formerly an adult hits station known as "Bob FM", the station now broadcasts a country music format branded as "Texas Mix 105.3 & 94.9 FM", in conjunction with its co-owned Ganado licensed counterpart KHTZ.
BOB-FM
From 2006-2008, KTWL was known as "BOB FM" and programmed towards the community of The Woodlands, Texas, featuring a variety of shows hosted by local talent: Dan Gallo and Preston Fassel on "The Gallo Go-Round" (a morning show); Jordan Williams on "Middays" (an afternoon show), Ross Barrington with "The Commute" (a late afternoon/early evening show); and Tom Conley on "The Drop Zone" (a program broadcast every Saturday at midnight and featuring alternative/obscure music). The station played a major role in publicizing the release of The Bracelet of Bordeaux, a family film shot in The Woodlands, with cast and crew members appearing on The Gallo Go-Round in the weeks leading up to the film's premier. Gallo and Fassel later hosted a remote broadcast from the film's premier in The Woodlands, with other station staff in attendance. It promoted itself with the tag line "Bob Plays Anything", which was reflective of the broad playlist that the station utilized during the time.
The station struggled throughout most of its' existence- the signal was poorly received in The Woodlands, and as a result, never clearly reached its' target audience. Meanwhile, the communities which did receive the signal clearly-- Hempstead, where the broadcast tower was located, and Bryan-College Station-- had little to no interest in the station's programming. Most of the on-air talent departed over the course of 2007, and the format ultimately folded in the Summer of 2008.