550 KTSA

550 KTSA San Antonio's source for national, international, and local news. Also the home of Texas A&M Football The radio station began as WCAR, founded by John C. R.

KTSA (550 AM) is a News-Talk formatted radio station in San Antonio, Texas. Rodriguez of the Alamo Radio & Electric Company in September, 1922. WCAR was the second radio station in San Antonio, taking the airwaves shortly after WJAE which only lasted a few months. For a time the Express News Corporation owned the station. In the 1950s rock and roll radio Pioneer Gordon McLendon bought KTSA and mad

e it one of the first Top 40 stations in America. KTSA became an overnight sensation because of the music and outrageous for the time promotions including a "Flagpole" sitter in the O. Mitchell Dodge Used Car lot on Broadway, and the KTSA Easter Egg Hunt which swamped San Pedro Park with thousands of listeners searching for a $1000 KTSA Golden Egg. McLendon sold KTSA in the 1960s but the station remained one of San Antonio's most listened-to stations until the advent of FM stereo radio. KTSA was a Top 40 format "55-KTSA" until Fall 1986 when it changed to News/Talk format that it is today. Current Lineup:

KTSA Morning News w/ Trey Ware -- 5a-7a
Ware and Rima -- 7a-9a
Sean Rima -- 9a-11a
Markley, van Camp and Robbins -- 11a-1p
Dave Ramsey -- 1p-4p
Jack Riccardi -- 4p-7p
Lars Larson -- 7p-10p
Dana Loesch -- 10p-1a
Red Eye Radio -- 1a-5a

Heavy rain, possible flooding for San Antonio, Hill Country.
10/24/2025

Heavy rain, possible flooding for San Antonio, Hill Country.

The storms could come in two waves, the first coming Friday evening, and the other likely late...

10/24/2025

The lieutenant governor has insisted that the Alamo’s story remain focused on the 1836 battle over broader...

10/24/2025

According to the Guadalupe County Office of Emergency Management and Fire Marshal, crews were called to Wetz...

10/24/2025

KHOU-TV is reporting that it was just after 10 p.m. when crews were called to a brush...

Jack's Top 20 Halloween horror flicks
10/24/2025

Jack's Top 20 Halloween horror flicks

Definitive? No. What I’ll be watching? Yes. 20.) Night of the Living Dead (1968) Even better knowing...

10/24/2025

Patrick, a Republican, wrote in an Oct. 23 letter to the Alamo Trust’s board of directors about...

10/24/2025

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office says they were called to the facility at around 5 p.m.

10/24/2025

Trump said the increased federal force had been planned for Saturday. He didn’t specify whether he was...

No catastrophic flooding expected, but weather forecasters urge weather awareness, especially after dark heading into th...
10/23/2025

No catastrophic flooding expected, but weather forecasters urge weather awareness, especially after dark heading into the weekend.

The best chances of thunderstorms for San Antonio and the Hill Country are late Friday after sunset...

10/23/2025

FBI Director Kash Patel and other law enforcement officials were expected to provide more information at a...

10/23/2025

SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — An arrest has been made in connection to the June, 2019 murder...

10/23/2025

The “Forever Tour” kicks off with four nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden before the band...

Address

4050 Eisenhauer Road
San Antonio, TX
78218

Telephone

(210) 654-5100

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when 550 KTSA posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category