KETR News
Alumna and ‘Days of Our Lives’ Actress’ Podcast Nominated for Webby Award
A Lion alumna who starred in the long-running soap opera "Days of Our Lives" currently hosts a podcast that was recently nominated for a Webby Award by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
KETR Celebrates 50 Years of Service to Northeast Texas
88.9 KETR is celebrating a major milestone this week: 50 years on the air. The National Public Radio (NPR) station went live on April 7, 1975, broadcasting from the Journalism Building at East Texas A&M University.
KETR Expands Its Offerings with New Spanish-Language HD Channel
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Spanish speakers in Northeast Texas may now tune in to a new station for music, news and more with 88.9 KETR-FM's addition of a new HD radio channel.
KETR added programming for a new HD3…
KETR Expande y Ofrece un Nuevo Canal de Alta Definición (HD) en español
Parlantes de Español en el Noreste de Texas pueden sintonizar a una nueva estación de radio para escuchar música, noticias, y mucho más con 88.9 KETR-FM una adición de un nuevo canal de alta Definición.
KETR aumento programar un nuevo…
Ribbon Cutting Commemorates Reopening of Lyday Gardens
A&M-Commerce welcomed alumni Gary and Sandra Fernandes to campus on Oct. 21 to cut the ribbon and officially reopen Lyday Gardens. The Fernandes family originally sponsored the construction of the gardens in 2001, and another generous gift from them made…
TAMUC Professor Discusses James Webb Space Telescope Images
Kent Montgomery, Ph.D., who serves as associate professor and head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at A&M-Commerce, is featured on a recent episode of The Blacklands Café, a radio program hosted on 88.9 KETR.
Montgomery discussed the first…
KETR’s Meinke, Jefferies Recognized for Decades of Service to TAMUC
By Jerrod Knight, KETR
Matt Meinke is the name that belongs to the voice you hear each weekday from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. introducing you to Texas musicians and songwriters and songs you may never have heard before. He’s…
88.9 KETR Awarded Seven First Place Accolades from Texas Associated Press Broadcasters
By Jerrod Knight, KETR.org
Each
year, radio and television stations across the state of Texas submit their very
best work for consideration by the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters.
Generally in April, an awards ceremony is held in Austin and journalists,…
KETR Receives National Edward R. Murrow Award
KETR,
A&M-Commerce's on-campus radio
station, received the prestigious national Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) for a radio news
story that aired in 2018. According to KETR
General Manager Jerrod Knight, “Our small news…