KWTR (104.1 FM, "West Texas Radio") was an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Big Lake, Texas, United States. Established in 2001, the station's broadcast license was held throughout its 10-year existence by Woodrow Michael Warren. Before going dark for the final time, KWTR broadcast a country music format. History In May 1997, Woodrow Michael Warren applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new Class A broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on June 12, 1998, with a scheduled expiration date of June 12, 2001. The new station was assigned call sign "KWTR" on July 12, 1998. After construction and testing were completed, the station was granted its broadcast license on August 29, 2001. In June 2001, KWTR applied for a new construction permit to upgrade its signal from a 500 watt Class A to a 100,000 watt Class C1 broadcast facility able to serve the Odessa-Midland area. The FCC granted the permit on September 14, 2001, with a scheduled expiration of September 14, 2004. Less than a year after receiving its initial broadcast license, KWTR fell silent on July 21, 2002. In their August 2002 request to the FCC for special temporary authority to remain silent, station management cited financial issues as the reason for the lack of broadcast activity. The FCC granted the remain-silent authority on September 3, 2002, with a scheduled expiration of March 3, 2003. On April 25, 2003, the Commission extended this one further time to July 21, 2003. After that date, the station would have been silent for a full year and the station's broadcast license would be subject to automatic forfeiture. The station resumed broadcasting in time to save its license but on August 18, 2003, KWTR fell silent again. The FCC granted remain-silent authority on August 26, 2003, with a planned February 26, 2004, expiration. In February 2004, station management cited technical issues in requesting an extension of this authority. The FCC granted the extension on March 23, 2004, with a caution that broadcasting must resume before August 18, 2004, or its license would be forfeit. The station returned to the air briefly on the evening on August 17, 2004, from temporary facilities after the work crew installing the new antenna system was forced from the area by an infestation of killer bees. The station owner mounted the antenna on a