City of license | Big Spring, Texas |
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Broadcast area | Big Spring-Snyder |
Branding | K-Best AM 1490 |
Frequency | 1490 kHz |
Format | News Talk Information |
Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 33684 |
Callsign meaning | Big Spring, Texas[1] |
Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio, Premiere Radio Networks |
Owner | Rhattigan Broadcasting (Texas), LP |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | Official website |
KBST (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format.[2] Licensed to Big Spring, Texas, USA, the station serves the Big Spring-Snyder area. The station is currently owned by Rhattigan Broadcasting (Texas), LP, and includes programming from Fox Sports Radio and Premiere Radio Networks.[3]
KBST signed on in 1936. It was an early affiliate of the Texas State Network (1938). The station was co-owned with the Big Spring Herald for many years, and was spun off in 1959 to "The Snyder Corporation" owned by Ted Snider and Winston Wrinkle.
KBST began as a 100 watt full time operation. It raised day power to 250 watts in 1959, 1,000 watts days in 1964, and 1,000 watts at nights in 1984. It broadcast in C-Quam AM Stereo in 1985.
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