KMHT (AM)

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KMHT & KMHT-FM

City of license	Marshall, Texas
Broadcast area	Longview-Marshall area
Branding	The Heart Beat of East Texas
Frequency	1450 kHz 103.9 MHz
First air date	1961
Format	Country music
Power	650 watts AM
ERP	1,850 watts FM
HAAT	129.0 meters FM
Class	C (AM) A (FM)
Facility ID	72450 (AM) 72451 (FM)
Transmitter coordinates	32°33′50″N 94°21′4″W / 32.56389°N 94.35111°W / 32.56389; -94.35111Coordinates: 32°33′50″N 94°21′4″W / 32.56389°N 94.35111°W / 32.56389; -94.35111
Former callsigns	KZEY-FM (1980-1994)
Affiliations	ABC Radio
Owner	Hanszen Broadcast Group, Inc.
Website	kmhtradio.com

KMHT (1450 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Marshall, Texas, USA, the station serves the Longview-Marshall area. The station is currently owned by Hanszen Broadcast Group, Inc.^[1]

The station also broadcasts Marshall High School athletics as well as ETBU athletics, TSN (Texas State Network), Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, Dallas Mavericks, the University of Texas Longhorn Athletics, and Texas A&M athletics.^[2] Other area high school athletics that KMHT covers include Harleton, Karnack, and Waskom.

History

A group of local veterans returned to Marshall, Texas from World War II and took advantage of their right to first preferences of frequencies after the radio frequency freeze was lifted at the War's end. In 1961, after 14 years of operation, KMHT AM was granted FCC permission to raise the daytime power from 250 watts to 1000 watts. Shortly thereafter, the FCC approved the operation of 1000 Watts around the clock. A later move to a new transmitter site required lowering the power to 650 watts.

In the late 1990s, KMHT/KZEY was given to Wiley College, a private, four-year liberal arts institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church, by then owner, professional boxer George Foreman. Wiley College later sold the stations to former Tyler, Texas City Councilman, Jerry Russell. Russell wanted to use KMHT-FM as a repeater for his AM 690 KZEY (which has since gone silent), so KMHT-FM became KZEY-FM. In August 2003, Hanszen Broadcast Group, Inc., purchased KMHT/KZEY and changed the FM back to KMHT-FM.

In the fall of 2006, KMHT 1450 AM changed format to ESPN Radio. The format also includes local sports coverage as well as the network coverage. The KMHT-FM format stayed the same.

References

↑ "KMHT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ http://www.kmhtradio.com KMHT's Website

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KMHT

Radio-Locator Information on KMHT

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KMHT

v t e Radio stations in the Longview/Marshall, Texas area

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By AM frequency	1240 1370 1410 1430 1450 1470

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475

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