KBHT

KBHT
City of license Bellmead, Texas
Broadcast area Waco, Texas
Branding Hot 104.9
Slogan Waco's #1 For Hits & Hip-Hop
Frequency 104.9 MHz
First air date 1983 (as KYCX)
Format Rhythmic Contemporary
ERP 2,850 watts
HAAT 147 meters
Class A
Facility ID 21494
Transmitter coordinates 31°38′39.00″N 96°36′51.00″W / 31.6441667°N 96.6141667°W
Callsign meaning K Bellmead HoT
Former callsigns KYCX (1983–1984)
KYCX-FM (1984–2005)
KWGW (2005–2007)
KRQX-FM (2007–2010)
KWBT (2010-2014)
Owner M&M Broadcaster
(Simmons Austin, Ls, LLC)
Website hot1049waco.com

KBHT (104.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a rhythmic contemporary format. Licensed to Bellmead, Texas, USA, the station serves the Waco area. The station is currently owned by Simmons Media Group[1] which has announced that it will be selling its entire Waco station cluster to M&M Broadcasters. The sale is expected to imminently close upon FCC approval.[2]

History

The station was assigned the call letters KYCX on 1983-02-28, and originally licensed to serve Mexia, Texas. On 1984-04-04, the station changed its call sign to KYCX-FM, then on 2005-09-16 to KWGW, on 2007-08-23 to KRQX-FM.[3] The station changed its city of license to Bellmead effective August 27, 2013.

On January 1, 2014, KWBT and KBCT swapped signals, with KWBT moving to 94.5 while KBCT took ove the 104.9 signal and relaunched it as Rhythmic Top 40 "Hot 104.9" with the new call letters KBHT.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "KRQX-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "M & M Broadcasters to buy Simmons Media's 4-station Waco, Texas group for nearly $2 million". Radio-Info.com. September 21, 2009.
  3. ↑ "KRQX Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ WACO’S BEAT MOVES; HOT 104.9 DEBUTS from Radio Insight (January 1, 2014)

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