KBST-FM
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| City | Big Spring, Texas |
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| Branding | K-Best 95.7 |
| Slogan | "Best Country" |
| Frequency | 95.7 MHz |
| First air date | 1961 |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 33,000 watts |
| HAAT | 140 meters (459 feet) |
| Class | C2 |
| Facility ID | 33685 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°13′13″N 101°26′25″W / 32.22028°N 101.44028°W |
| Callsign meaning | "Big Spring Texas, Best" |
| Former callsigns | KWKI, KWKI-FM[1] |
| Owner | Kbest Media, LLC |
| Sister stations | KBST AM, KBTS FM |
| Website | |
KBST-FM (95.7 FM, "K-Best 95.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Big Spring, Texas. The station is owned by Kbest Media, LLC. It airs a Country music format.[2] KBST FM is considered the best and most prolific radio station in Howard County. The morning show, is simulcast on KBST AM, Suddenlink Cable Channel 2, Antenna Receiver Channel 99, Stanton Cable Channel 10, and kbst.com.
The station was assigned the KBST-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 17, 1989.[1]
The station began in 1961 as independently owned KFNE (K-Fine) on 95.3 mHz. Studios and transmitter were in a downtown building. Long time Texas Broadcaster John B. Walton Jr had a 1/3 interest in the sixties until the station was sold to cross town 1270 KHEM (AM) (now deleted). The transmitter was moved to the nearby hill above Big Spring.
References
- 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KBST
- Radio-Locator information on KBST
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KBST