KBST-FM
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KBST-FM is a radio station
licensed
to serve Big Spring, Texas
. The station is owned by Rhattigan Broadcasting . It airs a Country music
format. 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
.
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.
Radio station
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licensed
City of license
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to serve Big Spring, Texas
Big Spring, Texas
Big Spring is a city in and the county seat of Howard County, Texas, United States, at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 87 and Interstate 20. With a population of 25,233 at the 2000 census, it is the largest city between Midland to the west, Abilene to the east, Lubbock to the north, and San Angelo...
. The station is owned by Rhattigan Broadcasting . It airs a Country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format. 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
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
on March 17, 1989
1989 in radio
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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.