KBYG
Encyclopedia
KBYG is a radio station
broadcasting an oldies
music format. Licensed to Big Spring, Texas
, USA, the station serves the Big Spring-Snyder
area. The station is currently owned by Weeks Broadcasting, Inc. and features programing from Citadel Media.
KBYG began operation in 1948 as a 100 watt full time operation. It raised to 1,000 watts days in 1964 and 1,000 watts nights in 1984. It was owned by the Grady Maples/RB McAlister interests in the late fifties, the John Hicks (father of Tom Hicks
and Steven Hicks
) interests in the sixties and seventies, Dick Fields interests in the eighties, and Drew Ballard in the nineties and 2000's.
KBYG is repeated on FM translator station K292FE Big Spring, Texas.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting an oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
music format. Licensed to 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...
, USA, the station serves the Big Spring-Snyder
Snyder, Texas
Snyder is a city in and the county seat of Scurry County, Texas, United States. The population was 10,653 at the 2010 census. It is located on Deep Creek, a minor tributary of the Colorado River of Texas. Snyder is approximately 150 km southeast of Lubbock.Located in Snyder is the Scurry County...
area. The station is currently owned by Weeks Broadcasting, Inc. and features programing from Citadel Media.
KBYG began operation in 1948 as a 100 watt full time operation. It raised to 1,000 watts days in 1964 and 1,000 watts nights in 1984. It was owned by the Grady Maples/RB McAlister interests in the late fifties, the John Hicks (father of Tom Hicks
Tom Hicks
Thomas Ollis Hicks, Sr. , is an American 'leveraged buyout' businessman living in Dallas, Texas. Despite Forbes Magazine estimating Hicks' wealth at USD 1 billion in 2009, Hicks was unable to pay off joint loans of circa £200 million the following year...
and Steven Hicks
Steven Hicks
Robert Steven "Steve" Hicks , is an American businessman, who is mostly closely associated with the radio business, pioneering the concept of local marketing agreement and was the Vice-Chairman of AMFM, Inc., a predecessor of radio station giant Clear Channel Communications...
) interests in the sixties and seventies, Dick Fields interests in the eighties, and Drew Ballard in the nineties and 2000's.
KBYG is repeated on FM translator station K292FE Big Spring, Texas.