KYST
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KYST, branded as "La Nueve Veinte", is a Houston, Texas
, area AM radio station that broadcasts news
, information
, and sports in Spanish
. The station broadcasts on AM frequency 920 kHz and is under ownership of Hispanic Broadcasting, Inc..
The station went on the air in 1947 as KTLW. In the 1960s and 1970s, it aired a country music
format. In 1982, while officially known as KYST, it billed itself as "Beatle Radio Number 9 KBTL" and had a format of all Beatles
music.
From the mid-80s into the early 90's it ran a Tejano format, as AM 920 KYST
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, area AM radio station that broadcasts news
All-news radio
All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of news.All-news radio is available in both local and syndicated forms, and is carried in some form on both major US satellite radio networks...
, information
Information
Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...
, and sports in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. The station broadcasts on AM frequency 920 kHz and is under ownership of Hispanic Broadcasting, Inc..
The station went on the air in 1947 as KTLW. In the 1960s and 1970s, it aired 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. In 1982, while officially known as KYST, it billed itself as "Beatle Radio Number 9 KBTL" and had a format of all Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
music.
From the mid-80s into the early 90's it ran a Tejano format, as AM 920 KYST