KBYG (1400 AM, "Big 1400 AM") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format.[2] Licensed to Big Spring, in the U.S. state of Texas, the station serves the Big Spring-Snyder area. The station is currently owned by Weeks Broadcasting, Inc.[3]
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 KBYG Studios | |
| Broadcast area | Big Spring-Snyder |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1400 kHz |
| Branding | 106.3 Rewind & KBYG News |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic Hits |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Weeks Broadcasting, Inc. |
| KXCS | |
| History | |
First air date | 1949 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 17590 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°13′22″N 101°28′35″W / 32.22278°N 101.47639°W |
| Translator(s) | 106.3 K292FE (Big Spring) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | [1] |
History
editKBYG began operation in 1948 as a 100–watt full-time operation. It increased 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 2000s.
KBYG is repeated on FM translator station K292FE, Big Spring, Texas.
Dick Fields was the owner of KBYG in the 1980s. Dick Oppenheimer was the owner of crosstown KHEM/KWKI during the same period.
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KBYG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ "KBYG Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 17590 (KBYG) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KBYG in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 155683 (K292FE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K292FE at FCCdata.org
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