KBST-FM

KBST-FM
Big Spring, Texas;
Frequency	95.7 MHz
Branding	K-Best 95.7
Programming
Format	Country
Ownership
Owner	Rhattigan Broadcasting; (Rhattigan Broadcasting (Texas), LP);
Sister stations	KBST AM, KBTS FM
History
First air date	1961
Former call signs	KWKI, KWKI-FM
Call sign meaning	"Best"
Technical information
Facility ID	33685
Class	C2
ERP	33,000 watts
HAAT	140 meters (459 feet)
Transmitter coordinates	32°13′13″N 101°26′25″W / 32.22028°N 101.44028°W
Links
Website	[1]

KBST-FM (95.7 FM, "K-Best 95.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Big Spring, Texas. The station is owned by Rhattigan Broadcasting . 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

^ ^a ^b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

External links

KBST in the FCC FM station database
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KBST in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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[fcc1-1] "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

[arb1-2] "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

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