KYST
 |
| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 920 kHz |
| Branding | La Nueve Veinte |
| Programming | |
| Format | Spanish News/Information/Sports |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Hispanic Broadcasting, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | November 1, 1948 |
Former call signs | KTLW (1948-1980) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 27298 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 Watts (day) 1,000 Watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°25′3″N 94°56′12″W / 29.41750°N 94.93667°W |
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 November 1948 as 92 KTLW. In the 1960s and 1970s, it aired a Top 40 format. In 1980, the call letters were changed to KYST. 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-1980s into the early 1990s it ran a Tejano format, as AM 920 KYST. It currently airs a Spanish Full Service format and is the longest continuously owned and operated radio station in the market.
External links
- Texas State Government list of Houston-area radio stations
- Facility details for Facility ID KYST ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
  | This article about a radio station in Texas is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |