K276GX
KBET broadcasts with 1,000 watts by day, reducing power to 300 watts at night to avoid interfering with other stations on 790 AM. The transmitter is off Telephone Pole Road in Whitney, Nevada. KBET is also heard on FM translator 103.1 MHz K276GX in Las Vegas.
KBET recently carried nationally syndicated conservative talk shows most of the day, mainly from Cumulus Media subsidiary Westwood One. They included Chris Plante, Dan Bongino and "Red Eye Radio." In addition, "Armstrong & Getty" from KSTE Sacramento was heard in morning drive time. Alex Jones from the Genesis Communications Network aired early weekday and weekend mornings and Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis was heard in late evenings. Most hours began with Fox News Radio.
History
On May 22, 2006signed on the air. Diamond Broadcasting spent $2.5 million to acquire the station's construction permit before it even was on the air.
, the station firstOn May 29, 2009, the Las Vegas Sun reported that the station had been sold to Silver State Communications LLC, and that the format would be changed to Sports radio. KBET later aired a Classic Country music format and was using the slogan: "Country Legends 790." KBET began broadcasting a talk format on April 19, 2012.
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The station is presently off the air. The published phone numbers from the website are not working. The listen live feature on the website is currently playing Fox News updates from 2017 during the Trump Administration.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KBET". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KBET
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/K276GX
- ^ Information from Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2008 page D-348
- ^ "KBET/Las Vegas Goes Talk".
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 136292 (KBET) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KBET in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 203222 (K276GX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K276GX at FCCdata.org