KBEX (FM)
City | Dalhart, Texas |
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Broadcast area | Amarillo, Texas |
Branding | La Poderosa 96.1 |
Frequency | 96.1 MHz |
First air date | 1962 (as KXIT-FM) |
Format | Regional Mexican |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 235 meters |
Class | C1 |
Facility ID | 74311 |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°44′16.8″N 102°15′40.9″W / 35.738000°N 102.261361°WCoordinates: 35°44′16.8″N 102°15′40.9″W / 35.738000°N 102.261361°W |
Former callsigns |
KXIT-FM (1962-2008) KIKX (2008-2010) KPPC (2010-2011) KXIT-FM (2011-2013) |
Owner |
Viva Media, LLC (Maria Ceniceros) |
Sister stations | KBEX-LP, KAMT, KQFX |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | lapoderosa961.com |
KBEX (96.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Dalhart, Texas, United States, it serves the Amarillo metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Maria Ceniceros, through licensee Viva Media, LLC. The current studio's are located at 501 South Polk #110 in Amarillo, Texas, and its transmitter is northeast of Channing, Texas.
The station was assigned the KBEX call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on February 20, 2013.[1] KBEX is the second station to use the KBEX call sign. Prior to 2005, KBEX was typically used as a stock call sign for fictional TV and radio stations in film, radio and television productions until the sign on of KBEX in Brenham, Texas (which held the calls until 2008) that year.
References
- ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.