KMHT (AM)

KMHT & KMHT-FM
City	Marshall, Texas
Broadcast area	Longview-Marshall area
Branding	KMHT: ESPN Radio 1450; KMHT-FM: 103.9 Classic Country
Slogan	The Heart Beat of East Texas
Frequency	KMHT: 1450 kHz, 96.9 MHz; KMHT-FM: 103.9 MHz
Translator(s)	96.9 K245BW (Marshall, relays AM)
First air date	1450: April 9, 1947; 103.9: September 26, 1977; 96.9: September 26, 2014
Format	1450, 96.9: Sports; 103.9: Classic Country
Power	1450: 650 watts
ERP	103.9: 1,850 watts; 96.9: 205 watts
HAAT	103.9: 129 meters; 96.9: 117 meters
Class	1450: C; 103.9: A; 96.9: D
Facility ID	1450: 72450; 103.9: 72451; 96.9: 156968
Transmitter coordinates	1450: 32°33′50″N 94°21′4″W / 32.56389°N 94.35111°WCoordinates: 32°33′50″N 94°21′4″W / 32.56389°N 94.35111°W; 96.9: 32°33′49″N 94°21′7″W / 32.56361°N 94.35194°W; 103.9: 32°33′50″N 94°21′4″W / 32.56389°N 94.35111°W
Former callsigns	103.9: KZEY-FM (1994-2003)
Affiliations	1450, 96.9: ESPN Radio; 103.9: ABC Radio
Owner	Hanszen Broadcast Group, Inc.
Sister stations	KGAS, KGAS-FM, KWRD
Website	easttexastoday.com

KMHT (1450 AM, 96.9 FM) is a terrestrial AM radio station, paired with an FM relay translator, broadcasting a sports format.

KMHT-FM (103.9 FM) is a terrestrial FM radio station broadcasting a classic country format. All three facilities are licensed to Marshall in Harrison County, Texas, United States, and serve the Longview-Marshall area. The stations are currently owned by Hanszen Broadcast Group, Inc.^[1]

The stations also broadcasts Marshall High School athletics as well as ETBU athletics, TSN (Texas State Network), Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, Dallas Mavericks, the University of Texas Longhorn Athletics, and Texas A&M athletics.^[2] Other area high school athletics that KMHT covers include Harleton, Karnack, and Waskom.

History

A group of local veterans returned to Marshall from World War II and took advantage of their right to first preferences of frequencies after the radio frequency freeze was lifted at the end of the war. In 1961, after 14 years of operation, KMHT AM was granted FCC permission to raise the daytime power from 250 watts to 1,000 watts. Shortly thereafter, the FCC approved the operation of 1000 Watts around the clock. A later move to a new transmitter site required lowering the power to 650 watts.

In the late 1990s, KMHT was given to Wiley College, a historically black four-year liberal arts institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church, by then owner professional boxer George Foreman.

Wiley College later sold the stations to Jerry Russell, a former member of the Tyler City Council. Russell wanted to use KMHT-FM as a repeater for his AM 690 KZEY (which has since gone silent), so KMHT-FM became KZEY-FM.

In August 2002, Hanszen Broadcast Group, Inc., purchased KMHT/KZEY and changed the FM back to KMHT-FM. In the fall of 2006, KMHT 1450 AM changed the format to ESPN Radio. The format includes local sports coverage as well as the network coverage. The KMHT-FM format stayed the same.

References

↑ "KMHT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ http://www.kmhtradio.com KMHT's Website

External links

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[1] "KMHT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

[2] ttp://www.kmhtradio.com KMHT's Website

Radio stations in the Longview/Marshall, Texas area
By FM frequency	90.7 91.1 92.3 95.3 96.1 99.3 100.3 103.1 103.9 104.5 105.7 106.9
By AM frequency	1240 1370 1410 1430 1450 1470
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475
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Defunct	KXAL-LP (104.7 FM)
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