KBET (AM)

KBET

City	Winchester, Nevada
Broadcast area	Las Vegas Valley
Slogan	"Talk that Rocks"
Frequency	790 kHz
Translator(s)	95.5 Megahertz (K238AK)^[1]
Repeater(s)	104.3 FM-HD2 KFRH
First air date	2006
Format	Talk
Power	1,000 watts (day) 300 watts (night)
Class	B
Affiliations	Westwood One Network Fox News Radio TheBlaze Network
Owner	Royce International, Ed Stolz II
Sister stations	KFRH
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	790TalkNow.com

KBET (790 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Winchester, Nevada and broadcasting to the greater Las Vegas Valley. KBET is owned by Royce International and it airs a talk radio format. KBET uses the slogan "790 Talk Now: Talk That Rocks!" Its studios are in the unincorporated Clark County community of Enterprise and the transmitter is in Henderson, Nevada. The station broadcasts at 1000 watts by day, reducing power to 300 watts at night to avoid interfering with other stations on 790 kHz. KBET is also heard on the HD2 channel of co-owned FM 104.3 KFRH.

Programming

KBET airs mostly nationally syndicated talk shows. Weekdays start at 6 a.m. with Glenn Beck. At 9 a.m. Kevin Wall hosts a local three-hour talk show. At noon, it's Michael Savage followed at 3 p.m. by Mark Levin. At 7 p.m., Dana Loesch is heard with Red Eye Radio at midnight and Alex Jones at 3 a.m. Weekends include repeats of weekday shows as well as Laura Ingraham. National news from Fox News Radio is heard at the beginning of every hour with newscasts from TheBlaze Network airing at half-past the hour.

History

The station went on the air in 2006. On 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.^[2]

References

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KBET

Radio-Locator Information on KBET

Coordinates: 36°6′36″N 115°00′8″W / 36.11000°N 115.00222°W / 36.11000; -115.00222

Radio stations in the Las Vegas market

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NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.55

By call sign	K211DC K215FA K220JW K261BZ K272EE K280DD KADD KBAD KBET KCEP KCNV KCYE KDWN KEKL KENO KFRH KHSJ-LP KHYZ KIOF-LP KISF KJUL KKLZ KKVV KLAV KLSQ KLUC-FM KMXB KMZQ KNIH KNPR KOAS KOMP KPKK KQLL KQRT KRGT KRLV KRRN KSHP KSNE-FM KSOS KUNV KVEG KVGQ KVGS KVKL KWID KWNR KWWN KXLI KXNT KXPT KXQQ-FM KXTE KXST KYLI KYMT WXL36

Nearby radio markets Barstow Kingman Laughlin-Needles-Lake Havasu City Pahrump St. George–Cedar City See also List of radio stations in Nevada

Country radio stations in the state of Nevada

Stations	KBET – Winchester KBUL – Carson City KCMY – Carson City KCYE – Boulder City KDSS – Ely KJJJ – Laughlin KOLC – Carson City KRJC – Elko KVLV – Fallon KWFP – Sparks KWNA-FM – Winnemucca KWNR – Henderson

Defunct	KHWG – Fallon

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Nevada

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