KBET (AM)
KBET (790 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Winchester, Nevada and broadcasting to the Las Vegas Valley. It is owned and operated by Silver State Broadcasting LLC 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. 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.
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| City | Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
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| Broadcast area | Las Vegas Valley |
| Frequency | 790 kHz |
| Branding | 790 Talk Now |
| Slogan | "Talk that Rocks" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio Genesis Communications Network KFTK-FM USA Radio Network Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Silver State Broadcasting LLC |
| KFRH | |
| History | |
First air date | 2006 |
| Technical information | |
| Class | B |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 300 watts (night) |
| Translator(s) | 95.5 Megahertz (K238AK)[1] 103.1 MHz (K276GK, Winchester) |
| Repeater(s) | 104.3 FM-HD2 KFRH |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 790TalkNow.com |
KBET airs Armstrong & Getty on weekday and weekend mornings from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. KBET carries nationally syndicated talk shows on Middays, nights and weekends, mostly from the Cumulus Media owned and operated Westwood One. They include Chris Plante, Dan Bongino and Red Eye Radio. In addition, Alex Jones from the Genesis Communications Network airs from 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. on weekday and weekend mornings, Dana Loesch from KFTK-FM airs from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weeknights and from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on weekend mornings and Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis on weeknights from 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Weekends feature repeat shows on politics. Most hours begin with Fox News Radio.
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]
Local programming and staff
- Wayne Allyn Root, Host of the Early Edition on weekday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on KBET and The Wayne Allyn Root Show on KBET and USA Radio Network from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekday afternoons and evenings. Root's regular fill–in host is Lee Elci of WJJF from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and previous fill–in host was Megan Barth from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesdays.
References
External links
- KBET in the FCC's AM station database
- KBET on Radio-Locator
- KBET in Nielsen Audio's AM station database