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 is currently silent. Its studios are in the unincorporated Clark County community of Enterprise.

KBET
Broadcast areaLas Vegas Valley
Frequency790 kHz
Programming
FormatSilent
Ownership
Owner
  • Silver State Broadcasting LLC
  • (Silver State Broadcasting LLC - Debtor in Possession)
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History
First air date
May 22, 2006 (2006-05-22)
Technical information
Facility ID136292
ClassB
Power1,000 watts day
300 watts night
Translator(s)103.1 K276GX (Las Vegas)

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.[1] KBET is also heard on FM translator 103.1 MHz K276GX in Las Vegas.[2]

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, 2006 (2006-05-22), the station first signed on the air.[3] Diamond Broadcasting spent $2.5 million to acquire the station's construction permit before it even was on the air.

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.[4]

Previous logo

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
  1. Radio-Locator.com/KBET
  2. Radio-Locator.com/K276GX
  3. Information from Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2008 page D-348
  4. "KBET/Las Vegas Goes Talk".

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