KBYG

KBYG

KBYG Studios
Big Spring, Texas
Broadcast area	Big Spring-Snyder
Frequency	1400 kHz
Branding	106.3 Rewind & KBYG News
Programming
Format	Classic Hits
Ownership
Owner	Weeks Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations	KXCS
History
First air date	1949
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	17590
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates	32°13′22″N 101°28′35″W / 32.22278°N 101.47639°W / 32.22278; -101.47639
Translator(s)	106.3 K292FE (Big Spring)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	[1]

KBYG (1400 AM, "Big 1400 AM") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format.^[2] Licensed to Big Spring, in the U.S. state of Texas, the station serves the Big Spring-Snyder area. The station is currently owned by Weeks Broadcasting, Inc.^[3]

KBYG began operation in 1948 as a 100–watt full-time operation. It increased to 1,000 watts days in 1964 and 1,000 watts nights in 1984. It was owned by the Grady Maples/RB McAlister interests in the late fifties, the John Hicks (father of Tom Hicks and Steven Hicks) interests in the sixties and seventies, Dick Fields interests in the eighties, and Drew Ballard in the nineties and 2000s.

KBYG is repeated on FM translator station K292FE, Big Spring, Texas.

Dick Fields was the owner of KBYG in the 1980s. Dick Oppenheimer was the owner of crosstown KHEM/KWKI during the same period.

• Facility details for Facility ID 17590 (KBYG) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KBYG in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 155683 (K292FE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• K292FE at FCCdata.org

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