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| Broadcast area | Midland-Odessa |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 99.9MHz |
| Branding | K-BAT 99.9 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks United Stations Radio Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KMND,KNFM,KODM,KRIL,KZBT | |
| History | |
First air date | November 1, 1983 (as KGEE) |
Former call signs | KGEE (1981–2005) |
Call sign meaning | K-BAT |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 48433 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 175 meters |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kbat.com |
KBAT (99.9FM), branded asK-BAT 99.9. is aradio station licensed toMonahans, Texas that serves theMidland–Odessa metropolitan area with aclassic rockformat. The station is under ownership ofTownsquare Media. Its studios are located onHighway 191 just west ofMidland (itscity of license) in ruralMidland County. The station's transmitter is located just southwest ofOdessa.
KBAT call letters were originally located on 93.3 FM and were moved over to 99.9 FM on September 13, 2005 to re-launch the rock station format thecall letters had and made famous from 1985 to 1998. Re-launched on September 15, 2005 as "The Basin's Real Rock 99.9 K-BAT." You can listen to them online athttp://kbat.com/listen-live.
Prior to changing to rock in September, 2005 the station was known as KGEE "Joy 99.9" and broadcast acontemporary Christian format for about a year. Prior to that, it had beenCountry as KGEE "KG-100" since signing on in the early 1980s.
KBAT-FM was put on the air by Bob Hicks, owner of KWEL-AM. Hicks put KBAT on the air in 1973 as the first completely automated 100,000-watt station in Texas. The format was country using theDrake-Chenault programming. Hicks bought KWEL-AM in 1969 from Winston J (Buddy) Deane who owned KOTN-AM inPine Bluff, Arkansas. Both KWEL-AM and KBAT-FM were located in the Downtowner Motor Inn in Downtown Midland, Texas. The studios were later moved to a location onAndrews Highway in Midland.
KGEE began as a sister station toKVKM (AM) Monahans, TX in 1982. The originalCP was issued to KVKM and called for a 100 kW signal at a few hundred feet from the KVKM tower between Monahans andKermit. That was never built. The CP was modified to specify a 500 tower nearPenwell and Duro. Studios were in Monhans at KVKM, then an additional set of studios were built in Odessa, and the Monahans studios were dismantled onceFCC rules changed in 1986.
On January 8, 2018 KBAT shifted their format fromalbum-oriented rock to classic rock.[2]
During the 1960s KBAT-AM was atop 40 station broadcasting out ofSan Antonio.
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