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| Broadcast area | El Paso metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1380kHz |
| Branding | Fox Sports 1380 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports radio |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio,Premiere Radio Networks |
| Ownership | |
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| KHEY-FM,KPRR,KTSM,KTSM-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | August 22, 1929; 96 years ago (1929-08-22)[1] |
Former call signs | KTSM (1929–2000)[2] |
Call sign meaning | "Hey!" |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 67771 |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 31°45′26″N106°22′33″W / 31.75722°N 106.37583°W /31.75722; -106.37583 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | khey1380.iheart.com |
KHEY (1380kHz) is aFox Sports RadioAMaffiliate in theEl Paso, Texas, United States, area. The station is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc.[4] The station is licensed to broadcast inHD radio, but does not currently broadcast in HD.[5]
KHEY, originally KTSM, is the oldest radio station in El Paso. On June 30, 1929, W. R. Bledsoe and W. T. Blackwood were issued aconstruction permit for KTSM by theFederal Radio Commission,[6] with the station becoming fully licensed on August 6, 1929.[2] Initially operated by the Tri-state Music Company, it made its debut broadcast on August 22, 1929.[1] The original studios were in the historicHotel Paso del Norte on Sheldon Court at South Santa Fe Street. At first, KTSM was powered at 100 watts, broadcasting on 1310kilohertz, and sharing time with another El Paso station, WDAH. Eventually Tri-State owned both stations, and they were consolidated in 1940 with full time operation under the KTSMcall sign, which now represents the words "Tri-State Media", after WDAH turned in its license for cancellation.[7]
KTSM was aCBS RadioNetwork affiliate, airing its schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports,soap operas,game shows andbig band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio."
In early 1940, KTSM moved to 1350 kHz. With the implementation of theNorth American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) in 1941, the station was shifted to 1380 kHz.[8] Daytime power was later increased to 1,000 watts, and 500 watts at night, when radio waves on the AM band travel farther.
In 1953, KTSM added a television station, Channel 9KTSM-TV, the second TV outlet in El Paso. Because KTSM radio was a CBS affiliate, KTSM-TV also began carryingCBS TV shows. As network programming moved from radio to television in the 1950s, KTSM 1380 switched to afull service,middle of the road format, including popular adult music, news and sports.
In 1962, an FM station was added. 99.9KTSM-FM began broadcasting with abeautiful music format, separate from the AM station. The FM transmitter was co-located with the TV tower.
In 1975,NBC Radio established anall-news radio network known as the "News and Information Service" (NIS). KTSM 1380 was one of the stations to join NIS, while keeping its CBS News affiliation.[9] The NIS network failed to gain enough affiliates and was discontinued at the end of 1977.
For several years, KTSM did its own all-news programming, using the services of CBS and NBC for world and national news, and a staff of local reporters for El Paso and Texas news. Over time, talk shows were added until KTSM became atalk radio station.
In 1998,San Antonio-basedClear Channel Communications acquired both KTSM-AM-FM and KHEY-AM-FM. Under Clear Channel management, the two AM stations' call signs and formats were swapped in 2000, with KTSM on AM 1380 becoming KHEY and inheriting its country music format, while KHEY on AM 690 becameKTSM and inherited its talk format.
KHEY later flipped to asports radio format.
(KHEY's logo under previous ESPN Radio affiliation)
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