KBST (AM)

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = KBST

| logo =

| logo_size =

| image = Big Spring (26433574555).jpg

| city = Big Spring, Texas

| area = Big Spring-Snyder

| branding = K-Best AM 1490

| frequency = 1490 kHz

| translator = {{Radio Relay|103.9|K280GW|Big Spring}}

| repeater =

| airdate = {{start date and age|1936}}

| format = News–talk

| power = 1,000 watts unlimited

| class = C

| licensing_authority = FCC

| facility_id = 33684

| coordinates = {{coord|32|15|44|N|101|27|37|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning = Big Spring, Texas{{cite web |first=Bob |last=Nelson |url=http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html |title=Call Letter Origins |work=Radio History on the Web |access-date=2009-07-03 |archive-date=2009-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218101410/http://oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html |url-status=live }}

| former_callsigns =

| owner = Kbest Media, LLC

| licensee =

| sister_stations =

| webcast = [https://kbst.com/player/?playerID=2235 Listen Live]

| website = {{official website|https://kbst.com/kbst-1490-home/}}

| affiliations = {{ubl|ABC News Radio|Compass Media Networks|Fox Sports Radio|Premiere Networks|Westwood One}}

}}

File:KBST (AM) logo.png

KBST (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news-talk format.{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/sip.do#access|date=Summer 2009|title=Station Information Profile|publisher=Arbitron|access-date=2009-07-06|archive-date=2009-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923211912/http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/sip.do#access|url-status=live}} Licensed to Big Spring, Texas, United States, the station serves the Big Spring-Snyder area. The station is currently owned by Kbest Media, LLC, and includes programming from ABC News Radio, Fox Sports Radio, Compass Media Networks, Premiere Networks, and Westwood One.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KBST |title=KBST Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}

KBST signed on in 1936. It was an early affiliate of the Texas State Network (1938). The station was co-owned with the Big Spring Herald for many years, and was spun off in 1959 to "The Snyder Corporation" owned by Ted Snider and Winston Wrinkle.

KBST began as a 100-watt full-time operation. It raised day power to 250 watts in 1959, 1,000 watts days in 1964, and 1,000 watts at nights in 1984. It broadcast in AM stereo, using the C-QUAM system, in 1985.