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For the San Antonio, Texas radio station that held the call sign KHTY from 2004 to 2005, see KRPT. For the Santa Barbara, California radio station that held the call sign KHTY from 1985 to 1998, see KLSB.
KHTY
  • iHeartMedia, Inc.
  • (iHM Licenses, LLC)
KBFP, KBFP-FM, KDFO, KRAB
History
First air date
1958 (as KBIS)
Former call signs
KBIS (1958–1977)
KUZZ (1977–1986)
KAFY (1986–2000)
KZPM (2000–2001)
KZTK (2001–2002)
KGET (2002–2006)[1]
Technical information
Facility ID40868
ClassB
Power1,000 watts day
5,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
35°27′00″N 118°56′48″W / 35.45000°N 118.94667°W / 35.45000; -118.94667
Repeater(s)800 KBFP (Bakersfield)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitefoxsports970am.iheart.com

KHTY (970

radio station that is licensed to Bakersfield, California and serves inland central California. The station is owned by iHeartMedia[2] and airs a sports radio format as an affiliate of Fox Sports Radio. The KHTY studios are located in southwest Bakersfield, and its transmitter is located east of Oildale
.

KHTY broadcasts various sports programs, including Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Dodgers games as well as NASCAR races.

History

The station on 970

daytimer operating at a power of 1,000 watts.[3]

In June 1976, Westco Media sold KBIS to Thunderbird Broadcasting, owned by country music singer

call letters the following January.[5][6]

In August 1984, Buck Owens Broadcasting orchestrated a frequency swap with Sunset Broadcasting Corp., owner of KAFY. Owens traded KUZZ, a daytimer on 970 AM, to Sunset for KAFY — located on the stronger, full-time 550 AM frequency — plus $650,000 in cash.[7] The 970 AM frequency took on the KAFY call letters in January 1986.[8] In April 1987, Sunset Broadcasting, headed by Daren McGavren, sold KAFY to McGavren-Barro Broadcasting Corp. — owned by his son Steve McGavren and Mary Helen Barro — for $700,000. At the time of the sale, KAFY was broadcasting in the Spanish language.[9]

In April 2000, Hispanic Media Group, headed by Amancio Suarez Sr., sold KAFY and a

Clear Channel Communications purchased the newly rechristened KZPM for $1.4 million.[11][12]

Throughout the 2000s under Clear Channel ownership, the 970 AM frequency took on various call signs and formats. In May 2001, Clear Channel began using the KZTK call sign on the then-news/talk outlet. In September 2002, the call letters changed to KGET to match those of television station KGET-TV, at the time also owned by Clear Channel. The radio station KGET was branded "News Talk 970 KGET".

In January 2006, the KGET call letters were changed to KHTY. The station at the time was a classic hits radio station branded as "Mighty 970".[13] In 2007, KHTY switched back to news/talk with the branding "Business 970 KHTY".[14] Later that year, KHTY began airing a news/talk format in Spanish.[15]

Former KHTY/Fox Sports 970 logo

On March 2, 2009, KHTY flipped to sports radio with the branding "Fox Sports 970".[16]

Logo before KBFP simulcast

On June 13, 2022, KHTY began simulcasting on KBFP 800 AM Bakersfield, replacing that station's comedy format.[17]

Programming

The station lineup includes

The Rich Eisen Show, The Doug Gottlieb Show, Steve Gorman Sports, The Odd Couple, Jason Smith, Ben Maller, and other Fox Sports Radio programs. Also on KHTY are broadcasts of the Bakersfield Condors and the Los Angeles Dodgers
.

References

  1. ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  2. ^ "KHTY Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1963. p. B-15. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  4. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1976-06-21. p. 113. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  5. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1976-12-06. p. 72. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  6. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1977-01-24. p. 67. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  7. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1984-09-03. p. 66. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  8. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1986-01-27. p. 126. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  9. ^ "JACOR, Shamrock Score Denver Combos" (PDF). Radio & Records. 1987-04-17. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  10. ^ "Chagal Re-Enters L.A. With Expanded-Band Buy" (PDF). Radio & Records. 2000-04-21. p. 6. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  11. ^ "ChangingHands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. R.R. Bowker. 2000-12-04. p. 54. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  12. ^ "'The End' Arrives For Clear Channel" (PDF). Radio & Records. 2000-12-01. p. 6. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  13. ^ "Howard Johnson Exits LSM Position At Clear Channel Bakersfield". All Access. All Access Music Group. 2006-04-05. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  14. ^ "Stephan Adds Three Affiliates". All Access. All Access Music Group. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  15. ^ "KHTY Talks Business In Espanol". All Access. All Access Music Group. 2007-10-29. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  16. ^ "KHTY Goes Sports". All Access. All Access Music Group. 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  17. ^ Fox Sports Doubles In Bakersfield Radioinsight - June 13, 2022

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