A little bit of trivia regarding that 1450 out of Beaumont...back in 1970, when
it was known as KAYC, one of its announcers was legendary DJ Al Caldwell, who
also moonlighted as the emcee for dances at the local Knights of Columbus Hall.
On February 10th of that year, he had the privilege of presenting a fledgling
local blues-rock trio that was playing its first-ever live gig at the KoC that
night: ZZ Top. 73,Rick DauSouth Omaha, Nebraska
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From: stephen_pon...@sbcglobal.net
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 15:55:46 -0600
Subject: [ABDX] CBS Sports Radio - KIKR-AM 1450 Beaumont, TX, and KBED-AM 1510
Nederland, TX
While waiting for my wife to come out of the local HEB grocery store this
afternoon on our way home from morning worship, I decided to see what I could
hear on the radio in the Highlander.
While tuning through the upper segment of the band, I was surprised to hear a
strong station on 1450. Knowing that 1450 is a GY channel and that there is a
semi-local to my QTH on 1460 (KBRZ Missouri City, TX), I camped out on
frequency to learn more.
Turns out that the 1450 station is KIKR-AM in Beaumont, TX, which flipped from
Hispanic programming to CBS Sports Radio Format on April 1, 2013. They have a
sister station in the Golden Triangle - 1510 KBED-AM in Nederland, TX. Both
stations are part of the Cumulus Media group.
Here's a link to the article from the Orange Leaf newspaper explaining the
format change:
http://www.orangeleader.com/breakingnews/x1319119685/All-new-sports-stations-debuts-Monday
KBEB-1510 has a much weaker signal to my QTH (southeast Houston) than does
KIKR-1450, even though their antenna patterns, according to Radio-Locator.com,
look very similar.
Just wanted to add this info to the DX community.
73 & Good DX,
Steve Ponder, N5WBI
Houston, TX
"Character is not what people see from a distance-- that's platform. Character
is more often seen up close and over time." - Ed Stetzer
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