KBEX (FM)

KBEX
City	Dalhart, Texas
Broadcast area	Amarillo, Texas
Frequency	96.1 MHz
Ownership
Owner	Viva Media, LLC ; (Maria Ceniceros)
History
First air date	1962 (as KXIT-FM)
Last air date	August 2, 2021 (as KBEX)
Former call signs	KXIT-FM (1966-2008); KIKX (2008-2010); KPPC (2010-2011); KXIT-FM (2011-2013)
Technical information
Facility ID	74311
Class	C1
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	235 meters
Transmitter coordinates	35°44′16.8″N 102°15′40.9″W / 35.738000°N 102.261361°WCoordinates: 35°44′16.8″N 102°15′40.9″W / 35.738000°N 102.261361°W

KBEX (96.1 FM) was a radio station licensed to Dalhart, Texas, United States, it served the Amarillo metropolitan area. The station was owned by Maria Ceniceros, through licensee Viva Media, LLC.

The current studio's were located at 501 South Polk #110 in Amarillo, Texas, and its transmitter was northeast of Channing, Texas.

The station was assigned the KBEX call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on February 20, 2013.^[1] KBEX was the second station to use the KBEX call sign. Prior to 2005, KBEX was typically used as a stock call sign for fictional TV and radio stations in film, radio and television productions until the sign-on of KBEX in Brenham, Texas (which held the calls until 2008) that year.

Viva Media surrendered KBEX's license to the FCC on August 2, 2021, who cancelled it the same day.

In fiction[]

KBEX-TV (in film)
- Birds of Prey (1973 film)
- Dawn of the Dead (as a Milwaukee TV station)^[2]
- Moving Violation
- Runaway
KBEX-TV (in television)
- Barnaby Jones^[3]
- Brady Bunch^[4]
- Cannon (in "Perfect Fit For A Frame")
- Charlie's Angels^[5]
- Columbo (Season 2, Episode 6)
- Crazy Like a Fox (Channel 6, San Francisco)
- Dante's Peak (Channel 5)
- Emergency!
- Here's Lucy (in "Milton Berle is the Life of the Party")
- MacGyver (as TV and radio)
- Mannix
- Mission: Impossible
- The Rockford Files (in "The No-Cut Contract")
- Starsky & Hutch
- The Streets of San Francisco (in "Flags of Terror")
- $weepstake$ (Channel 6, Hollywood)^[6]
- Walker, Texas Ranger^[7]
- What's Happening!!^[8]

References[]

^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
^ "Dawn of the Dead (2004) : Goofs". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
^ "Barnaby Jones Season One". Actorbuddyebsen.info. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
^ "The Brady Bunch - The Complete Fourth Season (1972-1973) TV on DVD Review". PopEntertainment.com. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
^ "Charlie's Angels (an Episode Guide)". Epguides.com. 2005-06-27. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
^ "Sweepstakes - TV Series - Cast & Credits - Listings - NYTimes.com". Tv.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
^ Toby O'B (2005-10-23). "Inner Toob: Universal Expansion". Toobworld.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
^ "Stock Footage | Sony Pictures Studios". Sonypicturesstockfootage.com. Retrieved 2015-09-03.

External links[]

KBEX in the FCC FM station database
KBEX on Radio-Locator
KBEX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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[fcc1-1] "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

[2] "Dawn of the Dead (2004) : Goofs". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-09-04.

[3] "Barnaby Jones Season One". Actorbuddyebsen.info. Retrieved 2015-09-03.

[4] "The Brady Bunch - The Complete Fourth Season (1972-1973) TV on DVD Review". PopEntertainment.com. Retrieved 2015-09-03.

[5] "Charlie's Angels (an Episode Guide)". Epguides.com. 2005-06-27. Retrieved 2015-09-03.

[6] "Sweepstakes - TV Series - Cast & Credits - Listings - NYTimes.com". Tv.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-03.

[7] Toby O'B (2005-10-23). "Inner Toob: Universal Expansion". Toobworld.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-09-03.

[8] "Stock Footage | Sony Pictures Studios". Sonypicturesstockfootage.com. Retrieved 2015-09-03.

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