KYST (920 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Texas City, Texas, branded as "Patriot Talk 920" and airing a Conservative Talk radio format. The station is owned by Matthew Velasquez, through licensee Hispanic Broadcasting, Inc.

The studios and offices are on Southwest Freeway in Houston. The transmitter is on 29th Street North in Texas City.^[1]

History

The station went on the air in November 1948 as 92 KTLW. In the 1960s and 1970s, it aired a [country] format. In 1980, the call letters were changed to KYST. In 1982, while officially known as KYST, it billed itself as "Beatle Radio Number 9 KBTL" and had a format of all Beatles music. From the mid-1980s into the early 1990s it ran a Tejano format, as AM 920 KYST. Once music listening shifted fully to FM, and the Tejano format began to fade in sustainability, KYST became a Spanish Full Service format, as "La 920". and is the longest continuously owned and operated radio station in the market.

On January 1, 2024, KYST changed its format from the long running Spanish language news/talk programming to Conservative Talk, becoming the fifth station in the Houston-Galveston area to broadcast right wing talk. It marks the only attempt at programming of an English format for the Velasquez family, and a return of English itself to the station, since they purchased the facility in 1985.

References

External links

• Texas State Government list of Houston-area radio stations
• KYST in the FCC AM station database
• KYST in Nielsen Audio's AM station database