KYST

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

KYST

Texas City, Texas
Broadcast area	Greater Houston
Frequency	920 kHz
Branding	Patriot Talk 920
Programming
Format	Conservative Talk
Affiliations	Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Hispanic Broadcasting, Inc.
History
First air date	November 1, 1948; 76 years ago (1948-11-01)
Former call signs	KTLW (1948–1980)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	27298
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts days 1,000 watts nights
Transmitter coordinates	29°25′3″N 94°56′12″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	PatriotTalk920.com

The studios and offices are on Southwest Freeway in Houston. The transmitter is on 29th Street North in Texas City.^[2]

Programming

Weekdays on KYST begin with America in the Morning. That's followed by a local news and interview show The Lone Star Conservative with Michael Wilson. Afternoon drive is hosted locally by Craig Collins. The rest of the schedule is nationally syndicated talk programs from Chris Plante, Dan Bongino, Todd Starnes, Rob Carson, Dana Loesch and Dave Ramsey.

History

The station signed on the air on November 1, 1948; 76 years ago (November 1, 1948).^[3] The original call sign was KTLW. It called itself "92 KTLK." In the 1960s and 1970s, it aired a country music format. News updates were provided by AP Radio News.

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 briefly had a format of all Beatles music. In 1983, the Hispanic Broadcasting Company acquired KYST. The station flipped from English-language programming to Spanish.

From the mid-1980s into the early 1990s, it ran a Tejano music format as "Radio Alegria KYST 920 AM." As music listening shifted to the FM band, and the Tejano format began to fade, KYST switched to a Spanish language full service format including news and talk. It was billed as "La 920".

On January 1, 2024, KYST changed its format from the long running Spanish language news/talk programming to English-language talk radio. It became the fifth commercial AM station in the Houston-Galveston area to broadcast conservative talk, after KTRH 740, KPRC 950, KSEV 700 and KNTH 1070. KYST's conservative talk marks the only attempt at programming of an English language format for the Velasquez family, and a return of English itself to the station, since the family purchased the facility in 1983.