KBUY

For the airport in Burlington, North Carolina, assigned the ICAO code KBUY, see Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport. For the radio station in Fort Worth, Texas, formerly known as KBUY-FM, see KAMM (AM).

KBUY
Frequency1360 kHz
Programming
FormatClassic hits
AffiliationsFox News Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Will Rooney
  • (MTD, Inc.)
History
First air date
November 1959 (1959-11) (as KRRR)
Former call signs
  • KRRR (1959–1983)
  • KREE (1983–1987)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID70826
ClassD
Power
  • 5,000 watts day
  • 201 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
33°19′34.3″N 105°40′15.9″W / 33.326194°N 105.671083°W / 33.326194; -105.671083
Translator105.9 K290AY (Ruidoso)
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.kwes.net

KBUY (1360 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format.[2] Licensed to Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States, the station is owned by Will Rooney, through licensee MTD, Inc. and features programming from Fox News Radio.[3]

History

The station changed its call sign from KRRR to KREE on June 27, 1983. On May 1, 1987, the station changed its call sign to the current KBUY.[4]

On November 2, 2007, KBUY changed its format from oldies to adult contemporary. On May 26, 2014, it changed its format to classic hits, branded as "K-Buy 105.9".[5]

Walton Stations sold its Rudioso cluster—KBUY, KWES, and KWES-FM—to Will Rooney's MTD Inc., owner of KNMB and KIDX, in 2024 as part of a $170,000 deal.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KBUY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
  3. ^ "Keithley's Korner: Walton Stations Reach All Ends of Country Spectrum with Addition of Bear Country".
  4. ^ "KBUY Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  5. ^ PrecisionTrak.com
  6. ^ Venta, Lance (July 19, 2024). "Station Sales Week Of 7/19". RadioInsight. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  • Official website
  • Facility details for Facility ID 70826 (KBUY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • KBUY in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
  • Facility details for Facility ID 156941 (K290AY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  •  K290AY at FCCdata.org
  • FCC History Cards for KBUY


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