KSET (AM)
| City | Lumberton, Texas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Beaumont, Texas, Lumberton, Texas, Golden Triangle |
| Branding | Musicradio 1300 |
| Frequency | 1300 AM (kHz) |
| First air date | December 31, 1959 (as KKAS Silsbee, Texas) |
| Format | Classic Top 40 |
| Power |
2,180 watts day 270 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 31108 |
| Callsign meaning | K SouthEast Texas |
| Owner |
Christopher W. Boone (Southeast Texas Telecom, LLC) |
KSET 1300 AM is a radio station licensed to Lumberton, Texas. The station is owned by Christopher Boone, through licensee Southeast Texas Telecom, LLC (FCC Approval and consummation of the sale took place August 10, 2015).
The station is currently off the air but once KSET returns to the air permanently, it will re-introduce AM stereo (Motorola's C-QUAM AM system) and relaunch as classic Top 40, branded as Musicradio 1300.
History
1300 was originally licensed to Hardin County Broadcasting, on December 31, 1959. The call sign assigned to the new station was KKAS and was licensed to Silsbee, Texas at 500 watts. The KKAS studios were located at the transmitter site which (as the FCC described as) Highway 327, 3 miles west of the center of Silsbee. Eventually KKAS acquired an FM on 101.7, and was sold to Cumulus in 2004 which became KAYD-FM.
2000
On January 31, 2000, KKAS changed its callsign to KSET.
2011
KSET was moved to Lumberton in 2011, with the construction of a 4-tower directional array, KSET was able to become a full Beaumont/Port Arthur station. Also in 2011 KSET changed format to news talk, and was billed as "Freedom 1300", but did not do well in the Beaumont/Port Arthur market, especially going up against KLVI's established conservative talk format.
2014
May 10, 2014 KSET filed an Special Temporary Authority with the FCC to go silent for one year.
2015
May 11, 2015 KSET filed with the FCC to resume operations and sign back on the air. Also in May, the pending sale to Southwest Texas Telecom LLC was announced. On July 11, KSET returned to the air with music briefly, testing the directional antenna and C-QuAM equipment. The test revealed a problem with the stereo exciter and KSET concluded testing. On July 31, testing of the KSET facility resumed, making the final preparations for the station before its targeted mid-late August launch as "Musicradio 1300" carrying the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network. Former WLS DJ and current voice/DJ on WLS-FM, Jeff Davis is the Voice of Musicradio 1300. The FCC approved the transfer of control on August 10 and the sale was consummated that afternoon with paperwork filed with the FCC that evening.
References
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KSET
- Radio-Locator Information on KSET
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KSET
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