KBEX (96.1
FM) was a
radio station licensed to
Dalhart, Texas, United States, it served the
Amarillo metropolitan area
The Amarillo Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area in the Texas Panhandle that covers five counties: Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall, and Oldham. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 249,881 (though a 2015 estimat ...
. 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.
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)
''Birds of Prey'' is a 1973 television film directed by William A. Graham (director), William A. Graham and starring David Janssen, Ralph Meeker, and Elayne Heilveil. The screenplay was written by Robert Boris from a story by Boris and Rupert Hit ...
''
** ''
Dawn of the Dead'' (as a
Milwaukee TV station)
** ''
Moving Violation''
** ''
Runaway
Runaway, Runaways or Run Away may refer to:
Engineering
* Runaway reaction, a chemical reaction releasing more heat than what can be removed and becoming uncontrollable
* Thermal runaway, self-increase of the reaction rate of an exothermic proce ...
''
* KBEX-TV (in television)
** ''
Barnaby Jones''
** ''
Brady Bunch''
** ''
Cannon'' (in "Perfect Fit For A Frame")
** ''
Charlie's Angels
''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 115 episodes. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by Aa ...
''
** ''
Columbo
''Columbo'' () is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originally aired on NBC f ...
'' (Season 2, Episode 6)
** ''
Crazy Like a Fox'' (Channel 6,
San Francisco)
** ''
Dante's Peak'' (Channel 5)
** ''
Emergency!''
** ''
Here's Lucy
''Here's Lucy'' is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. The series co-starred her long-time comedy partner Gale Gordon and her real-life children Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. It was broadcast on CBS from 1968 to 1974. It was Ball's thir ...
'' (in "Milton Berle is the Life of the Party")
** ''
MacGyver'' (as TV and
radio)
** ''
Mannix
''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character, Joe Mannix, is a private inves ...
''
** ''
Mission: Impossible''
** ''
The Rockford Files'' (in "The No-Cut Contract")
** ''
Starsky & Hutch
''Starsky & Hutch'' is an American action television series, which consisted of a 72-minute pilot movie (originally aired as a ''Movie of the Week'' entry) and 92 episodes of 50 minutes each. The show was created by William Blinn (inspired by th ...
''
** ''
The Streets of San Francisco'' (in "Flags of Terror")
** ''
$weepstake$
''Sweepstakes'', stylized as ''$weepstake$'', is an American anthology television series that aired in the United States on NBC during the 1978-79 United States network television schedule#Tuesday, 1978-79 television season. It depicts the lives o ...
'' (Channel 6,
Hollywood
Hollywood usually refers to:
* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
Places United States
* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywood, ...
)
** ''
Walker, Texas Ranger''
** ''
What's Happening!!''
References
External links
BEX
Bex (; german: Beis; frp, Bés) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. It is a few kilometers south of its sister town municipality of Aigle.
History
Bex is first mentioned in 574 as ''in Bacci ...
Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1966
1966 establishments in Texas
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