KYST

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KYST
City of license Texas City, Texas
Broadcast area Greater Houston
Branding La Nueve Veinte
Slogan "Para Mi Gente"
Frequency 920 kHz
First air date November 1, 1948
Format Spanish News/Information/Sports
Power 5,000 Watts (day)
1,000 Watts (night)
Class B
Facility ID 27298
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Former callsigns KTLW (1948-1980)
Owner Hispanic Broadcasting, Inc.

KYST, branded as "La Nueve Veinte", is a Houston, Texas, area AM radio station that broadcasts news, information, and sports in Spanish. The station broadcasts on AM frequency 920 kHz and is under ownership of Hispanic Broadcasting, Inc..

The station went on the air in November 1948 as 92 KTLW. In the 1960s and 1970s, it aired a Top 40 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-80s into the early 90's it ran a Tejano format, as AM 920 KYST. It currently airs a Spanish Full Service format and is the longest continuously owned and operated radio station in the market.

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