KBDT is a radio station in Highland Park, Texas that serves the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The station is currently owned by Dallas Broadcasting, LLC and is operated by . The station operates on 1160 kHz with 35,000 watts during the day and 1,000 watts at night and is owned by Dallas Broadcasting LLC. KBDT broadcasts on the frequency of 1160 kHz, a United States clear-channel frequency.
History
KBDT's first license was granted 6-29-1960 according to the FCC. The station was formerly on 1150 KHz as KVIL and used the call letters KVIX from October 1985 to August 1986. The calls changed back to KVIL, which were in use until November 1994. The station was owned by Infinity Broadcasting until October 1996, when it was sold to Marcos A. Rodriguez, who was its owner until August 2003. Rodriguez programmed it with foreign language programs as KDMM. Due to the popular Pakistani and Indian music and talk programs, 1150 became all-South Asian formatted. Initially, the station was 1,000 watts daytime only with a 6 tower directional array north of Irving for a number of years. Either in the late 1980s or early 1990s, it was able to get a grant of 5 watts of power for night-time operation. With the directional signal looking right down I-635 on the north side of Dallas, it barely covered that area from the tower site to the I-635/US-75 interchange. In 2001, KDMM changed to KBIS, and ran an all-Motown format still on 1150 kHz. When the station moved to 1160, it was revamped as Magic 1160, adding other soul songs to the playlists, but the call sign didn't change to KMGS until June 2005. On August 23, 2006, the call sign changed to KVCE, to make way for a News–Talk format, which began less than a month later. At that time Texas Senator Dan Patrick owned the station and had a talk show on the station. On September 25, 2015, the business talk format moved to KMKI, who changed the callsign to KEXB. KVCE previously ran a 30-second "barker" on a continuous loop announcing "KVCE Highland Park. Looking for business talk in North Texas? We moved to 620 AM." The Business News/Talk format has been discontinued as of October 2019 with a flip to Spanish Christian as KTNO. In October of 2015, KVCE was simulcasting KWRD-FM programming as a placeholder. KWRD-FM's programming was previously used as a placeholder on KMKI, after Radio Disney programming was discontinued and before Business Radio programming moved that frequency from KVCE. On September 29, 2017, the station changed its call sign to KBDT. On November 1, 2017 1160 Investments LLC entered into an agreement with Dallas Broadcasting LLC and created a conservative talk format which is the current format. 1160 Investments is a wholly owned subsidiary of the company which also owns the USA Radio Network and some USA programming is produced from the studios in Dallas.
