KBEX
Dalhart, Texas
Broadcast area	Amarillo, Texas
Frequency	96.1 MHz
Branding	La Poderosa 96.1
Programming
Format	Regional Mexican
Ownership
Owner	Viva Media, LLC (Maria Ceniceros)
Sister stations	KAMT, KQFX
History
First air date	1966 (1966) (as KXIT-FM)
Former call signs	KXIT-FM (1966–2008) KIKX (2008–2010) KPPC (2010–2011) KXIT-FM (2011–2013)
Technical information
Facility ID	74311
Class	C1
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	235 meters (771 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°44′16.8″N 102°15′40.9″W / 35.738000°N 102.261361°W / 35.738000; -102.261361
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	lapoderosa961.com

KBEX (96.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Dalhart, Texas, United States, it serves the Amarillo metropolitan area. The station is owned by Maria Ceniceros, through licensee Viva Media, LLC. Its studios are located in Amarillo, and its transmitter is northeast of Channing, Texas.

The station was assigned the KBEX call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on February 20, 2013.^[1] KBEX is 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.

In fiction

KBEX-TV (in film)
- Birds of Prey
- Dawn of the Dead (as a Milwaukee TV station)^[2]
- Moving Violation
- Runaway
KBEX-TV (in television)
- Barnaby Jones^[3]
- Brady Bunch^[4]
- Cannon (in "Perfect Fit For A Frame")
- Charlie's Angels^[5]
- Columbo (Season 2, Episode 6)
- Crazy Like a Fox (Channel 6, San Francisco)
- Dante's Peak (Channel 5)
- Emergency!
- Here's Lucy (in "Milton Berle is the Life of the Party")
- MacGyver (as TV and radio)
- Mannix
- Mission: Impossible
- The Rockford Files (in "The No-Cut Contract")
- Starsky & Hutch
- The Streets of San Francisco (in "Flags of Terror")
- $weepstake$ (Channel 6, Hollywood)^[6]
- Walker, Texas Ranger^[7]
- What's Happening!!^[8]

References

External links

Radio stations in the Amarillo, Texas, metropolitan area

By AM frequency

By FM frequency

LPFM	100.1 106.5
Translators	88.7 89.5 90.3 91.7 92.3 92.5 92.7 93.5 94.9 96.5 97.5 99.9 102.3 103.9 104.7 106.9

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By call sign

Defunct

Nearby regions: Clovis; Guymon, OK-Southwest KS; Lubbock

See also: List of radio stations in Texas

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of Texas

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of Texas
Stations	KABA – Louise KAIQ – Wolfforth KAJE - Ingleside KAMA – El Paso KAMA-FM – Deer Park KAMM - University Park KBDR – Mirando City KBEX - Dalhart KBIB – Marion KBIC – Raymondville KBNA-FM – El Paso KBNL – Laredo KBNR – Brownsville KBOC – Bridgeport KBRZ-FM – Victoria KBZO - Lubbock KCHX – Odessa KCOT – Cotulla KCZO – Carrizo Springs KDFM – Falfurrias KDFT – Ferris KDRN – Del Rio KDXX – Lewisville KEPI – Eagle Pass KEPX – Eagle Pass KESS-FM – Benbrook KEWP – Uvalde Estates KEYH – Houston KFLC – Fort Worth KFTG – Pasadena KFZO – Denton KGBT – Harlingen KGBT-FM – McAllen KGSR - Cedar Park KGVL – Greenville KHFZ – Pittsburgh KHRO – El Paso KHVU – Houston KIBL – Beeville KINE – Kingsville KINT – El Paso KIRT – Mission KJOZ - Conroe KLAR – Laredo KLAT – Houston KLBD – Premont KLDS – Falfurrias KLEY-FM – Jourdanton KLFZ – Jacksonville KLIT – Ranchitos Las Lomas KLJA – Georgetown KLOL – Houston KLQB – Taylor KLTD - Temple KLTN – Houston KLVL – Pasadena KLZT – Bastrop KMFR – Pearsall KMVK – Fort Worth KMXO – Merkel KMYO - Comfort KNOR – Krum KNTE – Bay City KNVO-FM – Port Isabel KOIR – Edinburg KOPY - Alice KOVE-FM – Galveston KOYE – Frankston KPCO-FM – Cooper KPMB – Plainview KQBO – Rio Grande City KQFX - Borger/Amarillo KQLM – Odessa KQQK – Beaumont KQUE – Houston KRCM – Shenandoah KRGE – Weslaco KRGX – Rio Grande City KRIO – McAllen KRIO-FM – Roma KROB – Robstown KROM – San Antonio KRVA – Cockrell Hill KSAH – Universal City KSAH-FM – Pearsall KSJT-FM – San Angelo KSML-FM – Huntington KSTV – Stephenville KSVE – El Paso KTAM – Bryan KTJM – Port Arthur KTLH – Hallsville KTNO – Plano KTNZ – Amarillo KTXO - Goldsmith KTXX-FM - Bee Cave KTXZ – West Lake Hills KTYR – Trinity KUBR – San Juan KUNO – Corpus Christi KVER – El Paso KVFM – Beeville KVIV – El Paso KVJM – Hearne KVJY – Pharr KVOZ – Del Mar Hills KVUD – Bay City KVUJ – Lake Jackson KVVO-LP – Abilene KVVT – Sulphur Springs KWEL – Midland KWMF – Pleasanton KWOW – Clifton KWRA-LP – Waco KXBJ – El Campo KXOI – Crane KXTN – San Antonio KXVR-LP – Corpus Christi KXZX-LP – Juilliard KXZY-LP – Waco KYLP-LP – Greenville KYST – Texas City KZAM – Pleasant Valley KZDC – San Antonio KZEP-FM - San Antonio KZIP - Amarillo KZNX – Creedmoor KZZA – Muenster
Defunct	KERB-FM – Kermit KJNZ – Hereford KJOJ-FM – Freeport KMUL – Farwell KOZA – Odessa KPDB – Big Lake KXPL – El Paso
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