KBUY

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KBUY
Frequency 1360 kHz
Programming
Format Classic hits
Affiliations Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Will Rooney
  • (MTD, Inc.)
History
First air date
November 1959 (1959-11) (as KRRR)
Former call signs
  • KRRR (1959–1983)
  • KREE (1983–1987)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 70826
Class D
Power
  • 5,000 watts day
  • 201 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
33°19′34.3″N105°40′15.9″W / 33.326194°N 105.671083°W / 33.326194; -105.671083
Translator 105.9 K290AY (Ruidoso)
Links
Public license information
Website www.kwes.net

KBUY (1360 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format. [2] Licensed to Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States, the station is owned by Will Rooney, through licensee MTD, Inc. and features programming from Fox News Radio. [3]

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History

The station changed its call sign from KRRR to KREE on June 27, 1983. On May 1, 1987, the station changed its call sign to the current KBUY. [4]

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Former logo

On November 2, 2007, KBUY changed its format from oldies to adult contemporary. On May 26, 2014, it changed its format to classic hits, branded as "K-Buy 105.9". [5]

Walton Stations sold its Rudioso cluster—KBUY, KWES, and KWES-FM—to Will Rooney's MTD Inc., owner of KNMB and KIDX, in 2024 as part of a $170,000 deal. [6]

References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KBUY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
  3. "Keithley's Korner: Walton Stations Reach All Ends of Country Spectrum with Addition of Bear Country".
  4. "KBUY Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  5. PrecisionTrak.com
  6. Venta, Lance (July 19, 2024). "Station Sales Week Of 7/19". RadioInsight. Retrieved November 28, 2025.