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KBIM (AM)

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KBIM
Frequency910 kHz
BrandingSpanish: La Ley, lit. 'The Law' 93.7
Programming
FormatRegional Mexican
Ownership
OwnerNoalmark Broadcasting Corporation
KBIM-FM
History
First air date
May 27, 1953
(73 years ago) (1953-05-27)
Former call signs
  • KBIM (1953–2015)
  • KKBE (2015–2021)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID34871
ClassD
Power
  • 5,000 watts day
  • 34 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
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Translator93.7 K229BV (Roswell)
Links
Public license information

KBIM (910 AM) is a radio station licensed to Roswell, New Mexico, United States. KBIM is owned by Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation and broadcasts a Regional Mexican format as "La Ley 93.7", alluding to the frequency of its FM translator.

History

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On October 15, 1952, the Federal Communications Commission awarded a construction permit to Theodore Rozzell and William Paul Brown to build a new daytime-only radio station on 910 kHz in Roswell; the station had originally been proposed for location at Clovis.[2] KBIM began broadcasting on May 27, 1953.[3] It had not been on the air six months before its owners sold it to the Taylor Broadcasting Company in November; the new management secured approval to increase power from 1,000 to 5,000 watts the next year.[2] The station, which soon adopted the Todd Storz formula of Top 40, proved to be a ratings and commercial success; using its profits, Taylor was able to start two other stations in the region, in Las Cruces (KGRT) and Colorado Springs (KAFA).[4] Taylor also attempted to purchase Carlsbad's KPBM,[5] but the FCC blocked the deal citing overlap with the signal of his Roswell station.[6] KBIM's facilities were improved in 1965 with the approval of a new transmitter site and directional setup that allowed nighttime broadcasting;[2] despite increased competition, including the launch of the 50,000-watt KSWS (1020 AM), the station remained atop the ratings in Roswell.[4]

In 1966, KBIM expanded to television with the launch of KBIM-TV channel 10, which provided CBS television programming to southeastern New Mexico.[7] Taylor Broadcasting merged into Holsum, Inc., in 1970, in the wake of a merger effectuated after the region entered a regional economic slump caused by the closure of Walker Air Force Base.[2][8]

Tragedy struck the KBIM stations on the morning of May 31, 1977, when a fire gutted the shared studios on Main Street;[9] the AM radio station was out of service for just one day,[10] as it was able to resume operating by broadcasting directly from the transmitter site.[11] New studios were set up at 214 North Main Street, still used by the television station today.[12] Holsum sold off the radio properties to King Broadcasting in 1981; John King had already been involved with KBIM for 18 years at the time of the transaction,[8] being the husband of Betty King, daughter of W. C. Taylor.[13]

In 1988, the KBIM radio stations moved to new quarters north of downtown, where they continue to operate; at the same time, the AM station switched from contemporary music to the syndicated "Pure Gold" oldies format.[14] The oldies format was dropped for the audio of CNN Headline News in 1994;[15] this evolved into a news/talk format in 1996.[16]

Noalmark ownership

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KBIM was acquired by Noalmark Broadcasting in 2007, marking the retirement of the King family from broadcasting.[17] Noalmark retained the news/talk format on the AM station until 2015, when it changed call letters to KKBE and adopted a contemporary hit radio format as "The Beat". This then was switched in 2018 to "The Light", a contemporary Christian music station, and to an active/alternative rock format known as "The Crash" by 2021.[18]

On November 25, 2021, KKBE dropped its active rock format and began stunting with Christmas music as "Santa 93.7".[18] On December 26, 910 AM emerged from the stunting as Regional Mexican La Ley 93.7, reverting to the historic KBIM call sign; the station features the syndicated El Bueno, La Fea y El Malo morning show and Erazno y la Chokolata in afternoons, a local midday show, and soccer coverage from Fútbol de Primera.[19]

Translator

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Broadcast translator for KBIM
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
K229BV 93.7 FM Roswell, New Mexico 146345 250 D LMS

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