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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KBAT
| logo             = KBAT-FM.png
| city             = [[Monahans, Texas]]
| area             = [[Midland–Odessa metropolitan area|Midland-Odessa]]
| branding         = ''K-BAT 99.9''
| frequency        = 99.9 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| airdate          = November 1, 1983 (as KGEE)
| format           = [[Classic rock]]
| erp              = 100,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = 175 meters
| class            = C1
| facility_id      = 48433
| callsign_meaning = '''K-BAT'''
| former_callsigns = KGEE (1981–2005)
| affiliations     = [[Compass Media Networks]]<br>[[United Stations Radio Networks]]<br>[[Westwood One]]
| owner            = [[Townsquare Media]]
| licensee         = Townsquare License, LLC
| sister_stations  = [[KMND]], [[KNFM]], [[KODM]], [[KRIL]], [[KZBT]]
| webcast          = [http://kbat.com/listen-live Listen Live]
| website          = [http://www.kbat.com kbat.com]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''KBAT''' (99.9 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]), branded as '''K-BAT 99.9'''. is a [[radio station]] licensed to [[Monahans, Texas]] that serves the [[Midland–Odessa metropolitan area]] with a [[classic rock]] [[radio format|format]]. The station is under ownership of [[Townsquare Media]].  Its studios are located on [[Texas State Highway 191|Highway 191]] just west of [[Midland, Texas|Midland]] (its [[city of license]]) in rural [[Midland County, Texas|Midland County]].  The station's transmitter is located just southwest of [[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]].
==History==
KBAT call letters were originally located on 93.3 FM and were moved over to 99.9 FM on September 13, 2005 to re-launch the rock station format the [[call sign|call letters]] had and made famous from 1985 to 1998. Re-launched on September 15, 2005 as "The Basin's Real Rock 99.9 K-BAT." You can listen to them online at http://kbat.com/listen-live.
Prior to changing to rock in September, 2005 the station was known as KGEE "Joy 99.9" and broadcast a [[contemporary Christian music|contemporary Christian]] format for about a year. Prior to that, it had been [[country radio|Country]] as KGEE "KG-100" since signing on in the early 1980s.
KBAT-FM was put on the air by Bob Hicks, owner of KWEL-AM.  Hicks put KBAT on the air in 1973 as the first completely automated 100,000-watt station in Texas. The format was country using the [[Drake-Chenault]] programming. Hicks bought KWEL-AM in 1969 from Winston J (Buddy) Deane who owned KOTN-AM in [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas]].  Both KWEL-AM and KBAT-FM were located in the Downtowner Motor Inn in Downtown Midland, Texas. The studios were later moved to a location on [[Andrews Highway]] in Midland.
KGEE began as a sister station to [[KVKM (AM)]] Monahans, TX in 1982. The original [[planning_permission#Broadcasting|CP]] was issued to KVKM and called for a 100&nbsp;kW signal at a few hundred feet from the KVKM tower between Monahans and [[Kermit, Texas|Kermit]]. That was never built. The CP was modified to specify a 500 tower near [[Penwell, Texas|Penwell]] and Duro. Studios were in Monhans at KVKM, then an additional set of studios were built in Odessa, and the Monahans studios were dismantled once [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] rules changed in 1986.
On January 8, 2018 KBAT shifted their format from [[album-oriented rock]] to classic rock.<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/122329/kbat-flips-classic-rock/ KBAT Flips to Classic Rock] Radioinsight - January 10, 2018</ref>
During the 1960s KBAT-AM was a [[top 40 (radio format)|top 40]] station broadcasting out of [[San Antonio]].
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.kbat.com KBAT official website]
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{{Odessa-Midland Radio}}
{{Classic Rock Radio Stations in Texas}}
{{Townsquare Media}}
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[[Category:Classic rock radio stations in the United States]]
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[[Category:Townsquare Media radio stations]]
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