KBAT (99.9 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 format.
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 letters had and made famous from 1985 to 1998.
Prior to changing to rock in September, 2005 the station was known as KGEE "Joy 99.9" and broadcast a contemporary Christian format for about a year.
Hicks put KBAT on the air in 1973 as the first completely automated 100,000-watt station in Texas.
Hicks bought KWEL-AM in 1969 from Winston J (Buddy) Deane who owned KOTN-AM in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.