KHTY

[5] In June 1976, Westco Media sold KBIS to Thunderbird Broadcasting, owned by popular country music singer Buck Owens, for $382,500.

[6] The FCC approved both license transfers on November 16, and KBIS adopted the KUZZ call letters the following January.

Owens traded KUZZ, a daytimer on 970 AM, to Sunset for KAFY — located on the stronger, full-time 550 AM frequency — plus $650,000 in cash.

[11] In April 2000, Hispanic Media Group, headed by Amancio Suarez Sr., sold KAFY and a construction permit for a second AM station in Bakersfield to Golden Pegasus Financial Services for $825,000.

[12] The station would change hands once again by the end of the year as Clear Channel Communications purchased the newly rechristened KZPM for $1.4 million.

In September 2002, the call letters changed to KGET to match those of television station KGET-TV, at the time also owned by Clear Channel.

[18] On June 13, 2022, KHTY began simulcasting on KBFP 800 AM Bakersfield, replacing that station's comedy format.