On May 22, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-05-22), the station first signed on the air.[3] Diamond Broadcasting spent $2.5 million to acquire the station's construction permit before it even was on the air.
On May 29, 2009, the Las Vegas Sun reported that the station had been sold to Silver State Communications LLC, and that the format would be changed to Sports radio. KBET later aired a Classic Country music format and was using the slogan: "Country Legends 790." KBET began broadcasting a talk format on April 19, 2012.[4]
The station is presently off the air. The published phone numbers from the website are not working. The listen live feature on the website is currently playing Fox News updates from 2017 during the Trump Administration.