Joplin businessman Bobby Landis takes over ownership of KHST in Lamar

Joplin businessman Bobby Landis, owner of WMBH in Joplin, is the new owner of KHST, 101.7 FM in Lamar, according to an article in today's Greenfield Vedette.

Landis made a swap with former KHST owner My Town Media, Inc., receiving KHST in exchange for KSEK-AM 1340 in Pittsburg, Kansas, according to the Vedette article.

KHST, which has had a country music format since 2011, is now playing music from the '60s and '70s. It will continue to carry Lamar High School sports and will add Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals games, operations manager Kevin Welch told the Vedette. Welch said the target audience "is the old hippies in the area."

The HST in the station's call letters stands for Lamar's most famous native son, Harry S. Truman.

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