Beginning with the 2012-2013 season, KBME became flagship station to the NBA's Houston Rockets, with iHeartMedia (then known as Clear Channel Communications) acquiring the team's radio rights from CBS Radio-owned KILT."Rockets shift radio allegiance from KILT to KBME," from Houston Chronicle, 6/27/2012 In April 2013, KBME became the flagship station to Major League Baseball's Houston Astros, with broadcasts moving from sister station KTRH."Astros switch radio flagship to KBME," from Houston Chronicle, 2/5/2013 For an interim period, games were simulcast on both stations. Prior to the move, KBME aired select Astros spring training games.
