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KYND unscoped aircheck - 1977

I believe you are correct. End of 1985 KYND went from so called elevator music to KRTS and played classical music. Changed ownership to. I interned in summer of 1985, then came back as a full time employee in January 1986. Music on reel to reels, and spots (commercials) on cassette. Played "selections" not songs. Would put on an hour and half "selection" / recorded live in concert, and take a nap. Studio / transmitter was in a pasture with cattle roaming around. Had to go through a gate an over a cattle guard to get to the place.
 
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KYND 92.5 became KKBQ and moved to 92.9 when the signal moved from One Shell to Senior Road in 1983.
That move allowed for the new 92.1 signal which signed on as KZRQ shortly after KKBQ's move.
KZRQ adopted the abandoned KYND call letters and format in Feb 1985. In April 1986, 92.1 took on another abandoned format/calls when it became the second incarnation of KLEF.
 
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seattlesarchiebunker said:
I do believe it was moved to 92.9 to allow KRTS at 92.1 to upgrade.
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The first KYND in the Houston market (previously KLVL-FM) moved from 92.5 to 92.9 in 1982. This move allowed 92.1 to be allocated to Seabrook, and KZRQ 92.1 went on the air in 1983 with a CHR format. Meanwhile KYND changed calls to KKBQ. I recall the very early incarnation of KKBQ tended to be a more album oriented format before switching to CHR and the 93Q moniker.

There was a short CHR competition between KKBQ and KZRQ which the latter quickly lost due to its modest signal. In late 1984 92.1 changed its call to KYND with a Beautiful Music/Easy Listening format, going after the audience the previous KYND had served.

Prior to Houston the KYND call had been on 1580 in the Phoenix market.
foldap said:
End of 1985 KYND went from so called elevator music to KRTS and played classical music.
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The flip of 92.1 to Classical came in April 1986, a few weeks after the demise of that format on KLEF 94.5, which had changed its call to KJYY and adopted a gold-based Soft AC format. 92.1 then grabbed the KLEF call, which it held until September 1987, when the station was sold to Michael Stude. IIRC Stude had some negative perceptions about the original KLEF and wanted fresh branding for his new acquisition, so the call was changed to KRTS “K-Arts”.
 
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And I might add the KYND calls appeared at 1520 in 1992 as KYND 1520, Cypress, Texas. Matt Provenzano, owner of the 1520 signal, liked the beautiful music format KYND had and liked the call letters, so claimed them for his only radio station. The final years under Provenzano ownership (the children of Matt), the station fell on hard times with no revenue for several years before selling to the current operator. The call letters remain with the frequency.
 
A custom contemporary home from the low 100s with a beautiful brick fireplace and a skylight in the bathroom? Perhaps I should take a look this weekend!
 
Mediafrog+ said:
The flip of 92.1 to Classical came in April 1986, a few weeks after the demise of that format on KLEF 94.5, which had changed its call to KJYY and adopted a gold-based Soft AC format. 92.1 then grabbed the KLEF call, which it held until September 1987, when the station was sold to Michael Stude. IIRC Stude had some negative perceptions about the original KLEF and wanted fresh branding for his new acquisition, so the call was changed to KRTS “K-Arts”.
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If I recall correctly (I had just been fired from KTRH so memories are a bit jumbled from that period), the KLEF record library was donated to the University of Houston, which then flipped KUHF from jazz to classical.
 
Mark Roberts said:
If I recall correctly (I had just been fired from KTRH so memories are a bit jumbled from that period), the KLEF record library was donated to the University of Houston, which then flipped KUHF from jazz to classical.
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You are correct about the donation, which included a lot of CDs, a brand new recording format at the time. I think they also included some CD players.

Initially KUHF only had Classical from 9am to 4pm, but later expanded those hours to replace the remaining Jazz programming.

With HPM now done with Classical music (other than the syndicated Classical 24 format on its HD-2) I wonder what happened to that library?
 
foldap said:
I believe you are correct. End of 1985 KYND went from so called elevator music to KRTS and played classical music. Changed ownership to. I interned in summer of 1985, then came back as a full time employee in January 1986. Music on reel to reels, and spots (commercials) on cassette. Played "selections" not songs. Would put on an hour and half "selection" / recorded live in concert, and take a nap. Studio / transmitter was in a pasture with cattle roaming around. Had to go through a gate an over a cattle guard to get to the place.
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yes that's true, when I worked there it was KZRQ Z92 FM digital audio, the music was on cassette. Clay gish was the program director. I remember I was on the air and looked out the studio window and a cow was staring right at me Wow! Those were the days! Jeff martin.
 
1moocow said:
yes that's true, when I worked there it was KZRQ Z92 FM digital audio, the music was on cassette. Clay gish was the program director. I remember I was on the air and looked out the studio window and a cow was staring right at me Wow! Those were the days! Jeff martin.
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Matt Provenzano was the original owner?
 
Mediafrog+ said:
You are correct about the donation, which included a lot of CDs, a brand new recording format at the time. I think they also included some CD players.

Initially KUHF only had Classical from 9am to 4pm, but later expanded those hours to replace the remaining Jazz programming.

With HPM now done with Classical music (other than the syndicated Classical 24 format on its HD-2) I wonder what happened to that library?
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It's likely still there, although I haven't been on the third floor since they started renovating it.
 
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