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Another Urban AC formatted station to bite the dust

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willdav713

I just heard a story from AllAccess that the first Urban Contemporary station in Houston, KCOH 1430 AM sold to La Promesa Foundation which strictly deals with Spanish Religious formatted radio stations.

KCOH is Urban Adult Contemporary and Talk format which has serviced Houston for over 40 years. It was the first station alongside KYOK 1590 to offer a voice for the African American community.

Anyone have airchecks of the start of KCOH?
Or know it's launch date?

Right around midnight for several years they would play Parliment's "Chocolate City"
 
That is really, really sad, much more than most format changes :'(

A truly legendary urban station, one of the few of the really old ones left. KCOH was the first urban station in TX. I do have almost daily airchecks of Don Samuel and Steve Talton's show taped since 2007 so I have plenty of tape but KCOH will really be missed. On my page there is a link to a 1970 aircheck of KCOH.

The owner of KCOH tried to sell it a few years ago but the sale fell through so I guess I knew this would be coming.
 
The sudden disappearances of our Urban stations is really starting to get annoying and disturbing. But i guess that's radio these days. :mad:
 
Listening to KCOH has definitely been an experience. You don’t to hear shows and radio personalities like Don Samuel and Ralph Cooper any more. They will definitely be missed. I can appreciate this more coming from Wichita where Black radio was non-existent while growing up there. It’s unfortunate that no one from the community was able to come up with the capital to save and preserve the station’s heritage. Yeah it’s an AM station, but some things ARE worth saving. I guess folks here in Houston take it for granted that there will always be an urban format around. That’s why I’m not on the bash-Radio One-bandwagon. You don’t miss your water till the well runs dry.
 
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