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> Does anyone have a list of stations on the air for Houston
> from the 1970's?
>
Circa New Year's Day, 1971
AM
KILT - 610, Top 40
KIKK - 650, Country
KTRH - 740, CBS, The Talk of Houston
KTHT - 790, Personality/MOR (calls may have flipped to KULF by then)
KPRC - 950, NBC, ???
KODA - 1010, Beautiful
KENR - 1070, Country
KNUZ - 1230, Top 40 or may have flipped to Country by then
KXYZ - 1320, ABC Information, Beautiful (O&O)
KCOH - 1430, Black
KLVL - 1480, Spanish
KYOK - 1590, Black
This omits various and sundry burb and boony stations still trying to serve their cities of license.
FM
KUHF - U of H
KPFT - 90.1, Pacifica
KYND - 92.5, Beautiful
KBNO or KRLY - 93.7, Top 40 (not sure when the flip took place)
KLEF - 94.5, Classical
KIKK - 95.7, Country
KAUM - 96.5, ABC-FM (O&O), Album Rock
KFMK - 97.9, ????
KODA - 99.1, Beautiful
KOST - 100.3, Album Rock
KLOL - 101.1, Album Rock
KLYX - 102.1, Soft Rock or Adult Contemporary
KQUE - 102.9, Standards, MOR, Big Band - everything from Boogie Woogie to the Beatles
KRBE - 104.1, Top 40
KHCB - 105.7, Christian
The station licensed to Lake Jackson, now KLDE, was on the air but had not moved into the market yet, I think. There were probably other suburban FMs on the air but I'm in the midst of a move right now and don't have access to my files.
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by hrhwebmaster on 01/12/06 02:45 AM.</FONT></P>
> from the 1970's?
>
Circa New Year's Day, 1971
AM
KILT - 610, Top 40
KIKK - 650, Country
KTRH - 740, CBS, The Talk of Houston
KTHT - 790, Personality/MOR (calls may have flipped to KULF by then)
KPRC - 950, NBC, ???
KODA - 1010, Beautiful
KENR - 1070, Country
KNUZ - 1230, Top 40 or may have flipped to Country by then
KXYZ - 1320, ABC Information, Beautiful (O&O)
KCOH - 1430, Black
KLVL - 1480, Spanish
KYOK - 1590, Black
This omits various and sundry burb and boony stations still trying to serve their cities of license.
FM
KUHF - U of H
KPFT - 90.1, Pacifica
KYND - 92.5, Beautiful
KBNO or KRLY - 93.7, Top 40 (not sure when the flip took place)
KLEF - 94.5, Classical
KIKK - 95.7, Country
KAUM - 96.5, ABC-FM (O&O), Album Rock
KFMK - 97.9, ????
KODA - 99.1, Beautiful
KOST - 100.3, Album Rock
KLOL - 101.1, Album Rock
KLYX - 102.1, Soft Rock or Adult Contemporary
KQUE - 102.9, Standards, MOR, Big Band - everything from Boogie Woogie to the Beatles
KRBE - 104.1, Top 40
KHCB - 105.7, Christian
The station licensed to Lake Jackson, now KLDE, was on the air but had not moved into the market yet, I think. There were probably other suburban FMs on the air but I'm in the midst of a move right now and don't have access to my files.
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by hrhwebmaster on 01/12/06 02:45 AM.</FONT></P>
> KTHT - 790, Personality/MOR (calls may have flipped to KULF
> by then)
"Demand Radio 79" changed to challenge KILT. Yes, it was KULF by this time.
> KPRC - 950, NBC, ???
Newstalk. Standards music was being phased out.
> KNUZ - 1230, Top 40 or may have flipped to Country by then
It became "Country Fresh Kay-News" in 1973.
> KXYZ - 1320, ABC Information, Beautiful (O&O)
Even though it was in Texas City, 920 KTLW covered Houston like a blanket, as it did most of the Texas Gulf Coast, it was considered by many as a Houston station. For many years it was the only game in town if you wanted to hear country music. It was a daytimer known as "The Gulf Coast Country Giant" and "Katie Lou."
> FM
>
> KFMK - 97.9, ????
It was an Underground Rock station until the FCC shut them down. It was reborn (pardon the pun) as a Christian music station.
> The station licensed to Lake Jackson, now KLDE, was on the
> air but had not moved into the market yet, I think.
It was KLJT at 107.7 and would move to 107.5 before migrating to Houston.
> by then)
"Demand Radio 79" changed to challenge KILT. Yes, it was KULF by this time.
> KPRC - 950, NBC, ???
Newstalk. Standards music was being phased out.
> KNUZ - 1230, Top 40 or may have flipped to Country by then
It became "Country Fresh Kay-News" in 1973.
> KXYZ - 1320, ABC Information, Beautiful (O&O)
Even though it was in Texas City, 920 KTLW covered Houston like a blanket, as it did most of the Texas Gulf Coast, it was considered by many as a Houston station. For many years it was the only game in town if you wanted to hear country music. It was a daytimer known as "The Gulf Coast Country Giant" and "Katie Lou."
> FM
>
> KFMK - 97.9, ????
It was an Underground Rock station until the FCC shut them down. It was reborn (pardon the pun) as a Christian music station.
> The station licensed to Lake Jackson, now KLDE, was on the
> air but had not moved into the market yet, I think.
It was KLJT at 107.7 and would move to 107.5 before migrating to Houston.
> > KTHT - 790, Personality/MOR (calls may have flipped to
> KULF
> > by then)
> "Demand Radio 79" changed to challenge KILT. Yes, it was
> KULF by this time.
>
> > KPRC - 950, NBC, ???
> Newstalk. Standards music was being phased out.
>
> > KNUZ - 1230, Top 40 or may have flipped to Country by then
>
> It became "Country Fresh Kay-News" in 1973.
>
> > KXYZ - 1320, ABC Information, Beautiful (O&O)
>
> Even though it was in Texas City, 920 KTLW covered Houston
> like a blanket, as it did most of the Texas Gulf Coast, it
> was considered by many as a Houston station. For many years
> it was the only game in town if you wanted to hear country
> music. It was a daytimer known as "The Gulf Coast Country
> Giant" and "Katie Lou."
>
> > FM
> >
> > KFMK - 97.9, ????
> It was an Underground Rock station until the FCC shut them
> down. It was reborn (pardon the pun) as a Christian music
> station.
>
> > The station licensed to Lake Jackson, now KLDE, was on the
>
> > air but had not moved into the market yet, I think.
> It was KLJT at 107.7 and would move to 107.5 before
> migrating to Houston.
>
Thanks for the corrections. Katie Lou had studios in the Montague Hotel in downtown Houston but I didn't know it had such a good signal. You worked there didn't you?
There were a number of other suburban stations that might have been included. I thought KLJT had changed frequencies; it was KGOL when it moved in I think.
I found the Oct/Nov 71 ARB for Houston and there are some further corrections and surprises:
KTLW, KUHF, KPFT, KOST/KILT-FM and KHCB do not show. 93.7 is KRLY by that time.
KODA-AM is MBS; KXYZ-AM is ABC-Entertainment, not Information; KYOK is ABC-Contemporary.
But the biggest surprises are KFRD - 980, Rosenberg/Richmond and KFRD - 104.9, Rosenberg/Richmond both showing in the book. Other than the Pasadena stations these are the only suburban stations to make the book.
Additional information: in my original post, I should have shown KIKK-AM, KLVL-AM and KYND-FM as licensed to Pasadena and KLYX-FM licensed to Clear Lake City. The board is not allowing me to edit that post so I'll just add it here.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by hrhwebmaster on 01/15/06 11:06 PM.</FONT></P>
> KULF
> > by then)
> "Demand Radio 79" changed to challenge KILT. Yes, it was
> KULF by this time.
>
> > KPRC - 950, NBC, ???
> Newstalk. Standards music was being phased out.
>
> > KNUZ - 1230, Top 40 or may have flipped to Country by then
>
> It became "Country Fresh Kay-News" in 1973.
>
> > KXYZ - 1320, ABC Information, Beautiful (O&O)
>
> Even though it was in Texas City, 920 KTLW covered Houston
> like a blanket, as it did most of the Texas Gulf Coast, it
> was considered by many as a Houston station. For many years
> it was the only game in town if you wanted to hear country
> music. It was a daytimer known as "The Gulf Coast Country
> Giant" and "Katie Lou."
>
> > FM
> >
> > KFMK - 97.9, ????
> It was an Underground Rock station until the FCC shut them
> down. It was reborn (pardon the pun) as a Christian music
> station.
>
> > The station licensed to Lake Jackson, now KLDE, was on the
>
> > air but had not moved into the market yet, I think.
> It was KLJT at 107.7 and would move to 107.5 before
> migrating to Houston.
>
Thanks for the corrections. Katie Lou had studios in the Montague Hotel in downtown Houston but I didn't know it had such a good signal. You worked there didn't you?
There were a number of other suburban stations that might have been included. I thought KLJT had changed frequencies; it was KGOL when it moved in I think.
I found the Oct/Nov 71 ARB for Houston and there are some further corrections and surprises:
KTLW, KUHF, KPFT, KOST/KILT-FM and KHCB do not show. 93.7 is KRLY by that time.
KODA-AM is MBS; KXYZ-AM is ABC-Entertainment, not Information; KYOK is ABC-Contemporary.
But the biggest surprises are KFRD - 980, Rosenberg/Richmond and KFRD - 104.9, Rosenberg/Richmond both showing in the book. Other than the Pasadena stations these are the only suburban stations to make the book.
Additional information: in my original post, I should have shown KIKK-AM, KLVL-AM and KYND-FM as licensed to Pasadena and KLYX-FM licensed to Clear Lake City. The board is not allowing me to edit that post so I'll just add it here.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by hrhwebmaster on 01/15/06 11:06 PM.</FONT></P>
> Thanks for the corrections. Katie Lou had studios in the
> Montague Hotel in downtown Houston but I didn't know it had
> such a good signal. You worked there didn't you?
Yes, I started my radio carreer at KTLW in 1972. By the time I got there, it was on the side of the Showboat Theatre in Texas City. It's greatness was gone. The signal was still good. But, the programming ahd fallen apart. New management came in, fired the news department and had the DJs rip 'n read the news from the AP wire. When country competitor 1070 KENR went 24 hours, KTLW sold them their Sign-Off. What a bunch of money hungry fools. They sold their listeners away. That 10,0000 watt signal went straight through Texas City and Galveston. Now, the workers in the Texas City refineries didn't have to change the station.
"KTLW has come to the end of it's broadcast day. KTLW operates at a power 1000 watts, 500 watts pre-sunrise at 920KHZ. KTLW is owned and operated by the Texas City Broadcast Service, JG Long, President. KTLW will return to the air at 6AM tomorrow. However, the country music doesn't stop. You can tune your radio to 1070 KENR.(This was followed by a KENR jingle) Ten-Seventy K-E-N-R, Houston."
The afternoon jock would drop the carrier and the majority of its listners. KENR had a one year contract with KTLW. They made some good money on it, at a great cost in the long run.
> But the biggest surprises are KFRD - 980, Rosenberg/Richmond
> and KFRD - 104.9, Rosenberg/Richmond both showing in the
> book.
I work there at two different time periods, as well.
> Montague Hotel in downtown Houston but I didn't know it had
> such a good signal. You worked there didn't you?
Yes, I started my radio carreer at KTLW in 1972. By the time I got there, it was on the side of the Showboat Theatre in Texas City. It's greatness was gone. The signal was still good. But, the programming ahd fallen apart. New management came in, fired the news department and had the DJs rip 'n read the news from the AP wire. When country competitor 1070 KENR went 24 hours, KTLW sold them their Sign-Off. What a bunch of money hungry fools. They sold their listeners away. That 10,0000 watt signal went straight through Texas City and Galveston. Now, the workers in the Texas City refineries didn't have to change the station.
"KTLW has come to the end of it's broadcast day. KTLW operates at a power 1000 watts, 500 watts pre-sunrise at 920KHZ. KTLW is owned and operated by the Texas City Broadcast Service, JG Long, President. KTLW will return to the air at 6AM tomorrow. However, the country music doesn't stop. You can tune your radio to 1070 KENR.(This was followed by a KENR jingle) Ten-Seventy K-E-N-R, Houston."
The afternoon jock would drop the carrier and the majority of its listners. KENR had a one year contract with KTLW. They made some good money on it, at a great cost in the long run.
> But the biggest surprises are KFRD - 980, Rosenberg/Richmond
> and KFRD - 104.9, Rosenberg/Richmond both showing in the
> book.
I work there at two different time periods, as well.
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