KCOH
| City | Houston, Texas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Houston, Texas |
| Branding | La Calle 92.5 |
| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 92.5 K223CW (Houston) |
| First air date |
1230: February 18, 1948 92.5: October 15, 2016 |
| Format | Tropical/Merengue/Bachata |
| Power | 1230: 1,000 watts |
| ERP | 92.5: 18 watts |
| HAAT | 92.5: 55 meters |
| Class |
1230: C 92.5: D |
| Facility ID |
1230: 65309 92.5: 148239 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
29°45′26″N 95°20′18″W / 29.75722°N 95.33833°W 29°51′34″N 95°33′32″W / 29.85944°N 95.55889°W (experimental synchronous operation) |
| Callsign meaning | K-Call Of Houston or Kilo Cycles Over Houston |
| Former callsigns |
KNUZ (1948-1997) KQUE (1997-2013) |
| Owner |
Roberta Rose Ramirez (Pueblo de Galilea, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KMIC, KRCM, KBRZ-FM, KQUE, KQUE-FM, KFTG, KJOZ, KUZN, KAMA-FM, KTYR |
| Webcast |
broadcast Listen Live WMP broadcast Listen Live Link |
| Website | lacallehouston.com |
KCOH (1230 AM) is a radio station in Houston, Texas. The station's branding is La Calle 92.5 and broadcasts a Tropical format.
The station formerly aired a Regional Mexican format, simulcasting KEYH as "La Ranchera" prior to the sale of the facility to Pueblo de Galilea, LLC. Prior to the Regional Mexican format, it operated as an Urban Oldies format, continued from its long history at 1430kHz under a LMA from Liberman Broadcasting to the Dunn organization that provided the programming for 1230. Under Liberman's programming control, it was imaged as "Radio Ranchito", "La Raza" (simulcast with KTJM), and "La Ranchera", all utilizing a Regional Mexican music format.
History
The radio station began in 1948 when KTHT (now KBME) vacated this frequency for a stronger signal at 790 kHz. Under the KNUZ callsign, it was a Top40 formatted station through the 1960s, competing with KILT (AM) but eventually Houston outgrew 1230's signal coverage and KILT won the battle in the early 70s. KNUZ then switched to a country format until owner Dave Morris sold the station along with its sister FM, KQUE on 102.9.
In 1998, the callsign KQUE was moved to 1230 and the KNUZ callsign was assigned to AM 1090 in Bellville, Texas.
After the longtime Standards and Big Band format was folded, KQUE became part of a quadcast with Rhythmic oldies-formatted KTJM from May 2001 to July 2001 along with 880 AM, and 103.3 FM. KQUE then dropped the quadcast and began a simulcast of classic rock-formatted KKRW (now KQBT).
During a short period, after the FM/AM pair were sold by original owner Dave Morris to Clear Channel, 1230 was used to continue the MOR standards format previously on their 102.9 counterpart during the ownership days of SFX Broadcasting Corporation which took over ABC Radio affiliate KNUZ "K-News" News/Opinion. This resulted in 1230 abandoning the KNUZ calls it had used since its inception, and took the calls out of the city that had long been associated with them. The KNUZ callsign had also been used on Channel 39 (Channel 39 frequency now occupied by KIAH).
Liberman Broadcasting filed an application to sell KCOH to Pueblo de Galilea, LLC in April 2016. It was granted by the Federal Communications Commission and consummated on May 2, 2016, resulting in KCOH becoming a member of Radio Aleluya, a local Spanish-language Christian radio network owned by Pueblo de Galilea. The purchase price for the facility was $1.8 million.
On Friday October 15, 2016 Pueblo de Galilea completed the move of translator K223CW from George West, Texas to a tower located in north Houston. KCOH immediately dropped the simulcast with sister station 1590 KMIC Houston, and launched the new Tropical format on KCOH and the new translator.
External links
- FCC History Cards for KCOH
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KCOH
- Radio-Locator Information on KCOH
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KCOH
- Query the FCC's FM station database for K223CW
- Radio-Locator information on K223CW
- Chancellor targets KQUE faithful with 'Unforgettable' new format