Broadcast area Houston, Texas Language(s) Spanish Frequency 1230 kHz Owner Liberman Broadcasting Branding The one 1230 | Translator(s) 92.5 K223CW (Houston) Power 1230: 1,000 watts City of license Houston Area Houston Call sign meaning K-Call Of Houston | |
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First air date 1230: February 18, 1948
92.5: October 15, 2016 Format Tropical/Merengue/Bachata Sister stations KJOZ, KQUE, KMIC, KFTG, KRCM, KAMA-FM, KQUE-FM, KBRZ-FM, KTYR, KUZN | ||
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KCOH (1230 AM) is a radio station in Houston, Texas. The station's branding is La Calle 92.5 and broadcasts a Tropical format.
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K-NUZ "Dial It Up" 1-2-3
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 the late 1980's, becoming a News/Opinion format until owner Dave Morris sold the station along with its sister FM, KQUE on 102.9, to Clear Channel in 1997.
K-NUZ Becomes "KQ 1230"
During a period after the FM/AM pair were sold, 1230 (now KQUE) 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).
The KNUZ callsign was quickly requested and assigned to AM 1090 in Bellville, Texas.
After 41 Years, "KQ" Goes Dark
After the longtime Standards and Big Band format was folded in May 2001, KQUE became part of a quadcast with Rhythmic oldies-formatted KTJM until 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).
Liberman Purchases KQUE; KCOH Moves to 1230
LBI acquired KQUE in June 2002. Under Liberman's control, 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.
The lease began March 1, 2013, at which time the KQUE would be retired, as the KCOH calls moved with the format from 1430 to this facility.
1230 was imaged as "Radio Ranchito", "La Raza" (simulcast with KTJM), and "La Ranchera", all utilizing a Regional Mexican music format, during Liberman's control of the daily programming.
Sale to Pueblo de Galilea, LLC
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.