City Cleveland, Texas Frequency 97.1 MHz | Branding Country Legends 97.1 First air date May 1991 (as KRTK) | |
Broadcast area East Texas, Houston, Lufkin and Beaumont Slogan Houston's Only Home for The Country Legends | ||
KTHT 97.1 "Country Legends 97.1" is a 100,000 watt FM station licensed to Cleveland, TX, that includes service to Houston with its classic country format. The station is owned by Cox Radio and is co-owned with KGLK, KHPT, and KKBQ. It is headquartered out of Suite 2300 at 3 Post Oak Central in the Uptown district in Houston, Texas, United States and has a transmitter site in Sam Houston National Forest in Polk County, Texas.
Contents
- Classical K Arts Expands Coverage KRTK Signs On
- Switch to Spanish language
- Houstons Talk FM BuzzKLDE Simulcast
- Getting Hot in Cleveland
- The Current Country Legends Era
- Station personalities
- Callsign moniker history
- References
KTHT programming is simulcast in HD radio on sister station 92.9 KKBQ's HD-3 sub channel.
Classical "K-Arts" Expands Coverage; KRTK Signs On
The station signed on as KRTK in May 1991 to simulcast KRTS and their classical music format to increase the station's coverage in Houston. It was sold four years later after KRTS' request to increase power was approved by the FCC.
Switch to Spanish language
In September 1995, 97.1 began simulcasting Regional Mexican/Ranchera-formatted KEYH-AM 850 as KEYH-FM, and later split to flip to its own Regional Mexican format as "Estereo 97", which later became "Que Onda 97" in March 1996.
Houston's Talk FM; "Buzz"/KLDE Simulcast
Under AMFM ownership, it acquired the KKTL calls as "Houston's Talk FM, 97 Talk" in September 1997. After the talk format floundered, it was switched to simulcast KTBZ-FM "107-5 The Buzz". It continued simulcasting 107.5 after KTBZ and KLDE ("Oldies 94.5") swapped frequencies in July 2000, the result of an ownership trade-off in the AMFM/Clear Channel merger. Newcomer Cox Radio acquired 97.1 and 107.5 facilities where KLDE was ultimately moved.
Getting "Hot" in Cleveland
On November 4, 2000, at Noon, KKTL split from the simulcast and flipped to Rhythmic CHR as KTHT "Hot 97.1". The first song on "Hot" was "Party Up" by DMX.
The Current "Country Legends" Era
On January 2, 2003, at Noon, after playing "Back That Thang Up" by Juvenile, 97.1 flipped to classic country as "Country Legends 97.1". The first song on Country Legends was "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" by David Allan Coe.
In 2017, Country Legends 97.1 celebrates its 15th year of service to Southeast and East Texas.
Station personalities
Dan Gallo and Chuck Akers host the morning show, weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Al Farb, weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Christi Brooks, weekdays from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. [2]