City Humble, Texas | ||
Broadcast area Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas Branding NGEN Radio, Today's Hit Music Slogan Powering a world of good. Frequency 89.3 HD-2 (MHz) (HD Radio)
91.7 MHz KXNG Translator(s) 92.5 HD-2 (KWUP-HD2) Navasota, TX
93.1 (K227AI) College Station, TX
99.7 (KUBJ) Brenham, TX
89.5 (KZBJ) Bay City, TX
91.1 (KYBJ) Lake Jackson, TX
99.5 (K258BZ) Sugar Land, TX | ||
NGEN Radio (stands for Now Generation Radio), is a subsidiary of KSBJ. They play genres including Christian rock, Christian pop and Christian rap. NGEN plays artists like Family Force 5, NF, Needtobreathe, Twenty One Pilots, Tori Kelly, Tedashii, Andy Mineo, Mutemath, Social Club Misfits, remixes of CCM artists, and other Christian rock and hip hop acts.
The station can be heard through traditional analog FM radio through its translators on 99.5 in Sugar Land, 93.1 in College Station, at 89.5 in Bay City, at 91.1 in Lake Jackson/Galveston, and 99.7 in Brenham. It can also be heard on HD Radio at 89.3 HD-2 in Humble/North Houston and 92.5 HD-2 in Navasota and the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area. On February 24, 2016, the KSBJ Educational Foundation announced it was purchasing KUHA, formerly a classical music station, from the University of Houston for $10 million. This gave NGEN a city-grade analog FM signal for the first time. KUHA went dark on July 15, 2016 in preparation for NGEN's launch on 91.7, while changing its call sign to KXNG. KXNG eventually launched the format on August 8, 2016.
NGEN's Top 5 songs, voted on by their official music team: (March 2017)
1) Can't Live Without – Hollyn
2) Rat Race – Andy Mineo (feat. Jon Bellion)
3) Scars to Your Beautiful – Alessia Cara
4) Money & Fame – Needtobreathe
5) Falling Into You - Hillsong Young & Free
Staff
- Brian Meza heads the project. He runs most operations.
- Kent Matthews is a DJ for NGEN, who ran the original KSBJ Light Force. It was a Saturday night show that aired on KSBJ, which featured similar music to NGEN. The show discontinued when NGEN launched.