KLTN
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| City | Houston, Texas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
| Branding | 102.9 |
| Frequency |
102.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) 102.9 HD-2 Tejano (Simulcast of KXTN-FM San Antonio) |
| First air date | December 24, 1946 |
| Format | Regional Mexican |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 300 meters |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 65310 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°45′26″N 95°20′18″W / 29.75722°N 95.33833°W |
| Callsign meaning | KLatin |
| Former callsigns |
KPRC (10/1947) KHGM (11/9/1958) KQUE (10/1/1960) KKPN (5/23/1997-6/25/1998)[1] |
| Owner |
Univision Radio (Univision Radio Houston License Corporation) |
| Sister stations |
KLAT, KOVE-FM, KAMA-FM, KQBU-FM Also part of the Univision Cluster: TV Stations KFTH-DT and KXLN |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Estereo Latino Online |
KLTN (102.9 FM, "La 102.9") is a Regional Mexican radio station broadcasting in Houston, Texas, United States. Owned by Univision Radio, its studios are in Uptown Houston and the transmitter is located on the city's East End district.
History
Originally signed on the air as KPRC-FM at 3pm, December 24, 1946, when the station moved from the 99.7 frequency. Calls changed to KHGM (meaning "Home of Good Music) in November of 1958. By April 1959 the station had moved again, back to the middle of the FM dial at 99.1 mc, where it is now known as KODA.
Broadcasting returned to 102.9 FM when KQUE signed on the air with an Adult Standards format on October 1, 1960, co-owned by Dave Morris who also owned 1230 AM, KNUZ. The station, originally a "superpower FM" (running more than the 100KW ERP now allowed for top end FM stations) but was lowered to normal power after the tower was extended in the 1970s, was also known as "KQUE 103" until 1997, when the station was purchased from its local owners by Robert F. X. Sillerman and his company, SFX Broadcasting. The KQUE callsign and standards format was moved to 1230 AM, and 102.9 then became home to KKPN, a Modern AC format known as "The Planet", under Steve Hick's Capstar Broadcasting ownership on March 19, 1997 (the first song on "The Planet" was "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette).[2] After a series of mergers, the station came under the ownership of Clear Channel Communications. Clear Channel was forced to spin off several stations in the Houston area to meet Federal Communications Commission ownership restrictions. KKPN was, at that time, the smallest coverage station in the Clear Channel cluster (due to its 1000-foot tower location east of downtown Houston and it could not move to the 2000 foot Missouri City antenna farm), and thus was sold to Heftel Communications, a company specializing in Spanish Broadcasting. Heftel changed the station to its current callsign and format on March 29, 1998.[3] The station was assigned the current KLTN call letters on June 25, 1998.[1] Heftel merged with Tichenor Media to create Hispanic Broadcasting, which later became Univision Radio, the station's current owner.
Former callsigns
- KPRC - 10/1947 (Sign on, station moved from 99.7)
- KHGM - 11/9/1958 (moved to 99.1 on 4/26/1959)
- KQUE - 10/1/1960
- KKPN - 5/23/1997
- KLTN - 6/25/1998
References
- 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1997/RR-1997-03-28.pdf
- ↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1998/RR-1998-06-05.pdf
External links
- Estereo Latino Website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KLTN
- Radio-Locator information on KLTN
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KLTN