KELG
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KELG was an Austin
, Texas
, radio station, licensed to Manor, Texas
, and is owned by Encino Broadcasting. The station airs a Spanish language Contemporary Christian music format.
Felix Hernandez
"Tonito" Saldana Every Sunday morning
KELG was sold on March 4, 1982 to Longcrier Communications (Steven Longcrier).
Soon thereafter, Longcrier sold KELG to Jose Jaime Garcia, Sr.
Garcia, Sr also founded KMXX 102.3 mHz in August 1976.
KELG 1440 kHz was the first AM fulltime to service the Austin Hispanic community. Dynamic Radio Broadcasting Corporation would later add a FM radio station on August 14, 1992 KKLB 92.5 MHz – Elgin, Texas known as “Club 92.5FM”, On September 1, 1994 it would acquire KTXZ 1560 kHz – Westlake Hills, Texas then known as “Austin’s Original Tejano Music Station” and finally on March 29, 2000 it acquired KFON 1490 kHz – Austin, Texas then known as Sportsfan 1490”.
In 1997, KELG completed a major upgrade to increase power and to changed the city of license from Elgin, Texas to Manor, Texas.
After nearly 20 years of operations, Dynamic Radio Broadcasting Corporation, owners of KKLB, KTXZ, KELG and KFON sold all four radio stations to Border Media Partners on January 3, 2005 for $19,000,000.
KELG was purchased by Encino Broadcasting LLC, along with KOKE, and KTXZ on September 24, 2007 for $5.5 million.
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, radio station, licensed to Manor, Texas
Manor, Texas
Manor is a city in Travis County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area. The population was 1,204 at the 2000 census; it was 1,877 in the 2005 census estimate. The approximate population for the City of Manor is 5,500, which is calculated from the number of...
, and is owned by Encino Broadcasting. The station airs a Spanish language Contemporary Christian music format.
Personalities
Edgar YepezFelix Hernandez
"Tonito" Saldana Every Sunday morning
History
KELG signed on the air on April 1, 1980 as the sole radio station licensed to Elgin, Texas. The station was founded by a local group of Elgin, Texas business owners headed by Fred Lundgren. Lundgren also headed a group that founded KCAA in Loma Linda, California.KELG was sold on March 4, 1982 to Longcrier Communications (Steven Longcrier).
Soon thereafter, Longcrier sold KELG to Jose Jaime Garcia, Sr.
Garcia, Sr also founded KMXX 102.3 mHz in August 1976.
KELG 1440 kHz was the first AM fulltime to service the Austin Hispanic community. Dynamic Radio Broadcasting Corporation would later add a FM radio station on August 14, 1992 KKLB 92.5 MHz – Elgin, Texas known as “Club 92.5FM”, On September 1, 1994 it would acquire KTXZ 1560 kHz – Westlake Hills, Texas then known as “Austin’s Original Tejano Music Station” and finally on March 29, 2000 it acquired KFON 1490 kHz – Austin, Texas then known as Sportsfan 1490”.
In 1997, KELG completed a major upgrade to increase power and to changed the city of license from Elgin, Texas to Manor, Texas.
After nearly 20 years of operations, Dynamic Radio Broadcasting Corporation, owners of KKLB, KTXZ, KELG and KFON sold all four radio stations to Border Media Partners on January 3, 2005 for $19,000,000.
KELG was purchased by Encino Broadcasting LLC, along with KOKE, and KTXZ on September 24, 2007 for $5.5 million.