KLTN
Encyclopedia
KLTN is a Regional
Mexican
radio station
broadcasting in Houston, Texas
, United States
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Broadcasting returned to 102.9 FM when KQUE
signed on the air with an Adult Standards
format on October 1, 1960. The station 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 was moved to 1230 AM and 102.9 then became home to KKPN, an adult contemporary music
format known as "The Planet". 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 weakest station in the Clear Channel cluster, and thus was sold to Heftel Communications, a company specializing in Spanish Broadcasting. Heftel changed the station to its current callsign and format. The station was assigned the current KLTN call letters on June 25, 1998
. Heftel merged with Tichenor Media to create Hispanic Broadcasting, which later became Univision Radio
, the station's current owner.
Regional styles of Mexican music
Regional styles of Mexican music vary greatly vary from state to state. Norteño, banda, duranguense, and other Mexican country music genres are often known as regional Mexican music because each state produces different musical sounds and lyrics....
Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
radio station
Radio station
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broadcasting in Houston, Texas
Texas
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, United States
United States
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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 of 1959 the station had moved again, back to the middle of the FM dial at 99.1 mc, where it is now known as KODAKoda
Koda may refer to:*Ehretia acuminata , a tree from China, Japan, New Guinea and Australia*KODA, callsign of a Houston FM radio station*KODA , the collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publishers of Denmark...
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Broadcasting returned to 102.9 FM when KQUE
KQUE
KQUE is a radio station in Houston, Texas. The station brand is "Radio Ranchito". The radio station began in 1948 when KTHT vacated this frequency for a stronger signal at 790 kHz....
signed on the air with an Adult Standards
Adult standards
Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...
format on October 1, 1960. The station 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 was moved to 1230 AM and 102.9 then became home to KKPN, an adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music is a broad style of popular music that ranges from lush 1950s and 1960s vocal music to predominantly ballad-heavy music with varying degrees of rock influence, as well as a radio format that plays such music....
format known as "The Planet". After a series of mergers, the station came under the ownership of Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
. Clear Channel was forced to spin off several stations in the Houston area to meet Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
ownership restrictions. KKPN was at that time the weakest station in the Clear Channel cluster, and thus was sold to Heftel Communications, a company specializing in Spanish Broadcasting. Heftel changed the station to its current callsign and format. The station was assigned the current KLTN call letters on June 25, 1998
1998 in radio
The year 1998 in radio involved some significant events.-Events:*January 2 — A gunman shoots Antario Teodoro Filho, Brazilian politician and radio presenter, during a broadcast.*January 21 - Big 105 debuts playing its AC format...
. Heftel merged with Tichenor Media to create Hispanic Broadcasting, which later became Univision Radio
Univision Radio
Univision Radio is the radio division of media giant Univision Communications, Inc., which also ownsthe Univision television network. The company was formerly known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation. It is the eighth largest radio company in the United States, and the largest Hispanic 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