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KCOH
KCOH (1230 AM) is a commercial radio station in Houston, Texas that airs an urban talk and urban contemporary format. It is a return to the heritage format that aired in Houston from 1953 to 2013 on KCOH (1430 AM), moving to this facility after 1430 was sold. KCOH returned to the legendary music format on March 14, 2019, while KCOH officially relaunched on Monday April 15, 2019 as "1230 KCOH, The Source", featuring many of the long-time KCOH shows from the original station, and the return of such legendary KCOH personalities as Don Sam and Ralph Cooper.
The radio station began in 1948 when KTHT (now KBME) vacated this frequency for a stronger signal on 790 kHz. Under the KNUZ call sign, it was a Top 40 formatted station through the 1960s, competing with KILT (AM) but eventually Houston outgrew 1230's signal coverage and KILT won the battle in the early 70s. KNUZ then switched to a country format until the late 1980s, becoming a News/Opinion format until owner Dave Morris sold the station along with its sister FM, KQUE on 102.9, to Clear Channel in 1997.
During a period after the AM/FM pair was sold, 1230 (now KQUE) was used to continue the MOR standards format previously on their 102.9 counterpart during the ownership days of SFX Broadcasting Corporation which took over ABC Radio affiliate KNUZ "K-News" News/Opinion. This resulted in 1230 abandoning the KNUZ calls it had used since its inception, and took the calls out of the city that had long been associated with them. The KNUZ callsign had also been used on Channel 39 (Channel 39 frequency now occupied by KIAH).
The KNUZ callsign was quickly requested and assigned to AM 1090 in Bellville, Texas.
After the longtime Standards and Big Band format was folded in May 2001, KQUE became part of a quadcast with Rhythmic oldies-formatted KTJM until July 2001, along with 880 AM, and 103.3 FM. KQUE then dropped the quadcast and began a simulcast of classic rock-formatted KKRW (now KQBT).
LBI acquired KQUE in June 2002. Under Liberman's control, the station began as a simulcast partner of KTJM, as "La Raza", with a Regional Mexican format.
It then continued as a Regional Mexican station under its own identity, and simulcast with 880 KJOJ, as "Radio Ranchito". It has also been the home of brokered programming, while owned by Liberman, as it was the home of Desi language "Hum Tum Radio" for a short period.
On March 1, 2013, KQUE would return to English-language broadcasting as it became the new home for the Urban Oldies format, continued from its long history at 1430 kHz under a LMA from Liberman Broadcasting to the Jesse Dunn organization, which provided the programming for 1230's entire broadcast day.
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KCOH
KCOH (1230 AM) is a commercial radio station in Houston, Texas that airs an urban talk and urban contemporary format. It is a return to the heritage format that aired in Houston from 1953 to 2013 on KCOH (1430 AM), moving to this facility after 1430 was sold. KCOH returned to the legendary music format on March 14, 2019, while KCOH officially relaunched on Monday April 15, 2019 as "1230 KCOH, The Source", featuring many of the long-time KCOH shows from the original station, and the return of such legendary KCOH personalities as Don Sam and Ralph Cooper.
The radio station began in 1948 when KTHT (now KBME) vacated this frequency for a stronger signal on 790 kHz. Under the KNUZ call sign, it was a Top 40 formatted station through the 1960s, competing with KILT (AM) but eventually Houston outgrew 1230's signal coverage and KILT won the battle in the early 70s. KNUZ then switched to a country format until the late 1980s, becoming a News/Opinion format until owner Dave Morris sold the station along with its sister FM, KQUE on 102.9, to Clear Channel in 1997.
During a period after the AM/FM pair was sold, 1230 (now KQUE) was used to continue the MOR standards format previously on their 102.9 counterpart during the ownership days of SFX Broadcasting Corporation which took over ABC Radio affiliate KNUZ "K-News" News/Opinion. This resulted in 1230 abandoning the KNUZ calls it had used since its inception, and took the calls out of the city that had long been associated with them. The KNUZ callsign had also been used on Channel 39 (Channel 39 frequency now occupied by KIAH).
The KNUZ callsign was quickly requested and assigned to AM 1090 in Bellville, Texas.
After the longtime Standards and Big Band format was folded in May 2001, KQUE became part of a quadcast with Rhythmic oldies-formatted KTJM until July 2001, along with 880 AM, and 103.3 FM. KQUE then dropped the quadcast and began a simulcast of classic rock-formatted KKRW (now KQBT).
LBI acquired KQUE in June 2002. Under Liberman's control, the station began as a simulcast partner of KTJM, as "La Raza", with a Regional Mexican format.
It then continued as a Regional Mexican station under its own identity, and simulcast with 880 KJOJ, as "Radio Ranchito". It has also been the home of brokered programming, while owned by Liberman, as it was the home of Desi language "Hum Tum Radio" for a short period.
On March 1, 2013, KQUE would return to English-language broadcasting as it became the new home for the Urban Oldies format, continued from its long history at 1430 kHz under a LMA from Liberman Broadcasting to the Jesse Dunn organization, which provided the programming for 1230's entire broadcast day.