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KGLK
KGLK (107.5 FM, "The Eagle @ 106.9 & 107.5") is a classic rock-formatted radio station licensed to Lake Jackson, Texas, and also simulcasts on KHPT in Conroe. The facility is owned by Urban One, and is part of a five station cluster that also includes KHPT, KBXX, KMJQ and KKBQ, in the surveyed Houston metropolitan area. "The Eagle" is headquartered in Suite 2300 at 1990 Post Oak Blvd in the Uptown district of Houston. KGLK's main transmitter facilities are located near Liverpool, Texas, with a backup transmitter site co-located at the KKBQ backup site.[non-primary source needed]
Between KGLK and KHPT, "The Eagle" covers more square miles than any station in southeast Texas.
The station signed on as KLJT on June 11, 1964. The owners of KBRZ 1460 in Freeport had part interest in KLJT. Its original power was 28,000 watts with an antenna at 180 feet, essentially giving the station coverage of southern Brazoria County. The station aired a full service format with easy listening music during the day and top 40 music at night, along with local newscasts and high school sports. In June 1973, the nighttime programming was shifted to Classic Country music.
KBRZ and KLJT were sold in 1974, with the latter changing call letters to KGOL on March 18 of that year and adopting a full-time MOR format. KGOL was sold in 1979, and the new owners moved studios to Houston, upgraded the signal to 100,000 watts to start competing in the Houston market, and in June 1980 launched a contemporary Christian format. KGOL moved from 107.3 to 107.5 in 1983.
On August 5, 1986, the station debuted a classic rock format as KZFX "Z107". Z107 competed primarily with KSRR and KLOL. The station jumped from a 0.8 share in the Summer 1986 survey to a 4.1 in the Fall with the Classic Rock format.
On October 31, 1994, at 11 a.m., the station flipped to alternative rock as KRQT, "Rocket 107.5". Under direction of new general manager Pat Fant (formerly of KLOL), the station re-launched the format in late May 1995 under the new callsign KTBZ and "107.5 The Buzz" moniker.
Due to the 2000 merger of Clear Channel Communications and AMFM, Inc., and the need to stay within the FCC's station ownership cap, Cox Radio acquired the intellectual property of "Oldies 94.5 KLDE", as well as 107.5 FM and simulcast partner 97.1 FM, but did not include the intellectual properties of "The Buzz". Shortly after that, KTBZ announced that "The Buzz" would cease operations at 107.5 on July 18 and began a "Save the Buzz" campaign, sending Buzz listeners into a frenzy for information on the station's "impending demise".
When the actual purpose of the campaign was discovered, an online forum maintained by KTBZ was shut down in order to try to keep the word from getting out as listeners began to post their findings. Still, this did not prevent listeners from distributing banners throughout Houston and painting "Save The Buzz" on their car windows.[citation needed] KTBZ staged a public rally, at which a representative from parent company Clear Channel Radio came to read a statement. The statement read, in part, that in response to public comments, The Buzz would be saved and moved to 94.5 FM, a much stronger signal, resulting in a "Bigger, Better Buzz".[citation needed]
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KGLK
KGLK (107.5 FM, "The Eagle @ 106.9 & 107.5") is a classic rock-formatted radio station licensed to Lake Jackson, Texas, and also simulcasts on KHPT in Conroe. The facility is owned by Urban One, and is part of a five station cluster that also includes KHPT, KBXX, KMJQ and KKBQ, in the surveyed Houston metropolitan area. "The Eagle" is headquartered in Suite 2300 at 1990 Post Oak Blvd in the Uptown district of Houston. KGLK's main transmitter facilities are located near Liverpool, Texas, with a backup transmitter site co-located at the KKBQ backup site.[non-primary source needed]
Between KGLK and KHPT, "The Eagle" covers more square miles than any station in southeast Texas.
The station signed on as KLJT on June 11, 1964. The owners of KBRZ 1460 in Freeport had part interest in KLJT. Its original power was 28,000 watts with an antenna at 180 feet, essentially giving the station coverage of southern Brazoria County. The station aired a full service format with easy listening music during the day and top 40 music at night, along with local newscasts and high school sports. In June 1973, the nighttime programming was shifted to Classic Country music.
KBRZ and KLJT were sold in 1974, with the latter changing call letters to KGOL on March 18 of that year and adopting a full-time MOR format. KGOL was sold in 1979, and the new owners moved studios to Houston, upgraded the signal to 100,000 watts to start competing in the Houston market, and in June 1980 launched a contemporary Christian format. KGOL moved from 107.3 to 107.5 in 1983.
On August 5, 1986, the station debuted a classic rock format as KZFX "Z107". Z107 competed primarily with KSRR and KLOL. The station jumped from a 0.8 share in the Summer 1986 survey to a 4.1 in the Fall with the Classic Rock format.
On October 31, 1994, at 11 a.m., the station flipped to alternative rock as KRQT, "Rocket 107.5". Under direction of new general manager Pat Fant (formerly of KLOL), the station re-launched the format in late May 1995 under the new callsign KTBZ and "107.5 The Buzz" moniker.
Due to the 2000 merger of Clear Channel Communications and AMFM, Inc., and the need to stay within the FCC's station ownership cap, Cox Radio acquired the intellectual property of "Oldies 94.5 KLDE", as well as 107.5 FM and simulcast partner 97.1 FM, but did not include the intellectual properties of "The Buzz". Shortly after that, KTBZ announced that "The Buzz" would cease operations at 107.5 on July 18 and began a "Save the Buzz" campaign, sending Buzz listeners into a frenzy for information on the station's "impending demise".
When the actual purpose of the campaign was discovered, an online forum maintained by KTBZ was shut down in order to try to keep the word from getting out as listeners began to post their findings. Still, this did not prevent listeners from distributing banners throughout Houston and painting "Save The Buzz" on their car windows.[citation needed] KTBZ staged a public rally, at which a representative from parent company Clear Channel Radio came to read a statement. The statement read, in part, that in response to public comments, The Buzz would be saved and moved to 94.5 FM, a much stronger signal, resulting in a "Bigger, Better Buzz".[citation needed]