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KXYZ (1320 AM) is a radio station in the United States. Licensed to Houston, Texas, it is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts an all-news radio format as an affiliate of iHeartMedia's Black Information Network.
The station first signed on in 1926 as KTUE before taking on its current call sign KXYZ in 1930. In 1938, KXYZ became the first radio station in the Southern U.S. with a 24-hour broadcast schedule. KXYZ had been an affiliate of the NBC Blue Network and its successor ABC Radio from 1937 to 1979. Throughout its history, KXYZ has been locally owned at times, with some national owners such as ABC from 1968 to 1979 and Infinity Broadcasting from 1983 to 1998. Under ABC ownership, KXYZ was usually an MOR station and enjoyed significant success. Its news department won recognition from the American Bar Association and Associated Press in 1971. In spring 1976, the station had a top-ten Arbitron ranking in Houston. From 1976 to 1978, KXYZ was the radio home of Houston Rockets basketball.
After some short-lived disco and Christian formats, KXYZ had a Spanish news, talk, and music format from 1981 to 2005. As a Spanish station, KXYZ had a small but devoted listener following and attraacted local news coverage for benefit concerts relating to the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and 1986 San Salvador earthquake. KXYZ also resumed carrying Houston Rockets games, this time in Spanish, from 1989 to 1995. Multicultural Broadcasting purchased KXYZ in 2003, leading to two format changes, first to business and finance in 2005, then a multilingual Chinese, Hindi, and Vietnamese format in 2008. iHeartMedia then purchased KXYZ in 2021 and, with the iHeartMedia purchase, the station changed its programming to the Black Information Network format of all-news radio.
KXYZ was first licensed on August 24, 1926, with call sign KTUE. Owned by Uhalt Electric, KTUE broadcast with five watts, starting with a frequency of 1140 kilocycles, then 1410 kc starting June 1, 1927; and 1420 starting December 21, 1928. In its early years, KTUE usually played music from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. By 1928, it began broadcasting weekdays at 2 to 3 p.m. and Saturday nights.
Beginning in December 1929, KTUE broadcast with 100 watts and an expanded lineup of programming featuring local musicians.
KTUE moved into multiple different studios across Houston, such as the Chronicle Building in 1929 and Texas State Hotel from 1929 to 1935.
Following authorization from the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), KTUE shut down on July 31, 1930.
On August 8, 1930, the Harris County Broadcasting Company obtained the KTUE broadcast license from Uhalt, and the Federal Radio Commission changed KTUE's call sign to KXYZ. Broadcasting from the Texas State Hotel, KXYZ first signed on with test programs on October 3, 1930.
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KXYZ
KXYZ (1320 AM) is a radio station in the United States. Licensed to Houston, Texas, it is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts an all-news radio format as an affiliate of iHeartMedia's Black Information Network.
The station first signed on in 1926 as KTUE before taking on its current call sign KXYZ in 1930. In 1938, KXYZ became the first radio station in the Southern U.S. with a 24-hour broadcast schedule. KXYZ had been an affiliate of the NBC Blue Network and its successor ABC Radio from 1937 to 1979. Throughout its history, KXYZ has been locally owned at times, with some national owners such as ABC from 1968 to 1979 and Infinity Broadcasting from 1983 to 1998. Under ABC ownership, KXYZ was usually an MOR station and enjoyed significant success. Its news department won recognition from the American Bar Association and Associated Press in 1971. In spring 1976, the station had a top-ten Arbitron ranking in Houston. From 1976 to 1978, KXYZ was the radio home of Houston Rockets basketball.
After some short-lived disco and Christian formats, KXYZ had a Spanish news, talk, and music format from 1981 to 2005. As a Spanish station, KXYZ had a small but devoted listener following and attraacted local news coverage for benefit concerts relating to the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and 1986 San Salvador earthquake. KXYZ also resumed carrying Houston Rockets games, this time in Spanish, from 1989 to 1995. Multicultural Broadcasting purchased KXYZ in 2003, leading to two format changes, first to business and finance in 2005, then a multilingual Chinese, Hindi, and Vietnamese format in 2008. iHeartMedia then purchased KXYZ in 2021 and, with the iHeartMedia purchase, the station changed its programming to the Black Information Network format of all-news radio.
KXYZ was first licensed on August 24, 1926, with call sign KTUE. Owned by Uhalt Electric, KTUE broadcast with five watts, starting with a frequency of 1140 kilocycles, then 1410 kc starting June 1, 1927; and 1420 starting December 21, 1928. In its early years, KTUE usually played music from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. By 1928, it began broadcasting weekdays at 2 to 3 p.m. and Saturday nights.
Beginning in December 1929, KTUE broadcast with 100 watts and an expanded lineup of programming featuring local musicians.
KTUE moved into multiple different studios across Houston, such as the Chronicle Building in 1929 and Texas State Hotel from 1929 to 1935.
Following authorization from the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), KTUE shut down on July 31, 1930.
On August 8, 1930, the Harris County Broadcasting Company obtained the KTUE broadcast license from Uhalt, and the Federal Radio Commission changed KTUE's call sign to KXYZ. Broadcasting from the Texas State Hotel, KXYZ first signed on with test programs on October 3, 1930.