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| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
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| Frequency | 1180kHz |
| Branding | Hum FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | South Asian |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | September 12, 1983; 42 years ago (1983-09-12) |
Former call signs | KTUN (1983–1986) |
Call sign meaning | GodOfLove (former format) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 34473 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000watts day 3,000 watts night |
| Translators | 103.5 K278DA (Houston) 106.1 K291CE (Houston) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | humfmradio.com |
KGOL (1180AM) is acommercialradio station,licensed toHumble, Texas, and servingGreater Houston.
KGOL is one of two 50,000watt AM facilities serving the Houston area, the other beingtalk radio station 740KTRH, owned byiHeartMedia, which runs 50,000 watts full-time. BecauseAM 1180 is aclear channel frequency reserved forClass AWHAM inRochester, New York, KGOL must reduce power at night to 3,000 watts to avoid interference. KGOL uses adirectional antenna at all times. Thetransmitter is on Route 1314 inPorter, Texas, nearTexas State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway).[2]
KGOL debuted in 1983 as "1180 K-TUN", airing amiddle of the road (MOR) format of popular adult music. For a time it broadcasting inMotorolaC-QUAMAM stereo. While KTUN was moderately successful in the Humble/Kingwood area, the signal was poor in most parts of Greater Houston during daylight operations, and at night was only listenable in Humble itself.
In 1986, FM Christian radio station KGOL, then at 107.5 inLake Jackson, Texas, was sold and becameClassic Rock "Z-107" KZFX on 107.5 FM (nowKGLK). As a result, KGOL and itsChristian format was moved to AM 1180, shifting the KGOLcall sign from 107.5 to 1180 in the process. KGOL's call letters stand forGodOfLove.
KGOL has been abrokered facility for the majority of the last 20 years, having aired formats such as Business News "Biz Radio Network", South Asian formatted "Hum Tum City", several different variations ofSpanish languagetalk and music, andVietnamese programming.
In the mid-2010s, KGOL carried theESPN Deportes Radio Network. In mid-September 2017, ESPN Deportes moved toAM 1230KCOH, when KGOL began carrying theEntravisionRegional Mexican "La Tricolor" format. But La Tricolor lasted only a few months as Entravision made sweeping changes to its stations across the U.S. KGOL then shifted to its "La Suavecita" Spanish-language AC format.
On August 30, 2021, Entravision sold the station to FM Media Ventures, LLC, a company owned by Pakistani media and entertainment businessman Rehan Siddiqui. Siddiqui, who is the producer of "Hum Tum Radio", was recentlyblacklisted by theIndian Ministry of Home Affairs due to "terrorism" and "producing and funding anti-Indian propaganda".[3]
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