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 KHCB (AM) andKHCB-FM offices | |
| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1400kHz |
| Branding | Red de Radio Amistad |
| Programming | |
| Language | Spanish |
| Format | SpanishChristian |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Houston Christian Broadcasters, Inc. |
| KHCB-FM,KHCH | |
| History | |
First air date | 1923 as KFLXGalveston |
Former call signs | KFLX (1923–1933) KLUF (1933–1957) KILE (1957–1991) |
Call sign meaning | KHoustonChristianBroadcasters (owner) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 27703 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000watts |
| Translator | 101.5 K268CW (Houston) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www.radioamistad.net and www.khcb.org |
KHCB (1400kHz) is acommercialAMradio station owned by Houston Christian Broadcasters, Inc. It islicensed toLeague City, Texas, and servesGreater Houston. KHCB airs aSpanish-languageChristianradio format. Thestudios and offices are on South Boulevard in Houston.[2]
KHCB is powered at 1,000watts, using adirectional antenna. Thetransmitter is off Crews Road in League City.[3] Its programming is also carried by anFM translator station,K268CW at 101.5MHz.[4]
KHCB is believed to be the oldest continuously licensed radio facility in the Houston-Galveston area, as well as the oldestTexas Gulf Coast station.[5]
The station's first license, with its sequentially assignedcall signKFLX, was granted on November 28, 1923, to George R. Clough. The original studios were at 1214 40th Street in Galveston.[6] (Some accounts trace its history to an earlier station, WHAB, which was licensed to Fellman's Department Store on June 29, 1922, and deleted in June 1924.)[5]
On November 11, 1928, as part of a major reallocation enacted by implementation of theFederal Radio Commission'sGeneral Order 40, KFLX was assigned to 1370 kHz. In 1933 the call letters were changed toKLUF, after another Galveston station using a similar call sign, KFUL, signed off the air.[7] As a result of theNorth American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) of 1941, KLUF moved to 1400 kHz.
In 1957, after George Roy Clough sold the station, the call letters were changed toKILE, and the station became Galveston Island's legendary "Big 14 KILE" with the adoption of aTop 40 format on September 2, 1957.
In 1991, the station was sold to Houston Christian Broadcasters, which changed the call sign toKHCB and adopted a Spanish Christian format. After nearly 80 years of broadcasting from Galveston Island, the facility was relocated to the mainland, nearTexas City, Texas in 2009.[8]
In addition to the main station on AM 1400, beginning on August 15, 2016, KHCB is heard on anFM translator on 101.5 MHz.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K268CW | 101.5 FM | Houston, Texas | 144563 | 250 | D | 29°35′34″N95°24′44″W / 29.59278°N 95.41222°W /29.59278; -95.41222 (K268CW) | LMS |
