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| Broadcast area | Corpus Christi metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 96.5MHz |
| Branding | The Beach 96.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Hot adult contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Starlite Broadcasting |
| KLHB | |
| History | |
First air date | September 1, 1967; 58 years ago (September 1, 1967) |
Former call signs | KIOU (1967–1987) |
Call sign meaning | Light (previous format) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 63342 |
| Class | C1 |
| Power | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 247 meters (810 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 27°44′28″N97°36′8″W / 27.74111°N 97.60222°W /27.74111; -97.60222 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Beach965.com |
KLTG (96.5MHz,The Beach 96.5) is acommercialFMradio station broadcasting ahot adult contemporarymusic format.[2]Licensed toCorpus Christi, Texas, it is owned by Starlite Broadcasting.[3] Its studios for KLTG andsister stationKLHB Wild 105.5 are on Gordon Street in the Six Points district south of downtown Corpus Christi.
KLTG is aClass C1 station.[4] It has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000watts, the maximum for most stations. Thetransmittertower is onTexas State Highway 188 inTaft.[5]
The stationsigned on the air on September 1, 1967; 58 years ago (September 1, 1967).[6] The originalcall sign was KIOU. It was owned by the Stereo Broadcasting Company with studios at Wilson Tower. Stephen DeWalt was the president and general manager. KIOU was a rare stand-alone FM station in that era, when most FM stations were co-owned with an AM or TV broadcaster. It was powered at 25,000 watts, a fraction of its current output.
Through most of its first two decades, KIOU aired abeautiful music format.[7] It played quarter-hour sweeps of soft instrumentalcover versions of popular adult songs, withBroadway andHollywoodshow tunes.
By the mid-1980s, the audience for beautiful music stations was aging. KIOU added more vocals to appeal to a younger audience. It gradually eliminated the instrumentals, becoming asoft adult contemporary outlet. In 1987, it changed its call letters to KLTG as it aired "light" music. In the 1990s, it was owned by Nueces Radio Partners and was a mainstream AC station.[8] In the early 2000s, it stepped up the tempo and eliminated older songs from itsplaylist, transitioning toadult top 40.