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| Broadcast area | |
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| Frequency | 97.1MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | K-Love |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Christian adult contemporary |
| Affiliations | K-Love |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| KHJK,KLTW | |
| History | |
First air date | January 7, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-01-07) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | K-Love Houston |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 65308 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 563 meters (1,847 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°32′6″N95°1′4″W / 30.53500°N 95.01778°W /30.53500; -95.01778 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KLVH (97.1FM "K-Love") is anon-commercialradio stationlicensed toCleveland, Texas, and serving the northern section ofGreater Houston. The station airs the programming of theK-Love national radio network, which broadcasts aChristian adult contemporaryradio format, and is owned by theEducational Media Foundation.
KLVH has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000watts. Thetransmitter site is off Route 222 at Bob McGowan Road inShepherd, Texas, nearSam Houston National Forest.[2] That puts it about halfway betweenHouston andLufkin, Texas.
On January 17, 1993, the stationsigned on as KRTK, and was owned by Texas Classical Radio, Inc..[3] KRTK originallysimulcast theclassical music programming onKRTS inSeabrook, to increase that station's coverage in northern sections of the Houstonradio market. It was sold four years later after KRTS' request to increase power was approved by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC).
In September 1995, 97.1 began simulcastingRegional Mexican-formattedKEYH as KEYH-FM. The simulcast ended a short time later, as KEYH-FM began to air its own Regional Mexican format as "Estereo 97", which later became "Que Onda 97" in March 1996.
In January 1997, the station was bought by AMFM, Inc. for $10 million.[4]
Thecall sign switched to KKTL and flipped to news/talk as "Houston's Talk FM, 97 Talk", in September 1997. The following year,Jacor bought KKTL for $14.7 million.[5]
In March 1999, after the talk format floundered, the station switched to a simulcast ofalternative rock-formattedKTBZ-FM "107-5 The Buzz". KKTL continued simulcasting 107.5 after KTBZ and KLDE ("Oldies 94.5") swapped frequencies in July 2000, making 97.1 anoldies outlet. The swap was the result of an ownership trade-off in the AMFM/Jacor/Clear Channel merger.
In August 2000, Cox acquired KKTL.[6] On November 4, 2000, the station split from the KLDE simulcast and beganstunting with a robotic text-to-speech countdown to Noon, using the sameMicrosoft Mary voice thatKKHT used a month prior. At that time, KKTL flipped torhythmic contemporary as KTHT, "Hot 97.1". The first song on "Hot" was "Party Up" byDMX.[7]
On January 2, 2003, at Noon, after playing "Back That Thang Up" byJuvenile, KTHT flipped to aclassic country format as "Country Legends 97.1". The first song on "Country Legends" was "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" byDavid Allan Coe.[8]
Core artists includedGarth Brooks,Reba McEntire,Willie Nelson,Dolly Parton andRonnie Milsap.
In April 2023, it was announced thatUrban One would acquire the Houston radio cluster ofCox Media Group. This, at the time of the sale, would have resulted in Urban One being over FCC ownership limits, forcing the divestitures of two stations in the combined cluster; the stations to be sold were later determined by the two companies to beKROI and Cox's KTHT, which would be placed into the temporary Sugarland Station Trust divestiture trust, overseen by Scott Knoblauch.[9]
On July 26, 2023, it was announced thatEducational Media Foundation, a Christian broadcaster that owns theK-Love andAir1 radio networks, would purchase KTHT for $3.1 million.[10] The sale closed on October 31, 2023, making the station a sister to Air1-affiliatedKHJK.[11] The station changed its call sign to KLVH and, that evening at 6:00 PM, the first voice of Country Legends, Tom "Tubby" Lawler (who died in 2016), signed off Country Legends (via archival recording) by introducing its final song, "Some Memories Just Won't Die" byMarty Robbins. As the song ended, the audio feed for Country Legends faded into silence, followed a few seconds later by the K-Love audio feed.[12] The Country Legends audio feed and programming continues on former sister stationKKBQ's HD-2 signal, which can also be streamed online.[13]
