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| Broadcast area | Victoria, Texas,Greater Houston |
| Frequency | 1090kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Asian language |
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| History | |
First air date | November 19, 1974; 50 years ago (1974-11-19) (license) |
Last air date | September 30, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-9-30) |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 48653 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts day only |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°56′5.8″N96°6′47.9″W / 29.934944°N 96.113306°W /29.934944; -96.113306 |
| Translator(s) | See § Translator |
KULF (1090kHz) was anAM daytimer radio station, paired with an FMtranslator, based inBellville, Texas.[1] Licensed toBellville, Texas, United States, it served theVictoria andHouston regional area. The station was last owned by James Su, through licensee Trade Route Media, Inc.[2]
The station operated on a Class D daytime license on 1090 kHz. Because KULF shared the same frequency asclear-channel stationKAAY inLittle Rock, Arkansas, it only broadcast duringdaytime hours.
The KULFcall sign previously resided on790 AM in Houston from August 1970 to early July 1982.
The stationsigned on the air in 1974 asAustin County’s first and only licensed radio station. It was owned by Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Dittert. 1090 was granted the calls of KACO, representing not just service to itscommunity of license Bellville, but to the entire Austin County population. KACO started as a 250-wattdaytimer featuring acountry & western format.
In 1990, the Dittert family sold the facility to Roy Henderson, with the original KACO call letters being retired in 1993, as 1090 changed its callsign to KFRD, which itself had been located at 980 AM inRosenberg, Texas, since its sign-on in 1949.
Four years later, 1090 received a grant to change its call letters again and use the KNUZ calls that had occupied 1230 AM in Houston since the 1940s. As KNUZ, and under Roy Henderson's direction, the stationsimulcasted "Lite 94.1"KLTR out ofBrenham.
In November 2009, the facility dropped the KNUZ call letters and briefly used KBAL, until a switch could be made with the co-owned facility inSan Saba. As a result of the call switch, the KNUZ calls are now used for 106.1 FM in San Saba, the former KBAL.
In December 2009, the station was sold for a reported $500,000 by Roy E. Henderson to JHT Ventures, Inc., 100% controlled by Janice Hollan. JHT sold KULF to Jerome Friemel's JLF Communications, LLC at a purchase price of $10,000; the transaction was consummated on January 29, 2013. 1090 returned to the air with anoldies format stunt that lasted untilpaid programming could be secured for the signal to air. Once that occurred, the temporary oldies format was dropped and replaced with Spanish languageChristian programming "La Luz". This programming would prove to be short lived as well.
In August 2015, JLF Communications added a translator at 102.5, bringing 1090's programming to FM.
In January 2016, KULF wasstopped as a result of non-payment of rent to the landowner on which the KULFtowers and transmission equipment reside. According to radio insider sources, the landowner had a court order that gave him legal possession of all equipment related to KULF, sans the broadcast license itself. The HoustonFCC agent took KULF off of the air, as for a period of over a month, 1090 remained on air both day and night, running 1,000 watts ofdead air.[citation needed]
As of May 2016, KULF had returned to the air at full power, resuming programming.
Effective May 1, 2019, JLF Communications sold KULF and translator K273CD to James Su's Trade Route Media, Inc. for $2.3 million.
Trade Route Media surrendered KULF's license to the FCC on September 30, 2022; the station's license was cancelled on October 3, 2022.[3]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info | Notes |
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| K273CD | 102.5 FM | Bellville, Texas | 144570 | 250 | 102.5 m (336 ft) | D | LMS | First air date: March 2, 2015 |