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| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
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| Frequency | 99.1MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Sunny 99.1 |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Subchannels | |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KBME,KPRC,KQBT,KTBZ-FM,KTRH,KXYZ | |
| History | |
First air date | December 24,1946 (75 years ago) |
Former call signs | KPRC-FM (1946–58) KHGM-FM (1958–61) KODA-FM (1967–80) |
Former frequencies | 99.7MHz (1946–47) 102.9MHz (1947–59) |
Call sign meaning | Coda (musical term) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 35337 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 585 meters (1,919 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°34′34″N95°30′36″W / 29.57611°N 95.51000°W /29.57611; -95.51000 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | sunny99 |
KODA (99.1FM, "Sunny 99.1") is an Americancommercialadult contemporary-formattedradio station inHouston, Texas. The station is owned byiHeartMedia. Itsstudios and offices are located along theWest Loop Freeway inUptown Houston.
KODA has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000watts. TheSenior Road Towertransmitter is off Farm to Market Road 2234 nearFort Bend Parkway inSouthwest Houston.[2] KODA broadcasts in theHD Radio hybrid format, with itssister stationKTRHsimulcasting on KODA's HD2 subchannel.
OnChristmas Eve, 1946, the station signed on as KPRC-FM. It was owned by theHouston Post daily newspaper, which also ownedKPRC and would putKPRC-TV on the air in 1949. (When KPRC-AM signed on in May, 1925, the call letters stood for Kotton Port Rail Center, a slogan promoting Houston commerce.)[3] In its early years, KPRC-FM mostly simulcast its AM sister station.
KPRC-FM began broadcasting on 99.7 MHz until 1947 when it moved to 102.9 MHz. In 1958, the FM station was sold and changed its call sign to KHGM-FM. It moved to its current frequency in 1959.
In 1961, it changed call letters again, this time to KODA-FM, and aired abeautiful music format. (KODA refers to the musical termcoda, indicating an extended passage which brings a piece to an end.) Several months later,KODA (1010 AM) went on the air as an AMdaytimer, with the two stations simulcasting. KODA-FM continued the station's programming independently from sunset to sunrise. KODA-AM-FM and theireasy listening format proved to be quite popular, and enjoyed high ratings through the 1960s and 70s.
KODA-AM-FM were sold to Group WWestinghouse Broadcasting in 1978, and were shortly broken up when the AM station was quickly re-sold. The easy listening format continued on KODA-FM, which was renamed KODA when the AM station took new call letters. The station was theflagship radio station for theHouston Oilers (now theTennessee Titans) of theNational Football League during the1986 season.
The station was sold to SFX Broadcasting in 1989. SFX was amalgamated into AM/FM Inc. and acquired by Clear Channel Communications (nowiHeartMedia) in 1999. By the mid-1990s, KODA had begun adding more vocals to itsplaylist, and reducing the instrumentals, until it made the transition tosoft adult contemporary.
The station, which had long been identified as K-O-D-A or "Coda", relabeled itself as "The All-New Sunny 99.1" in February 1991. The new moniker reflected the evolution from a Soft AC to MainstreamAdult Contemporary under the direction of General Manager Dusty Black and Program Director Dave Dillon. Since 2001, between mid-November and December 25, the station switches formats to all-Christmas music.