KCOH
| City | Houston, Texas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Houston, Texas |
| Branding | La Calle 92.5 |
| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 92.5 K223CW (Houston) |
| First air date |
1230: February 18, 1948 92.5: October 15, 2016 |
| Format | Tropical/Merengue/Bachata |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Audience share | 0.0  (current, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| Power | 1230: 1,000 watts |
| ERP | 92.5: 18 watts |
| HAAT | 92.5: 55 meters |
| Class |
1230: C 92.5: D |
| Facility ID |
1230: 65309 92.5: 148239 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
29°45′26″N 95°20′18″W / 29.75722°N 95.33833°W 29°51′34″N 95°33′32″W / 29.85944°N 95.55889°W (experimental synchronous operation) |
| Callsign meaning | K-Call Of Houston or Kilo Cycles Over Houston |
| Former callsigns | KNUZ (1948-1997) KQUE (1997-2013) |
| Owner | Roberta Rose Ramirez (Pueblo de Galilea, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KMIC, KRCM, KBRZ-FM, KQUE, KQUE-FM, KFTG, KJOZ, KUZN, KAMA-FM, KTYR |
| Webcast |
broadcast Listen Live WMP broadcast Listen Live Link |
| Website | lacallehouston.com |
KCOH (1230 AM) is a radio station in Houston, Texas. The station's branding is La Calle 92.5 and broadcasts a Tropical format.
The radio station began in 1948 when KTHT (now KBME) vacated this frequency for a stronger signal at 790 kHz. Under the KNUZ callsign, it was a Top40 formatted station through the 1960s, competing with KILT (AM) but eventually Houston outgrew 1230's signal coverage and KILT won the battle in the early 70s. KNUZ then switched to a country format until the late 1980's, becoming a News/Opinion format until owner Dave Morris sold the station along with its sister FM, KQUE on 102.9, to Clear Channel in 1997.
During a period after the FM/AM pair were sold, 1230 (now KQUE) was used to continue the MOR standards format previously on their 102.9 counterpart during the ownership days of SFX Broadcasting Corporation which took over ABC Radio affiliate KNUZ "K-News" News/Opinion. This resulted in 1230 abandoning the KNUZ calls it had used since its inception, and took the calls out of the city that had long been associated with them. The KNUZ callsign had also been used on Channel 39 (Channel 39 frequency now occupied by KIAH).
The KNUZ callsign was quickly requested and assigned to AM 1090 in Bellville, Texas.
After the longtime Standards and Big Band format was folded in May 2001, KQUE became part of a quadcast with Rhythmic oldies-formatted KTJM until July 2001, along with 880 AM, and 103.3 FM. KQUE then dropped the quadcast and began a simulcast of classic rock-formatted KKRW (now KQBT).
LBI acquired KQUE in June 2002. Under Liberman's control, the station formerly aired a Regional Mexican format, simulcasting KEYH as "La Ranchera" prior to the sale of the facility to Pueblo de Galilea, LLC. Prior to the Regional Mexican format, it operated as an Urban Oldies format, continued from its long history at 1430kHz under a LMA from Liberman Broadcasting to the Dunn organization that provided the programming for 1230.
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