KLTN
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| City | Houston, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
| Branding | 102.9 |
| Frequency | 102.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) 102.9 HD-2 Tejano (Simulcast of KXTN-FM San Antonio) |
| First air date | December 24, 1946 |
| Format | Regional Mexican |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Audience share | 5.6  (March 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 300 m (984 ft) |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 65310 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°45′26″N 95°20′18″W / 29.75722°N 95.33833°W |
| Callsign meaning | K Estereo LaTiNo (former branding) |
| Former callsigns | KPRC (10/1947) KHGM (11/9/1958) KQUE (10/1/1960) KKPN (5/23/1997-6/25/1998) |
| Owner |
Univision Radio (Univision Radio Houston License Corporation) |
| Sister stations |
KLAT, KOVE-FM, KAMA-FM, KQBU-FM Also part of the Univision Cluster: TV Stations KFTH-DT and KXLN |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Estereo Latino Online |
KLTN (102.9 FM, "La 102.9") is a Regional Mexican radio station broadcasting in Houston, Texas, United States. Owned by Univision Radio, its studios are in Uptown Houston and the transmitter is located on the city's East End district.
102.9 originally signed on the air as KPRC-FM at 3pm, December 24, 1946, when the station moved from the 99.7 frequency. Calls changed to KHGM (meaning "Home of Good Music) in November of 1958. By April 1959 the station had moved again, back to the middle of the FM dial at 99.1 mc, where it is now known as KODA.
Broadcasting returned to 102.9 FM when KQUE signed on the air with an Adult Standards format on October 1, 1960, co-owned by Dave Morris who also owned 1230 AM, KNUZ.
The station, originally a "superpower FM" (running more than the 100KW ERP now allowed for top end FM stations) but was lowered to normal power after the tower was extended in the 1970s, was also known as "KQ 103" until 1997, when the station was purchased from its local owner, Dave Morris, by Robert F. X. Sillerman and his company, SFX Broadcasting.
At 4 p.m. on March 19, 1997, the KQUE callsign and standards format were moved to 1230 AM, with 102.9 then flipping to KKPN, a Modern AC format known as "The Planet", under Steve Hick's Capstar Broadcasting ownership (the first song on "The Planet" was "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette). After a series of mergers, the station came under the ownership of Clear Channel Communications. Clear Channel was forced to spin off several stations in the Houston area to meet Federal Communications Commission ownership restrictions.
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