KLVL
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| City | Pasadena, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
| Branding | Radio Dabang 95.3FM & 1480AM |
| Frequency | 1480 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 95.3 K237GS Pasadena |
| First air date |
1480: May 5, 1950 95.3: January 25, 2017 |
| Format | South Asian |
| Language(s) |
Arabic English |
| Audience share | 0.0  (current, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| Power |
1480: 5,000 watts (Daytime) 500 watts (nighttime) |
| ERP | 95.3: 58 watts |
| HAAT | 95.3: 56 meters (184 ft) |
| Class |
1480: B 95.3: D |
| Facility ID |
1480: 56148 95.3: 147229 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°41′2″N 95°11′9″W / 29.68389°N 95.18583°W |
| Callsign meaning | K La Voz Latina (The Latin Voice, original Spanish branding) |
| Owner | SIGA Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | KAML, KFJZ, KGBC, KHFX, KTMR |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | http://www.radiodabang.com |
KLVL is an AM radio station serving the Greater Houston, Texas area. It operates on AM frequency 1480 kHz and is under ownership of SIGA Broadcasting. The station is currently airing South Asian programming, featuring Bollywood music artists as "Radio Dabang 95.3 FM and 1480 AM".
It was originally nicknamed "La Voz Latina" or "The Latin Voice" as the original Spanish language facility in Houston.
KLVL's Texas sister stations with SIGA Broadcasting include KTMR (1130 AM, Converse), KGBC (1540 AM, Galveston), KAML (990 AM, Kenedy-Karnes City), KHFX (1140 AM, Cleburne), and KFJZ (870 AM, Fort Worth)
KLVL was founded in 1946 by the family of Felix Hessbrook Morales (1907-1988), an entrepreneur, radio personality, and civic leader. He previously hosted his own radio show at a San Antonio station and was poised to own a radio station, but the FCC soon ruled that radio stations could not sublet time to outside purchasers. Prior to that, Morales applied for an application in 1942, however, due to World War II, it was delayed until 1946 and the permit was not granted until four years later. Within Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast, it was the first Spanish language radio station that provided educational programs, music, and news. KLVL sponsored fundraising and job seeking programs.
KLVL then officially went on the air on May 5, 1950, to celebrate both Cinco de Mayo and his wife, Angeline Vera Morales' birthday. During the first few years of broadcasting, it was a daytimer station, but the permit was eventually extended to authorize a 24/7 broadcasting operation. In 1954, after flooding devastated the Rio Grande Valley, the station started a campaign to obtain clothing and necessity goods for the flood victims.
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