City | Houston, Texas |
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Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
Branding | 1070 The Answer |
Frequency | 1070 kHz |
Translator(s) | 103.3 K277DE (Houston) |
First air date |
1070: January 1968 103.3: TBD |
Format | News/Talk |
Power |
1070: 10,000 Watts daytime 5,000 Watts nighttime |
ERP | 103.3: 250 watts |
HAAT | 103.3: 155 meters |
Class |
1070: B 103.3: D |
Facility ID |
1070: 61174 103.3: 138173 |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°59′33″N 95°28′23″W / 29.99250°N 95.47306°W |
Callsign meaning | News-Talk in Houston |
Former callsigns | KENR - 1/1968 KRBE - 1/1/1983 KKZR - 1988 KRBE - 1/1/1991 KCRR - 2/15/1993 KRBE - 6/30/1993 KENR - 4/1/1994 KKHT - 9/27/2000 KNTH - 12/15/2004 |
Owner |
Salem Communications (South Texas Broadcasting, Inc.) |
Sister stations | KKHT-FM, KXYZ, KTEK |
Website | KNTH |
KNTH (branded as 1070 The Answer) AM is a news/talk radio station serving the Houston, Texas metropolitan area. It is owned by Salem Communications. The transmitter site is in Northwest Harris County and studios are located in Sharpstown district in Southwest Houston. KNTH will soon add a translator, recently purchased from Armida Saille, on 103.3 FM from a transmit site near Farm to Market Road 1960 and T.C. Jester Boulevard in Bammel Village. This translator originally operated in Kingsville, Texas.
The station broadcasts syndicated programing on the weekdays such as Morning in America (hosted by former Reagan Education Secretary Bill Bennett), The Mike Gallagher Show, Dennis Prager, Michael Medved, Hugh Hewitt, and Bloomberg On The Money. Weekends feature locally produced programs on a multitude of topics, including gardening with "The Dirt Doctor" Howard Garrett, home improvement with "House Talk Today with Chris Miles", as well as nationally syndicated shows on health, real-estate and other non-political topics. The station also broadcasts games of the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League, and Baylor University Football.