KQBT
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| City | Houston, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
| Branding | "93.7 The Beat" |
| Slogan | H-town’s Real Hip Hop and Throwbacks! |
| Frequency | 93.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) 93.7 HD-2 simulcast of KBME 93.7 HD-3 simulcast of KTRH |
| First air date | December 1963 (as KBNO) |
| Format | Urban Contemporary |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 4.2  (March 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 524 meters (1,719 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 9625 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°34′27″N 95°29′37″W / 29.57417°N 95.49361°W |
| Callsign meaning | KQ (placeholder letters) BeaT |
| Former callsigns | KBNO (1963-1971) KRLY (1971-1984) KLTR-FM (1984-1986) KLTR (1986-1993) KKRW (1993-2014) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia (Capstar TX, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KBME, KODA, KPRC (AM), KTBZ, KTRH |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 937thebeathouston.com |
KQBT (93.7 FM, "93.7 The Beat") is an Urban Contemporary radio station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by iHeartMedia. The station's studios are located along the West Loop Freeway in the city's Uptown district, and the transmitter site is near Missouri City, Texas.
KQBT carries two HD Radio sub-channels:
KQBT originally signed on in mid-December 1963 as KBNO, featuring "popular music and show tunes". Studios were located on the 34th floor of the Gulf Building in downtown Houston. In 1970, the station was noted in the movie Brewster McCloud, which featured a station advertisement on the side of a passing bus.
In the Fall of 1971, the station flipped to top 40 as KRLY, but took on various format shifts and identities throughout the decade, such as album oriented rock "Y-94", "Disco 94", then "KRLY 94", a top 40/urban hybrid. By mid-1981, the station had rebranded as "Love 94."
In March 1984, the station switched to adult contemporary as "Lite Rock 93.7" and changed calls to KLTR (adopted on March 20, 1984). The station rebranded to "K-Lite 93.7" in the late 1980s.
On November 25, 1993, at 2 p.m., the station flipped to Classic Hits, branded as "Arrow 93.7", and launched with Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll". The KKRW call letters were adopted on December 20, 1993.
Over the next decade, the station evolved to straightforward classic rock. In the early 2000s, KKRW was home of the "Dean & Rog" morning show until they left in early 2009 (they're now at KGLK).
In early 2009, the station began airing (in syndication) former KLOL morning hosts "Walton & Johnson", who host a politically oriented morning show that leans right. The show was dropped from KKRW in December 2012 (they're now at sister station KPRC). Afternoon personality Steve Fixx filled in with a music-heavy show for several months called the "Morning Classic Rock Fixx" until the arrival of veteran St. Louis personality JC Corcoran with "JC and the Morning Showgram" in March 2013.
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