KXYZ (AM)
| City | Houston, Texas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
| Branding | KXYZ 1320 |
| Frequency | 1320 kHz |
| First air date | August 24, 1926 |
| Format | Brokered |
| Language(s) |
Spanish Arabic Vietnamese English |
| Power | 10,000 watts (day) 5,000 watts (night) Directional, 2 patterns |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 234009 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°42′39″N 95°10′30″W / 29.71083°N 95.17500°W |
| Callsign meaning | XYZ, last three letters of the alphabet, variant of former sister station WXYZ |
| Former callsigns | KTUE (1926-1930) |
| Owner |
Multicultural Broadcasting (Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KCHN |
| Website | kxyzradio.com |
KXYZ is an AM radio station in Greater Houston, which broadcasts on 1320 kHz under ownership of Multicultural Broadcasting. KXYZ features brokered programming, in which station management sells airtime by the hour to interested third parties wishing to broadcast over the air. The transmitter is in Pasadena, Texas.
On June 17, 1948, the Federal Communications Commission approved purchase of Harris County Broadcasting Company, owners of KXYZ, by Shamrock Broadcasting Company, owned by Glenn H. McCarthy.
During the 1960s, KXYZ was owned by ABC and played beautiful music. The station was well known in the 1960s for its vividly descriptive station identification promos, such as:
In the mid-1970s, the format changed to pop music. Around 1980 it changed over to a Christian station.
In 1983, Infinity absorbed KXYZ. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, it was a Spanish language contemporary music station known as "Radio 13" that was owned by Infinity Broadcasting (now CBS Radio). During this period, KXYZ carried Houston Astros games in Spanish. KXYZ then carried the Spanish Talk format of satellite network Radio Unica. Multicultural Broadcasting bought KXYZ from Infinity/CBS and Biz Radio made its debut in the early years of the 2000s (decade).
Biz Radio left KXYZ for KTEK in Alvin, Texas. It purchased KTEK and began signal testing in November 2007 simulcasting with KXYZ until December 11, 2007. The only drawback of the move to KTEK is that its signal is only licensed to broadcast during the daytime, while KXYZ has nighttime authorization.
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