KYOK
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| City | Conroe, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
| Branding | 1140 KYOK AMen Radio |
| Slogan | Houston's legendary KYOK |
| Frequency | 1140 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 92.3 K222CX Spring, Texas |
| First air date |
1140: June 1, 1984 (August 30, 1999 as KYOK) 92.3: March 31, 2017 |
| Format | Urban contemporary gospel |
| Language(s) | English |
| Power | 1140: 5,000 watts (daytime) |
| ERP | 92.3: 125 watts |
| HAAT | 92.3: 74 meters |
| Class |
1140: D 92.3: D |
| Facility ID |
1140: 40484 92.3: 148484 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°20′40″N 95°27′32″W / 30.34444°N 95.45889°W |
| Former callsigns | KMUV (1984-1988) KPHD (1988-1989) KSSQ (1989-1996) KCHC (1996-1999) |
| Owner | Salt of the Earth Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | KWWJ, KEES, KZZB, KANI, KGLD |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kyokradio.com |
KYOK (branded as AMen Radio 1140) AM is an Urban contemporary gospel radio station in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area operating at 1140 AM in Conroe, Texas during the daytime hours only. It is currently owned by Salt of the Earth Broadcasting.
KYOK signed on the air June 1, 1984 as KMUV. The facility maintains a highly eastward directional signal that operates during daylight hours only. The directional signal is a result of protection that KYOK must afford the adjacent operating facility 1150 KZNE College Station, which signed on as WTAW in 1922.
KYOK had a construction permit granted by the F.C.C. to move its transmission facilities from Conroe to Katy in an effort to cover more of the Houston Metropolitan area, and introduce night time service to the 1140 facility for the first time. KYOK would have dropped from its current licensed power of 5 kW to 800 watts daytime. Initial authorization for KYOK night power was to be 9 watts. The CP was not built out and expired, effectively leaving KYOK in Conroe. A translator for KYOK has been purchased by Salt of the Earth and will reside at 92.3 FM, licensed as K222CX Spring.
From 1954 to 1999, the KYOK calls were located at 1590.
What was 1590 KATL at the time, was sold in 1954 to two Louisiana businessmen, Jules Paglin and Stanley Ray, for their "OK" group of stations targeted at African American listeners. The call letters would be changed to KYOK accordingly, to reflect the new ownership and alliance. This also brought an end to 1590's relationship with the Liberty Broadcasting System. The Urban contemporary gospel format featured on KYOK lasted on and off for over four decades. KYOK also aired an interspersed Urban Contemporary (or Soul) format within the same time frame.
While still at 1590, from 1988 to 1992, KYOK was known as "The New YO! 1590 Raps" playing a hip hop-heavy mainstream urban format.
From the Fall of 1992 to the Fall of 1994, KYOK aired an Urban AC format as "AM 1590 The New KHYS, playing the Hits & Dusties", and simulcasted along with KJOJ-FM and KHYS.
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