KGOL
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Branding | Hum FM |
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Programming | |
Format | South Asian |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | September 12, 1983 |
Former call signs | KTUN (1983–1986) |
Call sign meaning | God Of Love (former format) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 34473 |
Class | B |
Power | 50,000 watts day 3,000 watts night |
Translator(s) | 103.5 K278DA (Houston) 106.1 K291CE (Houston) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | humfmradio.com |
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History
KGOL debuted in 1983 as "1180 K-TUN", airing a middle of the road (MOR) format of popular adult music. For a time it broadcasting in Motorola C-QUAM Stereo. While KTUN was moderately successful in the Humble/Kingwood area, the signal was poor in most parts of Greater Houston during daylight operations, and at night was only listenable in Humble itself.
In 1986, FM Christian radio station KGOL, then at 107.5 in Lake Jackson, Texas, was sold and became Classic Rock "Z-107" KZFX on 107.5 FM (now KGLK). As a result, KGOL and its Christian format was moved to AM 1180, shifting the KGOL call sign from 107.5 to 1180 in the process. KGOL's call letters stand for God Of Love.
KGOL has been a brokered facility for the majority of the last 20 years, having aired formats such as Business News "Biz Radio Network", South Asian formatted "Hum Tum City", several different variations of Spanish language talk and music, and Vietnamese programming.
In the mid-2010s, KGOL carried the
On August 30, 2021, Entravision sold the station to FM Media Ventures, LLC, a company owned by Pakistani media and entertainment businessman Rehan Siddiqui. Siddiqui, who is the producer of "Hum Tum Radio", was recently blacklisted by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs due to "terrorism" and "producing and funding anti-Indian propaganda".[2]
References
External links
- KGOL in the FCC AM station database
- KGOL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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